Women's Running UK - July 2022

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Your feet take you far. But when you run, your mind takes you
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Hello!
T h i s m o n t h we . . .
issue 151 ||JULY 2022
… ran further
I am not a trail But the guilt remained. And so I
Because it’s not as hard as
runner. Or, at decided, on a bit of a whim, to sign up to we thought! On page 42
not
least, I didn’t a trail run ( a race). It was long, but
think I was. With local, and I was doing it with a friend.
running, as with I did it, and I bloody loved it. It was
life, it’s easy to view glorious. We had perfect weather, the
things in a binary scenery was gorgeous, the experience
way. Fast or slow. lift ed me from my very soul. And as
Hills or intervals. Roads or trails. But, a result two things happened: fi rstly,
this issue, I want us to look beyond those I scored a two-hour Personal Worst
simple divisions. marathon time (and I honestly couldn’t
Yes we have a feature called Roads vs give two hoots). And secondly, the … tried orienteering
Trails on page 30, but I promise it’s okay: following weekend, I thought hard about
it turns out that we don’t have to choose! my long run route, and in the end I ran And found it a great way to involve
the kids on page 72
When I made that startling realisation a half marathon of my choosing, mostly
recently it felt little short of life-changing. on pavements.
You see, because of all the lovely people And that’s fi ne. You see, it turns out
I speak to and read about as a result of we can do what we want, us runners. We
doing this job, I have felt such huge guilt can choose to run on pavements. We can
we can
that I’m not fell running every weekend, choose to run on trails. Get this:
choose to do both
circumnavigating the Lake District, . So no, I am not a trail
attempting my own FKT, scrambling runner. But I do sometimes choose to run
through bogs, and skillfully wild weeing on trails…
with the best of them. Th e truth is, most Happy running!
… threw off the guilt
weekends you’ll fi nd me traipsing the
same pavements as always, plugged into
Cos who needs that anyway?
an audio book, churning through miles. Try these tips on page 84
years
I’ve done that for and I’m mostly
Editor
very happy with it. Esther Newman
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Contents
issue 151 ||July 2022
On the
cover lifestyle
Kit Under Armour 8 Headlines
Photography Joseph Branston
Records broken, boundaries pushed…
12 10 New gear
Power hour Freshen up your fi t kit
Maximise your fi tness by
11 How do I…
running at the right time
…get my head in the game for a half marathon?
of day
12 Health
22
When to exercise for maximum gain
On a mission
Warrior Sabrina tells us 13 Why I run
about her drive to raise
Nina Davies, on the search for self acceptance
diversity on the trails
14 Fuel
30
Berry nice foods to boost energy and recovery
Roads v trails
15 Life coach
It’s time to fi nd out: is
Run avoiders, get in line. Here’s how to
running on trails or running
rediscover your running mojo
on roads better for you?
16 Clinic
42
Ankle sprain: how to treat it and beat it
Run further
12 ways to conquer your 18 My best run
long run and go further
Zoe Larder loves Somerset’s hills and trails
than ever before
19 Debate
42
48
Should you invest in insoles?
10K trail plan
Conquer the hills and coach
you’ll have the pick of this Go further than
summer’s trail runs ever before with
42 How to run further
our long-run tips
55 Tips and tricks for ticking off those long runs on
the training plan
Summer kit 72
Orienteering is
10 pages of run gear and the perfect mix 48 Trail 10K plan
clever gadgets of action and
There’s no need to be piqued by peaks. Our
adventure
training plan will have you doing the full
68
Kate Bush in no time
Your next
52 How I train
Garmin
Be wowed by endurance athlete
Feast your eyes on the new
Anne-Marie Flammersfeld
Fenix and Epix watches
kit
78
Marathon
55 Essential kit
workout
Buy it, wear it, love it
Grab an agility ladder and
get your feet moving with
64 Tech
our at-home workout
Top-to-toe in clever kit
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“If you don’t see people
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Pull on your
trainers and
speed up
your feet! who represent your lived
experience and who
look like you, you start
thinking there’s got to
be a reason for that and
that maybe you don’t
bootcamp
belong there.”
72 Why not try orienteering?
Calling all women who like action, adventure, the
call of the wild and a good old-fashioned map.
