Category: WHAT’S ON

30 Days Get Faster Plan For ParkRun

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Elsa Smith

Shave minutes off your race time and centimetres off your waistline with our 30 Day Race Shape Challenge 2021 launching 29 March How exciting is it that Parkrun returns on June 5th after over a year of hiatus? Whether you used your Saturday morning park run to run your first ever 5km, meet up with friends, as a time trial, a long marathon training run with a tempo sandwich or a run off the bike, it works well for all types of runners and triathletes and at all stages of your training journey. But we’ve all been out of practise

Pelvic floor and the female athlete

Posted on 07/09/2020 by Rachael Woolston

Everyone knows that pregnancy and childbirth affect pelvic floor health. But there are other causes that can cause pelvic floor issues from incontinence to back pain Awareness, knowledge and access to specialist women’s pelvic health experts, thankfully, has improved loads in the last decade. When we recently interviewed a host of female runners and triathletes for our podcast series on Postnatal Performance (out in November 2020), it was great to hear that so many had sought rehab before returning to training (listen to our interview with Gill Bland, a sub 3 hour marathon recreational runner on her experience). Pelvic floor

FAQ: V Ultra Alps

Posted on 03/08/2020 by Saffi Leigh

Entered our monthly or weekly challenge? Here’s the answers to the most regularly asked questions… Can I still register after August 1? Registration remains open until August 10th, so you can sign up for the monthly challenge or the weekly race which takes place between August 10-16th. Why is this event and training course free? We are doing this to raise money for Refuge and to increase women’s participation in trail running, along with boosting diversity. As such, we would rather participants shared their experiences with the hashtag #grtwrunhigh #grtwdiversity to inspire others. Do I have to track elevation? Monthly

News Release: Queens of Speed Virtual 5km

Posted on 28/05/202028/05/2020 by Rachael Woolston

Who will be crowned the fastest female region in the UK? Join our fun virtual 5km in support of Refuge and be counted Runners the world over have been missing their daily Saturday fix of Parkrun. But this Saturday May 30th is different. Join the Girls Run the World Virtual 5km in support of Refuge. Run it fast, slow, or walk-run …but take part and be counted! This is not just about you but about your team – choose whether you run for the North of the UK or the South (even if you live in Australia). Our team at

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

Girls Run the World Project Marathon?

Posted on 24/11/201924/11/2019 by Rachael Woolston

Are you running London, Brighton, Paris or Manchester in Spring 2020? We are opening a limited number of slots on Girls Run the World Project Marathon, our online community coaching scheme that provides a 16 week training plan, and ongoing access to founder Rachael Woolston and head coach Tara Shannahan Crossing the finish line of a marathon is a journey that doesn’t begin on the start line, it begins right back when you start training in December. And it should be a rewarding experience where you learn more about your capabilities and develop, week by week. But all too often

Come together as one and run for the world

We’re growing a forest #grtwrunuary 2020

Posted on 22/11/201922/11/2019 by Rachael Woolston

Join our worldwide running campaign, Girls Run the World Runuary 2020 and help us inspire women to get moving and reforest the earth with our donation of one tree for every entry to support our charity partner, Treesisters We are really excited to announce that for our Runuary 2020 campaign, we are partnering with the amazing Treesisters. The charity raises funds which go towards reforestation projects and educating empowering women in on leadership roles . Their goal of empowering women and creating networks is also at the heart of what we do at Girls Run the World. Everything from our

GRTW Runderlust – this weekend’s pick of our bucket list races

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Sarah Shaw

From the beauty of London’s city parks to the mountains of California, where our running race reporter, Sarah Shaw will be running this weekend, this is our pick of this weekend’s bucket list races Royal Parks Half Over 16,000 runners will run through four of London’s eight Royal Parks, including Hyde Park, The Green Park, St James’s Park and Kensington Gardens, crunching through 13.1 miles of autumn leaves and passing iconic landmarks along the way – such as Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament. As you might expect from a race series that was created to support

GRTW Runderlust – this weekend’s pick of bucket list races from around the world

Posted on 28/09/201927/09/2019 by Sarah Shaw

This week’s Runderlust rounds up our top pick of races to bookmark for the end of September, and is inadvertently brought to you by the lettter ‘B’… Berlin Marathon, Germany A beautiful course, a good chance of near-perfect Autumn running weather, and the flattest of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, it is no coincidence that six out of the top 10 ever men’s marathon times – and two out of the top 10 womens’ – were run here. As Kipchoge knows, Berlin is not only a fabulous course to target for a PB, but also to soak up the atmosphere

Find out how YOU could get a London GFA place

Posted on 24/05/201920/08/2019 by Rachael Woolston

This week, Virgin London Marathon announced that a record number of applicants, 457,861 had registered for a place in the 2020 event. This is a 10.5 % increase on last year’s record. Yet with just 17,5000 places available (approximately), that’s going to be mean a lot of disappointed runners who be even less likely to get a ballot place than last year. But here at Girls Run the World, we could help you secure a good for age place with the right training*. Want to know whether you’re in with a chance, and if not, how you could be? All