Author Archives: Hannah Rayner

What a week we had celebrating The Mental Health Foundation’s campaign to shine a light on the importance of focusing on your mental wellbeing! The aim of the week’s free, beginner friendly sessions was to provide people with the opportunity to try lots of different activities to see what helps them manage their mental health. […]

I’m 8 weeks in to some more structured training and I’m pleased to report some highly satifying increases in my VO2 Max! It made me think. How many people really understand what VO2 Max is, what it measures and how to improve it? Thus this blog…but strap yourselves in because it does get a little […]

I get asked this question a lot….and if they don’t ask, I usually get the kind of puzzled look when I say ‘I’m a Running Coach’ which tells me they have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. That’s ok though – I didn’t know running coaches were even a thing until I stumbled across […]

If you had a running fairy godmother and could be granted one wish, what would you wish for? I asked this very question to my followers on social media a couple of weeks back and the overwhelming answer was to remain injury free. Part of me was a little surprised – I thought everyone would […]

Have you recently found yourself pondering whether a marathon might just be within your grasp? It might be that its been niggling away at you for sometime or something you never, in a million years, thought you’d even contemplate. But here you are thinking about it. It’s been fantastic to watch people completing London, Berlin, Manchester, Chester, York […]

Are you one of these people who struggle to come up with ideas for Christmas? Believe it or not, I personally find it pretty hard to come up with ideas when someone asks ‘What do you want for Christmas?’. Problem is, the question tends to come after a long conversation where I’ve come up with […]