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Running with Grief

Reluctant Beginnings I’ve never been a natural runner. My technique has always been all wrong. I’d start off too confident, burn out by the end of my

Back in May 2019 at the age of 52 I was just glad to have started the couch to 5K and didn’t even think further than the 9 weeks. I remember how I

I would never have thought that technology would be the driver for returning to running It’s fair to say my running journey has been somewhat

I have always loved sport, talking about it, watching it and playing it. But if anyone ever mentioned running I would think of anyway not to be

Like many people, running is a huge part of my life and something that I really enjoy. I love to run with my friends and my club, Horsforth

I’m Eleanor, and I live on the edge of Leeds with my husband and two daughters. I enjoyed running at school and was OK at it but never trained much

I love to run and I am very lucky that running is my job. Some people get up in the morning and go to the office, I get up and go for a run. I am a

As we basked in the heatwave I am casting my mind back to a cold, dark Monday in January… I sat nervously in the new Bike Hub in Middleton waiting

It may only be March, but already I find myself celebrating my first two major “achievements” of the year: 1) I am not injured (yippee). 2) I was

I never thought running would make as much difference as what it has. I didn’t start running until early 2015 when my friend introduced me to

Samantha Scarlett is a Run Leader and one of six Mental Health Ambassadors for the #runandtalk campaign with Hyde Park Harriers, a Leeds city centre

Right now it’s a week away from a very important day for me… the day when I do my first post-pregnancy