Too old for track?
On 9th August, I competed in an open track and field event for the first time. I ran a 1500 metre race for the first time. But just a few days before I almost pulled...
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Karen Parkin
Did your life change at 50? Karen Parkin started running shortly after her 50th birthday and says, “It’s the best thing I ever did.” The data from Sport England’s...
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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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Rise of the running woman
More and more women in England are running and it’s not just young women who’ve caught the running bug. A year ago I looked at the Sport England Active...
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One million women running
6.8 million women in England take part in sport regularly. How many of them are runners? I’ve worked out that just under 837,000 women are running in England...
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