by Miriam | Jun 24, 2026 | Staying Safe
Running past dogs is part of running outside. Most of the time, the whole encounter is a leashed dog straining toward you with a wagging tail while its owner apologizes. You give it a little space, slow for a moment, and carry on. The single most useful thing to know...
by Miriam | Jun 24, 2026 | Staying Safe
Running alone is something most women do, most of the time. The quiet worry before a first solo run is real. So is the way that same run, repeated a few times, stops feeling like a big deal at all. Yes, it is okay to run alone. And the confidence to do it well is...
by Miriam | Jun 24, 2026 | Staying Safe
Running in the dark is not a different kind of running. It is the same run, with one extra variable: light. The whole game in low light is being seen. Everything else follows from that. When the clocks change and dark arrives before and after work, many runners...
by Miriam | Jun 23, 2026 | Running & Wellbeing
Somewhere in your forties or fifties, the ground shifts. Sleep gets patchy, moods swing, and the first cold morning your knees feel stiffer than they used to. There is also something happening you cannot feel. Around the menopause transition, women can lose bone...
by Miriam | Jun 23, 2026 | Running & Wellbeing
Your chest moves more than you think when you run. Researchers at the Research Group in Breast Health at the University of Portsmouth have measured breast movement of up to around 14 centimeters during running when support is poor. It moves in a figure-eight pattern,...
by Miriam | Feb 9, 2026 | Getting Started
Most beginner running injuries are not bad luck. They are the body saying it needed more time. Shin splints, runner’s knee, Achilles soreness, plantar fasciitis: all of them show up most often when someone goes from zero to three miles overnight and keeps adding...
by Miriam | Feb 2, 2026 | Getting Started
Most beginners run their easy runs way too fast. It feels right in the moment. But that effort level is what makes running feel punishing and unsustainable. Once you understand what pace actually is and why easy running is the whole point, everything shifts. Pace is...
by Miriam | Jan 26, 2026 | Running & Wellbeing
Most women who start running in January are not running in March. Not because they lacked willpower. Because they built their habit around motivation, and motivation is unreliable. The weeks when running feels easy, anyone can do it. The question is what happens when...
by Miriam | Jan 19, 2026 | Getting Started
Running form advice can feel like a lot. Head position, arm angle, foot strike, cadence, hip drive. By the time you have read three articles about it, you are so in your head that a simple jog around the block sounds impossible. Most new runners do not need to...
by Miriam | Jan 12, 2026 | Getting Started
You do not need to be able to run a mile to start running. You do not need special fitness, a gym membership, or even particularly good shoes on day one. What you need is a plan that does not destroy you in the first week. Most women who try running and quit do so in...
