For many of us, struggling with confidence is a huge blocker when it comes to running. Self-doubt can appear in all sorts of ways and we might even realise what is happening. Sound familiar? In this week's blog, Personal Leadership Coach...
Sam Murray is Vitality's Performance Champion. She is an Olympic Medalist and World Champion in Modern Pentathlon. She took home a Silver Medal during the 2012 Olympics and is a huge champion of female sport and empowerment…and 9 months ago, she became a mum! Sam talks about her own experiences of running through pregnancy and beyond; how she felt about the changes in her body, when she knew she had to slow down, the effects motherhood has had on her running ability (and her enjoyment of running) and how she’s getting on 9 months on!
Hitting what I now know to be the peri menopause has been like diving into a Pandora’s box of wildly disparate often challenging symptoms I didn’t know were connected. I am one of the many women who only understand the perimenopause with the glorious benefit of hindsight. Which is y’know annoying. The stats are alarming for something that will affect us all in the end - over 80% of women are not prepared for the menopause; and while 25% of us will have debilitating symptoms, two thirds of us know nothing of what those symptoms might be.
The Mass Participation Sports Organisers (MSO) today celebrated the return of mass participation sports events outdoors as the government confirmed that England will move into Step 4 from 19 July.
