I am running the final 200 metres of a 10k race. My heart is pounding, and my legs are going to jelly as I puff hard, trying to catch my breath. My husband shouts next to me, “Go Lou, go!” and I put on a sprint, surging past a couple...
For many people, the past seven months have been the most difficult months of their lives. The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has certainly hit everyone hard. Cases of mental health problems are on the up, and unfortunately, an increase in suicides as people struggle to cope with ‘the new normal’. It’s...
Over the last ten years I've had a rollercoaster relationship with my body. In honesty, only this year have I truly started to appreciate just how far it has carried me. My relationship with my body deteriorated after I dropped out of uni, completely broken in spirit, with a busted lumbar...
You don’t have to be alone. You do not have to deal with these feelings on your own. For just under twenty years, this is exactly what I did. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no martyr to my mental health problems - I spoke to my GP and was...
My running journey started in November 2017. My friend was dieting and had started Parkrun to aid her weights loss. She was being let down by another friend weekly and lacked motivation to go, I’d never run before but offered to go to Parkrun with her to support her. That...
