London Marathon 2017
In May 2016 I applied in the ballot for a place in the Virgin Money London Marathon 2017. It was the second time I’d applied having failed to get a place the year...
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Pathways into long-distance running
Women over fifty are not often in the public eye, and we don’t know much about older women’s experience of participating in sport or their attitudes to...
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Will I run a marathon?
I’ve been running for over five years. Thanks to my half marathon challenge I’ve run 15 half marathons since turning 50 in 2013. After completing that...
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Christine Heaton
I met Christine Heaton when I joined Holme Pierrepont Running Club five years ago. I soon realised that Christine was a fast runner. And it seemed she was getting...
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Sandy Poole
As a runner in my fifties, who hopes to carry on running into old age, what can I learn from women who have continued to run through their fifties, and into their...
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