And a bit of healthy competition too
22
78 Marathon workout
Grab your agility ladder and unleash those
dancing feet with this fun workout
Sabrina’s story is both
80 Perfect form: noisy knees fascinating and inspiring
Quieten those alarming creaks and crunches
68 In focus: Garmin 55
BALANCE
God of the gadget Garmin unveils two new
watches: the Fenix and the Epix
84 Leave guilt at the gate
In this feature on the psychologist’s couch, we regulars Get fresh with
our collection of
examine (and expel) all those pesky reasons for
summer run kit
your runner’s guilt
28 Running mates
features Your running stories and successes, motivations
and adventures
22 Sabrina Pace-Humphreys 90 Support network
Author, long-distance runner, diversity The As to your Qs: from pelvic fl oors to post-
campaigner and all-round inspiration pregnancy puzzlers and pre-pubescent parkrun
30 Trails vs road 95 Race
Always keen to take on the thorniest issues, we Annie Brooks returns to the Manchester Marathon
pit two heavyweight terrains against each other
96 Diary
38 Emma Campbell
It’s race season and you’re going to slay
Our much-loved columnist has lost her love of
98 Footnotes
running. But no matter, running will be there
waiting for her when she’s ready Track superstar, Jenny Meadows
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the team
Editor
Esther Newman
senior art editor
Alex Duce
DESIGNER
Alvin Weetman
issue 151 ||JULY 2022
fi tness editor
Tina Chantrey
sub editor
Rachel Ifans
We couldn’t have
Digital Editor
Holly Taylor
Digital ASSISTANT
Kate Sellers
done it without…
Contributors
Emma Kirk-Odunubi, Lisa Jackson,
Laura Fountain, Louise Pyne,
Anna Harding, Anne-Marie Lategan,
Emma Kirk- Laura
Lucy Waterlow, Emma Campbell,
Odunubi Briggs
Lydia Willgress, Laura Briggs
Emma is a sports Laura is an
Advertising MANAGER
scientist and ultra-runner who
Megan Gibbings 01225 489984
strength coach who chooses to mainly
[email protected]
has worked in the run in minimalist
Advertising APPRENTICE
running industry for shoes, and is fuelled
Ella Bywater
over 15 years and, on a vegan diet.
[email protected]
with her partner, set up Bulletproof Athletic She wears the brightest colours while out
Licensing
(bulletproofathletic.com) to empower running, so nobody will ever miss her! Regina Erak
runners to achieve their goals. An avid Laura runs long distances mainly because [email protected]
runner and an experienced gait analyst, she likes to eat lots on the trails (we should Head Of Marketing Verity Travers
Emma is keen to use her knowledge to all be more like Laura). This issue, she
Creative Director
Jenny Cook
educate on injury prevention and running bravely refereed the debate to end all
form. This issue, she explains how we can debates on page 30: which is better – roads Managing Director
Simon Lewis
treat and beat ankle sprains on page 16. or trails? There’s only one way to fi nd out…
CEO
Jon Bickley
Cover & Warrior photography
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aving taken the British Earlier this year, she took the Only Helen Obiri – one of Championships, followed by
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and European 10K British half marathon record at the world’s greatest ever female the Commonwealth Games in
record at the Great the Ras Al Khaimah race in the athletes – was able to fi nish Birmingham, then the
Manchester Run, clocking a UAE, and last year she also ahead of McColgan, although Europeans in Munich in
scorching 30:19:04, we think took the 10-mile and 5,000m her fi nal burst of speed nearly August, it will be exciting to
Eilish McColgan must now GB records. It’s been quite a even caught the Kenyan. watch McColgan compete in
be the undisputed queen of time for the Scottish star, to say With just weeks until this the events she decides to focus
British running. the least. year’s World Athletics on. Go on, Eilish!
85%
BIRMINGHAM
DIAMOND LEAGUE:
BRITISH WOMEN
SHINE ON THE TRACK
At the trial event in the new Alexander
Stadium, which will be the focus of this
summer’s Commonwealth Games, The percentage
our British female athletes dominated
on the track in the British Müller
of people who
Diamond League.
