This section is adapted from the Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running by Dagny Scott. Buy this book!What children learn from watching their parents is crucial. It’s estimated that up to 50% of children participate in virtually no physical

used to warn pregnant women against exercise, fearing that the heat or high heart rate would harm the fetus. Plenty of women listened and felt stressed, tense, and fat throughout their pregnancies. Doctors now say that women who don’t exercise may

I could have run forever. No matter how much time passes, I can still mentally put myself on that road. A perfect run on a perfect day.” (From Joan Samuelson’s Running for Women.)Okay, so you’re not an Olympic champion like Joan Benoit Samuelson

.Hiya Used exclusively by the 30-40 age group.Hello A particular favourite of middle-aged women walking dogs (never to be confused with “Well hello”, an opening [and definitely closing] gambit of lechers of all ages as you whizz past).Halloo! As in ‘view

Q My 10-year-old son has just been picked for his school running team and I have no idea how to help him train. He’s a very active, energetic boy and runs about a mile a week with the school. I realise that he’s too young to undertake a ‘training schedule’ as such, but are t...

with women athletes achieving lifetime bests, despite having recently had children. So what about us lesser mortals? Can we expect to see our running performances improve after nine months of pregnancy? We spoke to three ordinary women whose fitness gains

no pain. Wonderful! I had joined the brigade of ‘recreational’ gym users. I stepped alongside women who wore full make-up and wobbly men who were trying to find their slimmer selves. It felt pretty wretched to have to stare at the empty treadmills

When your 11-year-old son discovers a love for cross-country running, how do you encourage his enthusiasm without overdoing it – and how do you prepare him for disappointment?"My 11-year-old son is showing an interest in running. It all stems from a teacher establishing a cross-c...

There’s a reason why, at one of Britain’s most popular nudist runs, women are still allowed to wear a sports bra. It’s not to spare their modesty, or save fellow runners from any unsightly wobbles: it’s because wearing a sports bra is at least

This section is adapted from the Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running by Dagny Scott. Buy this book! There’s a name for women who try to pursue a career, family, exercise, spirituality, and social life. They’re called