This Mum Runs

Is anyone out there struggling to fit in an active lifestyle with having children to look after? Then you've come to the right place:

'This Mum Runs is A fast growing community of running Mums that started out as a small Facebook group in Bristol and has already inspired over 1200 women to get their trainers on and start running. 

As a Mum of two and a lapsed runner, I struggled to get to traditional running clubs that clashed with kids’ bedtimes. Adding to that a serious lack of motivation, feeling generally knackered and putting myself pretty low on our family list of priorities, I just couldn't get myself out the door to run on my own at the end of a busy day with the kids.

Fed up with my own excuses, I put a shout out on Facebook for a running buddy - and in that first week, 75 other Mums turned up. I realised it wasn't just me and This Mum Runs was born!

Since then, my focus has been on making running fun and accessible for busy mums and developing a strong community of women who can find local running buddies, plus lots of support and encouragement from women in the same boat. We offer fun and friendly women’s only group runs and running courses for total beginners upwards - all at times that fit around the kids.

In less than a year, This Mum Runs has running groups in 6 locations around Bristol, a partnership with the National Trust and our own range of This Mum Runs running kit.

This Mum Runs is part of the Sport England 'This Girl Can' Campaign and Mums from the group have enjoyed taking part in lots of races this year, from 5ks, to ultra marathons.

From being a lapsed runner, Mel has competed in eight 10k races, a half marathon, her first ever triathlon and featured on Good Morning Britain’s Tough Mudder Challenge.

To celebrate all of our achievements and our first birthday, we have lots of exciting things planned for Saturday 14th November, including a large team of Mums running Mo Run Bristol. Many of them are very new to running and this will be the first time they have run a 10k or in any race at all. One of our Mums is running every day with a full moustache in preparation for the event!

I've been totally blown away by the response to This Mum Runs. The group continues to grow every day and there are so many amazing stories of personal achievement and new friendships. Watching women grow in confidence and self belief, finding some rare head space in their week and achieving things they never thought would be possible is so motivating. I hope that we can inspire women reading this to take the first (and sometimes the hardest) step – to just get their trainers on and out of the front door for a run with us.

This Mum Runs 'Couch to 5k' graduate Anneke Van Eijkern said: “This Mum Runs has been life changing for me. I’m fitter, happier, more confident & I’ve got loads of new friends. Three months ago I couldn’t run for a minute, now I can run 10km. I feel like a runner and I never, thought I’d say that. Ever!”

If you’re reading this and this sounds like what’s missing in your life, you’re just one click away from feeling fitter and having a short hour or two a week to call your own. Headspace, fresh air, new mates. Sound good? Come join us at This Mum Runs'

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