How did I become a running coach
In 2014 I stood on the start line of my first ultra-marathon, Race to the Stones. A 100km iconic route across the famed Ridgeway, one of the oldest footpaths in Great Britain.
I was part of a women’s only ultra team. We were a group of 10 ordinary women, who were collectively taking on something bigger than anything we’d ever done before.
We were becoming a part of something extraordinary.
2014 was going to be my year. I had just moved down to London after graduating and signing up for a 100km ultramarathon along with 10 other women seemed like the only sensible way to meet new people in the city.
The truth is, back then, I felt like I had no business standing on that start line. I made a boatload of mistakes getting there and I certainly didn’t feel very much like a runner. Sure, I crossed the finished line. But I felt alone. It really wasn’t the race I was hoping for. Something was missing.
Each year that passed brought around new and exciting challenges, always with friends. But the turning point for me was in 2017 when I found myself at the top of a 2,980m mountain pass in the Italian alps. I took a fall on the second day of the Ultra Tour Monte Rosa stage race coming off the Passo dei Salati. The outcome; a ruptured ligament, some broken bone, and a bruised ego.
I was reaching crunch point. I had my sights set on these incredible races, but I needed help. I couldn’t keep trying to figure this out on my own.
It was destroying my own confidence and physically my body couldn’t take it anymore.
The following year, I hired a running coach and found myself in one of the driest nonpolar regions on earth, The Atacama Desert. It was my first multi-stage event with RacingThePlanet and I had 250km ahead of me with everything I needed to survive for the next 7 days on my back.
This event completely changed my life and gave me so much belief in what my mind and body were truly capable of.
I get huge joy out of helping women see past their own limitations and making the impossible possible through running and the outdoors.
I absolutely believe that you don’t have to be a professional runner to hire a personal running coach and for many of the women I work with, it’s the first time they have ever made that commitment.
I started Project: Breaking 250 because I had the opportunity to be a part of some really amazing experiences with other women and I wanted more women to be a part of a totally immersive experiences that allowed them to disconnect from their everyday routines and focus on putting themselves first.
Coaching with me is so much more than just a training plan.
It’s about creating a space for women to be transformed through the outdoors, creating lifelong friendships, and instilling in them that self-belief that comes from being a part of something greater than themselves. .
Want to find out more about how I can help you?
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