You Don’t Have to Overhaul Your Life – Making Changes in Menopause
This blog is for you if you know you need to make some changes and take some action to help you through menopause but you feel overwhelmed, can’t seem to…
6 Physical Health Reasons to Keep Running Through the Menopause
Around 25 per cent of women don’t experience symptoms as they go through menopause. For those that do, around 25 percent of them say their symptoms are severe. The list…
Just a Bad Run or Perimenopause?
There’s no denying that perimenopause can have a huge effect on your running. From physical symptoms such heavy periods, tender breasts or aching joints to fatigue, zero motivation and anxiety….
Tips for Menopausal Runners with Anxiety. Part 1 – Lifestyle
In my last blog I talked about why anxiety is common in the perimenopause and the effect it can have on your running. Despite it being a challenge at times,…
Menopausal Fatigue and Running
You want to run but you’re too tired. Know that feeling? Of course, lots of people experience fatigue but it’s particularly common around the menopause. It can be so hard…
Tips for Training for a Marathon in the Perimenopause
Training for a marathon is hard. It takes commitment, focus and determination. The task is even harder if you’re in the perimenopause. You face extra challenges with symptoms that can…
Run Through the Menopause
Menopause is such a ‘hot topic’ at the moment. And rightly so! It’s something that affects all women at some point in their lives. While many women move smoothly through…
Perimenopausal Weight Gain in Runners
Weight just going up and up? Waist line expanding out of control? These are common complaints during the menopause. Most women will gain weight and this usually settles as increased…
Tips for Getting Started with Strength Work
There’s a growing awareness of how important muscles are for good health. This is particularly true for peri and postmenopausal women. We reach our peak muscle mass around the age…
20 Simple Things to Improve Your Menopausal Health
When you’re feeling overwhelmed it’s hard to see a way out of it and too easy to write off the day as being useless. Read my last blog with my…