It's so exciting to see all the great initiatives popping up in running right now! I've highlighted three inclusivity projects in my newsletter this week including schemes to improve access, visibility and belonging. @clorroe.bsky.social runningmatters.substack.com/p/running-ju...

How to Pitch Comment Pieces - with expert advice from award winning opinion writer @hannahfearn.bsky.social Just a few places left on this lunchtime webinar today! If you can't make it at 1pm - purchase a ticket and you will automatically be sent a recording www.tickettailor.com/events/freel...

Just two days left to grab your tickets to this special webinar on How to Pitch Comment Pieces. Get expert advice from award winning opinion writer and former opinion editor @hannahfearn.bsky.social session.https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freelancingforjournalists/2010749

A male teacher once told me to "stop shrieking woman" when I pointed out an injustice. Now 30 years later I'm shrieking louder (and prouder) than ever before runningmatters.substack.com/p/ive-finall...

📢CALLING FITNESS PRS I'm doing a round-up of the best running watches, fitness watches and treadmills for The Independent. I need to have tested everything first hand myself so if you are a PR and can help please get in touch asap! This is an example: www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...

Had a whistle stop tour of London yesterday having various meetings but it started with @lilycanter.bsky.social and I having a blooming lovely chat about Ultra Women with Ben and Rick from the @runnersworld.bsky.social pod

It definitely feels like the tide is starting to turn in women's running. The National Running Show last weekend was a great example of this and demonstrates why the women's running boom can no longer be ignored. runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...

Hey Sheffield folk, @lilycanter.bsky.social and I doing a talk next week on Ultra Women at the @inov8.bsky.social store. Come along! Proceeds go to mountain rescue 🙌 www.eventbrite.com/e/inov8-trai...

Been at the running show with @lilycanter.bsky.social who did a great job on a panel with Sophie Power and Lisa Jackson. Lovely to meet some of the readers of Ultra Women 🥰

Ahead of her appearance at the National Running Show I had a chat with Sophie Power about her new book The Power Within. runningmatters.substack.com/p/how-we-can...

@emmajourno.bsky.social and I will be at the National Running Show on Sunday signing copies of Ultra Women: The Trailblazers Defying Sexism in Sport. I'm speaking on a panel at 14:15 at the Running Skills Theatre and we will be signing books directly after that. nationalrunningshow.com/agenda-sunday

Whose coming to the Running Show this weekend? I'll be around all weekend and would be happy to meet up with PRs, runners or anyone who wants to get a signed copy of Ultra Women from me and @emmajourno.bsky.social. Plus I'll be speaking alongside Sophie Power and Lisa Jackson on Sunday afternoon!

Many of my newbie runners really struggle with knowing how fast (or slow) to run. So here’s my simple explainer on working out the right training and race paces for you. runningmatters.substack.com/p/how-to-wor...

Excited to be giving three talks over the next month. January I'll be at the National Running Show on a panel with Sophie Power + Lisa Jackson. Then in Feb I'm with @emmajourno.bsky.social at @inov8.bsky.social Sheffield followed by a solo talk at Fort William Mountain Festival. Pls come say hello!

Posting my interview with ultra runner Anna Troup again. I spoke to her after she won the summer spine last year and now she's come back to claim the winter Spine too! What a phenomenal athlete! runningmatters.substack.com/p/how-a-55-y...

Nikki Love is an incredible athlete and continues to show that age is no barrier when it comes to adventure and ambition. I chatted to her about running across Australia in her 50s and why she has now gone back to university to study sports psychology. runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-ultra-...

On the pod today we speak to winner of Best Investigation at the Freelance Journalism Awards 2025. @willcoldwell.bsky.social investigation into the death of an offshore worker was a masterclass in handling sensitive stories. freelancing-for-journalists.captivate.fm/episode/will...

📍Have you ever wondered what dot watching is? And why do people get obsessed with watching a pin on a map? Here's an explainer ahead of the Winter Spine Race. open.substack.com/pub/runningm... #spinerace #winterspinerace

In today's newsletter we explain why we have deleted our X account and the other ways we connect with our community open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...

Today's podcast is particularly topical since FFJ just deleted its Twitter account. Big tech has as much responsibility as individuals in creating a safe and meaningful society. freelancing-for-journalists.captivate.fm/episode/harr...

I have been incredibly lucky this year to have worked with some amazing and inspirational women. From the runners I coach at Great Bowden Runners to the women I have interviewed around the globe who have been fearlessly taken on phenomenal challenges. runningmatters.substack.com/p/my-top-5-w...

Hoping I've gifted the article successfully so that everyone here can read it.

