9 Dec 2015 | My running story |
I am still reflecting on what I have learnt from my half marathon challenge. The main lesson is that running really is about mind over matter. It’s the psychological side rather than the physical side that was truly challenging. Why was I doing this? Was it...
10 Jul 2015 | Blog, Running after fifty |
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 People Survey for 2012/13 and concluded that there were nearly one million women running in the UK. The...
5 Mar 2014 | Blog, Running after fifty |
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 – nearly 4% of all women aged 16 and over. If we apply the same percentage to the UK population...
12 Feb 2014 | Blog, Running after fifty |
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 aged 16+. Athletics includes: field events, track events, cross country running, road running,...
