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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Jacqueline Hansen & the women’s marathon revolution
American women love to run marathons. In 2014 43% of marathon finishers in US races were women, the highest percentage of any country in the world. In the UK the figure...
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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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Will running overtake swimming as England’s most popular sport?
Running is enjoying a surge in popularity in the UK. Sport England’s Active People Survey shows that athletics has the second highest participation rate amongst adults...
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