19 Feb 2018 | Running after fifty |
“Should you be doing that at your age?” If you’re an older endurance athlete you may well have been asked this question. As a recent article in the British Medical Journal pointed out, the prevailing attitude is that exercise is for young people...
18 Sep 2016 | Blog, My running story |
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 challenge it felt like time to have a go at the full 26.2 mile distance. I’ve always felt...
23 Aug 2016 | Blog, My running story |
Today it is one year since I completed the slightly mad challenge of running 12 half marathons in 12 months. Here are my two sentence race reviews and ten things I’ve learned. September 2014 – Robin Hood Half Marathon, Nottingham “The one that nearly got...
21 May 2016 | Popular articles, Women's marathon history |
On a sunny day in August 1980, 181 women from 26 countries lined up in Battersea Park in London to run a marathon. It was the first time the city’s streets had ever been closed for a race. It was the 3rd August. Two days before, the men’s marathon had...
27 Apr 2016 | Blog, Interviews with women runners over 50 |
In February this year the parkrun organisation reported that over 50s had run 2 million miles at UK parkruns in 2015. Their data show that parkrun is encouraging people over 50 to become more active, and it is helping people of all ages to start running. It was at...
