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…
Headache, Migraine, Menopause and Running!
I’ve been asked a lot of questions about headaches and running over the years. Why do I get a headache after I run? Will running make my headache worse? Can…
Are You Taking Your Vitamin D?
As you know, I’m all about the easy health wins! Doing a small thing over and over until it becomes a habit and then adding another one. Eventually these small…
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…
My Best Tip for Overwhelm
Do you ever get that feeling of being overwhelmed? When you have so many things you want or need to do that you don’t even know where to start? Sometimes…
Running a Marathon in the Perimenopause
How hard is it to run a marathon when you’re in the perimenopause? What might be different compared to training during other phases of your life? How might menopausal symptoms…
Five Mistakes Perimenopausal Runners Make
Running is challenging enough and then, along comes the perimenopause! With all its niggles, problems and symptoms, it can completely throw your running off course. Suddenly you lose your motivation…
Hot Sweats and Running
Running makes you hot and sweaty that’s for sure. But what if you’re already hot and sweaty multiple times a day ( or night) thanks to the menopause? What if…
Keep Loving Your Running Through the Perimenopause
Hands up if you’re a perimenopausal runner. It’s certainly a challenging combination. The menopause symptoms of fatigue, hot sweats and aching joints, not to mention the lack of motivation, weight…