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You can always buy a new pair of shoes once your old ones have worn out -- but unfortunately things are not quite so easy if you do not look after your body.
We intend to cover all women related health issues in this section from running whilst pregnant through to eating disorders and injury: cause and prevention. There is a section for you to pose your own questions which will be answered by suitably qualified Professional experts, together with well informed articles being posted regularly (the latest articles and features in the 'health section' will always be listed below).
Do you have a health issue that you need advice on or do you have advice to give? Whatever it is we want to know.
 Running 4 Women are delighted to announce that Angela Benjamin, chartered physiotherapist at Florence Road in Ealing has joined our Team of Experts. You can read more about Angela's background by clicking here.
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 Running 4 Women are delighted to announce that Emma Wight-Boycott has joined our Team of Experts. Emma is a qualified Nutritionist and Fitness Instructor specialising in sports nutrition. She has experience of working with middle to long distance runners, road cyclists, rowers and triathletes at amateur and professional levels. She has a keen interest in the specialty areas of digestive, skin and adrenal disorders.
Through her own interest in sport, particularly middle distance running, Emma appreciates the importance that sound nutrition has on performance and health. Having worked in the food and nutrition industries for over 12 years she brings a unique knowledge of food and supplement manufacturing processes to her practical skills. Emma is currently completing her MSc in Nutrition as well as tutoring undergraduate Nutrition students.
‘’In my spare time I like to wind down with yoga or body balance, a nice long run, planning my next skiing trip with my husband or having a well-deserved glass of wine!’’
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 Jim Cowan has a wealth of coaching experience having worked with novices to world class athletes. Jim has a particular interest in women’s running having been responsible for designing and launching the Race for Life and giving specialist training advice to Bella magazine’s London marathon charity teams. Having worked in sport and in particular running across the UK and around the world, Jim now runs Cowan Global Consulting from his base in Nottingham while also acting as a director and technical advisor to Performance Fitness UK.
www.cowanglobal.net
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Your Questions Answered - Metabolism
I am chronically underweight (despite eating a ton of reasonably healthy food) and already have a very fast metabolism. I am trying to take up running but I am afraid due to everything I have read about how running is good for weight loss, it will speed u - click to read more |
Your Questions Answered - Running and Anaemia
I started running in 2006 for the London Marathon and was at that time
smoking. I gave up in 2007 and that year competed in several other marathons and my times were pretty good. Then in 2008 I ran the Marathon des Sables and I am now training for anothe - click to read more |
Marathon Advice
Hi I am running in the F.L.M. and the training plan I have put together puts my last long run of approx 20 miles at the start of 4 weeks of taper would 3 weeks taper be better? - click to read more |
Focus on Probiotics
Bacteria are in plentiful supply not only in our environment but also our bodies. They can be found on areas such as skin, nose, teeth and tongue, they are not only found ‘on’ the body but also ‘in’ the body, - click to read more |
Your Questions Answered - Eating Disorder
am 15 years old and I am recovering from anorexia/bulimia which I have suffered from for over 4 years. I have been running at home every day for a while & am soon joining a running club as I would like to run competitively. I used to be a sprinter but ob - click to read more |
Your Questions Answered - Breast Surgery
I have recently taken up running and completed the Race For Life. I have also, in the last few years, had breast surgery, a double mastectomy with 'tram flap' reconstruction. This means that my transrectus abdominal muscles are no longer of any use. I am - click to read more |
Your Questions Answered - Foot Pain
I was wondering if you could give me a bit of advice. I have recently bought a pair of Nike Air Persus trainers as I have been told I need a mild stability trainer now going from a trainer that was completely neutral. - click to read more |
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Monthly Recipe
Flap Jack Bars - They are a very versatile energy food, as you can add almost any fruit to it. Ideal as a snack before you go out running on those cold winter days. - click to read more |
Guidelines To Healthy Eating - Part 2
The phrase “You are what you eat” is only partly true. If you think of your body as a finely tuned engine and food as fuel, if you are not adequately digesting your food and absorbing the nutrients from it then you are not going to be sufficiently “fuelli - click to read more |
Caffeine
Caffeine: Caffeine has been shown to improve endurance performance. Large doses of caffeine can raise an athletes metabolic rate, body temperature, blood pressure and blood sugar level. - click to read more |
Six step stretching routine
This six - stretch routine will keep you flexible in all your main running muscles. Follow it after every run, or once or twice a week - it depends on how naturally flexible you are. - click to read more |
Sun Sense For Runners
Running in Summer heat poses a few new physical challenges to athletes. As the thermometer rises, our bodies have to work harder to moderate our internal body temperature and supply our muscles with oxygen. All the energy spent on keeping cool forces our - click to read more |
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