Month: December 2019

10 years of change in women’s running

Posted on 30/12/201930/12/2019 by Rachael Woolston

As we bid goodbye to a decade, the founder of Girls Run the World, Rachael Woolston celebrates the advances made in exercise and running for women but calls for more advances to be made in the next. Strava This simple tracking app first launched in 2009, but it is in this decade that it has had the biggest impact on women’s running. I joined in 2012 and have slowly seen the number of women using it explode. Most positive of all, it helped to introduce women – and men – to what pace was, how this can positively affect their

Are you a mind or soul athlete?

Posted on 27/12/201927/12/2019 by Rachael Woolston

Being aware of what drives you, will help you to plan and choose which are the right types of events to enter and the best way to train for them If you were to think of well known athletes, who would you think of who is someone who is a mind athlete, someone who pushes through using the power of the mind, who is probably always breaking down the numbers in their head, driven by the statistics? And on the flip-side, who looks like they do it for the heart-pumping, lung-burning joy of it? Paula Radcliffe and Chrissie Wellington are

I ran 1.35 when last year I couldn’t walk

Posted on 19/12/201902/09/2020 by Rachael Woolston

Last year, mum of two, Louise Read, 37, a lawyer from Notts couldn’t walk. This month she ran 1.35 for a half marathon as she details her return to health – and juggling duty exclusively for GRTW I write this at work during my lunch break, whilst trying to scoff a vegan Christmas sandwich having returned from a rushed trip into town to get the kids Christmas jumpers for school. ON top of the fact, I was up at 5.50am to squeeze in a 30 minute run for my marathon training before leaving for work at 7.30am. And because today

Join our global women’s running challenge this January

Posted on 18/12/2019 by Rachael Woolston

Join our global running fitness challenge this January 2020 to empower women worldwide – and boost your health, fitness and running mojo while you are at it! You know January is usually a time when you feel a bit, ‘meh.’ You’ve probably overindulged, the twinkling festive fairy lights have been taken down, and you often feel unmotivated, unfit and definitely not on your game! #GRTWRunuary2020 will prevent all of those feelings, leaving you filled with positive energy. Our January running challenge for all women inspires and motivates you to get moving every day of the month. It doesn’t matter if

GRTW Runderlust – this weekend’s bucket list races

Posted on 14/12/201914/12/2019 by Rachael Woolston

If you love running, travel and food, what better way to explore the world than by cherry-picking up incredible race destinations. Here’s our pick of where we’d love to run this weekend VilNIUS CHRISTMAS RUN Enjoy a magical Xmas themed run through the UNESCO world heritage site of the Old Town of Lithuania. Choose from 3k up to 10k and any festive themed outfit. There is a lot to visit and pack in on this weekend trips; alongside it’s baroque history is the tale of this great city during WW2, which saw over 90% of the Jewish population were murdered.

Five Ways to Build Bulletproof Good Habits

Posted on 12/12/201916/07/2021 by Rachael Woolston

When it comes to embracing good training habits, forget willpower or having to ‘stick’ to anything. It’s all about finding your why and hacking your environment to help support positive decision making. Get it right in training and you can translate to life and work performance too Use the power of technology Remember those days when you had a training plan written on a piece of paper, only to slowly disintegrate with coffee stains or get lost in the back of drawer? Technology makes it possible to train smarter and helps to bulletproof good training methods. For instance, when it

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GRTW Runderlust – this weekend’s bucket list running destinations

Posted on 07/12/201907/12/2019 by Rachael Woolston

Run to the beat of reggae in Jamaica or watch the sun rise over Angkor Wat in Cambodia, here’s our pick of the place to run and travel around the world this weekend Jamaica Reggae Marathon Set in the popular resort town of Negril, the Reggae Marathon attracts 2,300 runners from all over the world, although if you don’t fancy the hard work of a full 26.2 miles, you can drop to the half. There’s sun, reggae and delicious refreshment stalls to keep you going with fresh coconut water and fruits. And with the white sands of the beach right