@emmajourno.bsky.social @lilycanter.bsky.social rightly feature in @theguardian.com sports books of the year column yesterday! ⭐️

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d... Well this has made our day, eh @emmajourno.bsky.social?!!!! Thanks you so much @jonathanliew.bsky.social 💛

Ooh look at @thetimes.com sports books of 2025. @lilycanter.bsky.social and I did not know this was happening until I started getting WhatsApp messages as Granny had spotted it. Not bad for a book that was rejected by multiple publishers who weren't interested in women's stories.

Amazing day at the William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards yesterday! Our book Ultra Women definitely made an impression and it was fantastic to make the final shortlist.

📚 | 2025 Shortlist @lilycanter.bsky.social and @emmajourno.bsky.social: Ultra Women "Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." — WHSBOTY 2025 Reading Panel Check out our full shortlist here ⬇️

It is not in my nature to mention the C word while we’re still in November but excited to spot Ultra Women in this Xmas gift guide @lilycanter.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...

📚 shout out for Ultra Women- one of my books of the year! 🌟 @emmajourno.bsky.social & @lilycanter.bsky.social excellent book should be on your Christmas list people! 🌲 A manifesto told in real life stories of endurance sport, how inclusion, representation & research is still much needed 🌟

The winners of the Freelance Journalism Awards 2025 are out! Congratulations everyone!! open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...

Lot's of extra interest in Ultra Women after the @bookieprize.bsky.social. You can get it anywhere there's books, including Amazon, Waterstone's, Hive. Ask your local bookshop to order. Our publisher also has 20% off to celebrate @lilycanter.bsky.social www.canburypress.com @lilycanter.bsky.social

The book that many publishers said people wouldn't read because it was about women and ultra endurance has just been shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year. Yes, @emmajourno.bsky.social and I are feeling smug this morning. Just shows how good women are at persisting against patriarchal nonsense...

In this special bonus episode we chat to Martin Hickman the director of Canbury Press. He shares trade secrets on how to impress a publisher and what he is looking for from journalists who want to become authors. freelancing-for-journalists.captivate.fm/episode/book...

Excellent newsletter this week (as every week) from my Ultra Women co-author @lilycanter.bsky.social Remember if you want to know more about why women are so good at this stuff and their amazing tales of endurance we have just the book for you www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Women-...

What a month it's been for women and endurance world records!!! open.substack.com/pub/runningm...

A recent "influencer" trip to Paris gave me a new-found respect for content creators - it's not an easy gig, as I discovered whilst running 20k whilst trying to enthusiastically capture content... Read more about what I learnt about content creators here: runningmatters.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...

It was lovely chatting to Stephanie Case about pregnancy, postpartum running and podium positions for Running Matters this week. She was ambitious, relaxed, diplomatic and forthright all in equal measure runningmatters.substack.com/p/stephanie-...

Find out why Hannah Cox is running 100 marathons in 100 days across India despite only taking up running last year 💪 open.substack.com/pub/runningm...

Just went to listen to see what they had to say about UItra Women and was a bit blown away. I think mostly because we seemed to have completely overturned their expectation about what the book was about! "I think it's perfect", he ends. @lilycanter.bsky.social and I couldn't agree more ;-)

📚 | 2025 LONGLIST "Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." @emmajourno.bsky.social and @lilycanter.bsky.social joined forces to uncover the history behind sexism in sports in their longlisted book Ultra Women.

How to run 80 miles without breaking your body - or how peanut butter sandwiches, two portions of chips and a bag of donuts got me through a 24 hour trail race. runningmatters.substack.com/p/how-to-run...

Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY

@lilycanter.bsky.social and I are over the moon that Ultra Women has made it onto this year's @bookieprize.bsky.social longlist. Many of you will know that it was a long road to get this book published but we always had faith that people would want to hear these stories. @canburypress.bsky.social

When Ultra Women came out @lilycanter.bsky.social and I set ourselves a challenge to do a 24h run. So off we went to Equinox at Belvoir castle to do 10k loops. I did 70 miles, Lily’s knee held up really well and she did 80miles. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 home to bed now…

What a women's running conference taught me about community, collaboration and change runningmatters.substack.com/p/from-troll...

www.techradar.com/health-fitne... These shoes were seriously the craziest pair I have ever run in!

@lilycanter.bsky.social and I having a work meeting in Nottingham on Friday as it's half way between us. Recommendations for somewhere central with nice food (and vegan options) plus Wifi please.

Super pleased with how my piece on the sustainable community of Knoydark turned out in travel website Adventure.com adventure.com/off-grid-com...

To drink or not to drink - is it better to over or underhydrate? Should we be adding electrolytes to the mix? Here's a guide to running and hydration. runningmatters.substack.com/p/how-much-w...