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Hello! • ISSUE 137 || MAY 2021

We couldn’t have done it without… • ISSUE 137 || MAY 2021

Womens Running

LIFESTYLE • Headlines || People || Food || Kit || Health || Opinion

GIRLS’ CONFIDENCE IN SPORT CRISIS • Lockdown has made young women keener than ever to do sport and exercise, for mental and physical health

JOIN #WEWILL

NIKE UNDER FIRE BY ITS ATHLETES FOR INEQUALITY TOWARDS WOMEN

Steph Davis books her ticket to Tokyo

This month we love…

NEW GEAR • With the weather warming up it’s time to try a tri. Here’s our guide to the best kit to get started with triathlon, your new swim-bike-run challenge for summer 2021

Maximise my time in the gym to become a better runner? • Should runners be working out in the gym, and if so, how can they use their gym time efficiently, to improve their running fitness and performance?

UPLIFTING WEIGHTLIFTING • The latest nutrition, beauty and health headlines. Because running doesn’t end at your feet

3 OF THE BEST ENERGY BOOSTS

Laura Donnelly • Laura loves social running but that doesn’t mean it’s a walk in the park. She has her sights set on the London Marathon and she dabbles in tri too

FUEL • We’re going full colour this issue so stock up on harissa, feta, watercress and fresh green veg. Plus, advice on fuelling the menopause

3 of the best healthy vegan snacks

EAT WELL

Finding some balance

This month’s wise women

CLINIC • When the topic of rest and recovery is raised with runners, many are often guilty of either paying it lip service, or only focusing on it when injury strikes or performance is affected. Both rest and recovery are your allies, rather than enemies, Mike says

Horsford Woods, Norfolk • Saucony Ambassador Iona Lake has loved escaping for a run in her local Horsford Woods during lockdown

Events

Does running help my IBS? • Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be both painful and embarrassing. Will running make these symptoms worse, or can it help alleviate them?

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Running mates Because we run better together • This month, you tell us what real-life races you’ve signed up for, how our training plans have kept you motivated, and how running helped you meet your neighbours

EAT WELL

LOOKING FORWARDS • Reader Anja Brooks from Warrington can now run for longer thanks to following a Women’s Running training plan

CLUB OF THE MONTH • ANCOATS RUN CLUB

Is it important to remember that a 12-minute mile is just as far as a six-minute mile?

We hang out with Laura Bennet • Derbyshire-based Laura, 28, is relatively new to running, but can’t imagine life without it…

“With running, on a good day you get this beautiful rhythm and endorphins, and you feel at peace” • After a love/hate relationship with triathlon – it loved her, she hated it! – Alice Hector has hung up her cleats for good and laced up her trail shoes in favour of...