Women's Running June 2022

While I think we’re all agreed that running is just about one of the best things life has gift ed us, I’d like to think that all of us are also agreed on the fact that when we start running we have to acknowledge two enormous great fibs. And they are these: #1 Running is cheap #2 Running is simple If anyone happens to know the author of these words, please do send them to their local independent running shop armed with a fiver and a 20-week marathon training plan, and let me know how they get on. The truth is that running can be cheap, and it can be simple: kids charging about on a playing field in plimsolls are testament to that. But once you’ve opened the door as an adult, it’s…

Emma Kirk-Odunubi Emma is a sports scientist and strength coach who has worked in the running industry for over 15 years and, with her partner, set up Bulletproof Athletic (bulletproofathletic.com) to empower runners to achieve their goals. An avid runner and an experienced gait analyst, Emma is keen to use her knowledge to educate on injury prevention and running form. This issue, she explains how we can all avoid ITB syndrome in Clinic on page 16. Lucy Waterlow Lucy is a journalist who started running aged 10, inspired by her marathon-mad dad and elite athlete sister. She’s the ghostwriter of bestselling books Run Mummy Run, Nell McAndrew’s Guide to Running, and Mimi Anderson’s Beyond Impossible and Limitless. She’s become a British Athletics coach to help others love running as much as she does.…

The people, campaigns, research and updates making an impact in our running community this month Jacky Hunt-Broersma, who lost her leg to cancer, has set a new Guinness World Record for the most consecutive marathons, despite only taking up running five years ago. When she was 26, Jacky lost her leg to a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma. She completed over 2,700 miles in this challenge to raise money for Amputee Blade Runners, a non-profit organisation that provides running blades to amputees. On her fundraising page, she says her motivation is to, “inspire other people to get out of their comfort zones and try something new and truly see what they are capable of” whether it be their first 5K, half or full marathon, or even taking on their…

Mariko Yugeta, the 63-year-old Japanese women who has become the first woman over 60 to run a sub three-hour marathon, was hoping that this year’s Boston Marathon would further her record-breaking run. The mother of four put her own running career on hold to raise her children, only returning to competitive running in her 50s. Since her return, she has set a PB of 2:52:13. Despite finishing April’s Boston Marathon in 3:6:27, Yugeta is still determined to keep training and break the 2hr 50min mark. 15:09 the number of minutes of physical activity it takes to lift our mental state (according to ASICS’ Uplifting Minds Study, asics.com)…

Eilish McColgan won the mixed 5K in the ASICS META: Time: Trials in April, setting a new British 5K record with her run of 14:45, and improving her own record set in February this year. Over 70 elite ASICS athletes took part in the World Athletics certified META: Time: Trials in Málaga, selected for its run-friendly climate, flat terrain and low-pressure elevation. Inspired by the time trials of the Tour de France, runners were challenged to beat their Personal Best (PB) over the 5K, 10K and half marathon race distances. In total, four national records and 27 PBs were recorded by athletes at the brand’s pinnacle event as 37 per cent of them achieved their fastest ever time for the respective distances. Eilish then went on to set a new Scottish 10K…

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