Dina Asher-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson
believe that
and Laura Muir were all victorious, with
the crowd uplifting all the competitors
exercise supports
with fantastic support. Para-athlete
Hannah Cockcroft took the win in the
women’s 400m wheelchair race in good mental
57.45 and Sophie Hahn won the
women’s ambulant 100m in 12.81, from health
runner-up Olivia Breen.
(according to a survey of over
1,000 people by Puressentiel,
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T h i s m o n t h
ASICS MAKES MENTAL HEALTH w e l o v e . . .
A PRIORITY FOR ATHLETES
SICS has updated its new and comes with all kinds of pressures. And to get
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existing sponsored athlete contracts through the tough times and thrive, you need
to include mental health services. support for your physical and mental
Recognising the growing pressures elite wellbeing. While there is more talk about
athletes face, ASICS has introduced new mental health, many athletes still lack the
resources to better protect and support support they need at the right time.
athletes’ mental health – a “ASICS is setting an
positive step forward in the amazing example for the
sporting industry. industry by off ering
Gary Raucher, executive confi dential, on-demand
vice president for ASICS mental health support for
Lucy Locket Loves
EMEA, said: “At ASICS, our athletes who need it.”
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fi ve letters have meaning. Hayley Jarvis, head of
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ASICS is an acronym | | ASICS is setting physical activity at Mind
In a bid to save disposable pads
from the Latin phrase said: “We know from our
an amazing from landfi ll, LLL has teamed up
Anima Sana In Corpore own research that more with TCS Eco to create their own
example by off ering cloth sanitary towels. The pads
Sano or ‘a sound mind in needs to be done to tackle
are available in a variety of sizes.
a sound body’. Th is is why confi dential, on- stigma and encourage
caring for the wellbeing of athletes to speak up and
demand mental
athletes has always been at seek help. So, it’s fantastic
our core. While we’re health support| | to see ASICS shine a light
proud to help them win on mental health in elite
and break records, the long-term physical sport, helping to normalise conversations
and mental wellbeing of the athletes means about it and, crucially, provide mental health
more to us than any medal or podium place.” support to their athlete ambassadors.
Speaking on the benefi ts of the new “We want to help create a sporting culture
mental resources, ASICS ambassador Lucy where athletes can not only compete but
Charles-Barclay said: “Being an elite athlete thrive mentally and phsyically.”
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Supported by a team of 10 pacemakers across
the three disciplines, as well as cutting-edge
technology, the results will not be recognised by
offi cial bodies but remain ground-breaking.
After Ironman 70.3 world champion Lucy
Charles-Barclay was ruled out of Sub8 due to an
injury, the newly signed ASICS ambassador Katrina
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|| New gear || How do I...?
Clever and cosy
Yes, the Maaree Sisterhoodie
NEW GEAR looks super snuggly, but it’s also
packed with clever features such
as a zipped watch viewer, thumb
loops and an oversized zip puller.
Unusual for a hoodie, it also
features the Maaree Overband
style on the front – just like the
Th e freshest new run kit
Maaree bras – to give extra
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High-vis hijab
Cushiony goodness
Made from recycled materials, the Adidas Sport Hijab is
Once you’ve tried an Oofos Slide Sandal
constructed from AEROREADY, which works hard to manage
and let its OOfoam support your post-run
your sweat and keep you dry while running. Refl ective
feet and leg muscles, you won’t go
details protect you in low light conditions.
back to fl atty fl ip fl ops. Oofos footwear
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provides 37 per cent more impact
absorption than normal footwear with
the bounce putting less stress on your
knees, ankles and other joints. They
come in a variety of patterns and colours
but we love the stand-out red on these.
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Fit for purpose
Salomon’s women-specifi c Sensifi t design in the
Sense Pro 10 means this pack moulds perfectly to
your body. It has adjustable sternum straps for a
tighter fi t should you need it and all the pockets are
stretchy, from the main compartment to the wide
back pocket and two front pockets. You also get
two 500ml soft fl asks with the vest.
£160, salomon.com
A very green vest
The Presca Conscious Capsule Vest is
100 per cent sustainable and made from
recycled post-consumer waste. There are
no fussy trims or excess fabric and yes,
you can recycle it when you’ve worn it out.
Breathable panels and soft seams deliver
a no-nonsense fi t, while the soft fabric
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The mismatched Monkey Sox Ultra £35, prescasportswear.com
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the ankles: these highly breathable,
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