Badass Mamas

  • Al on Running and Yoga

    by bev logan
    My name is Al and I’m a professional yoga teacher and non-competitive (and super slow) runner. I run to be out in nature, I think if I didn’t run ...
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, Mental Health, running journey, running mum

  • Taking Back Control Through Running

    by Beverley Logan
    I still remember the day I started running. I’m a Divorced, Single Mummy to two girls, aged just five and eight. I also suffer with an Anxiety Disorder. The year I got divorced in 2017, I landed my dream career as a Police Constable. A couple of years on…and I found life overwhelming.
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, Mental Health, running journey, running mum

  • Badass Mama Kirsty Shares Her Running Journey

    by Beverley Logan
    I did something which at the time felt that it wouldn't happen, and that was put myself into a charity place ballot for the 2022 London Marathon, and lo and behold, I got a place! 
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, Mental Health, running journey, running mum

  • Lockdown turned Amy into a Runner

    by Beverley Logan

    There was lots of talk about how productive some people managed to be during lockdown. People wrote novels, learned Spanish, grew organic vegetables, took up the bassoon… I was definitely not one of those people.

    Posted in couch to 5k, running journey, running mum

  • Couch to Badass by Lindsay

    by Beverley Logan
    I could never understand people who ran… Especially for fun! The majority of my life I have struggled with Anxiety and depression, trying new thi...
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, running journey, running mum

  • Badass Clare on Completing Couch to 5k

    by Beverley Logan
    The walk home seemed long and uncomfortable, everyone was looking (I’m sure they weren’t, I’m sure they didn’t even care) at the Lycra cladded idiot waking along at a slower speed than that of a sloth
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, running journey, running mum

  • Stacey is Running For The Soul

    by Beverley Logan

    I can wake up in the morning with a knot in my stomach due to anxiety, I don’t always know why I feel anxious but I know if I put on my running shoes and get out that door that when I return home that feeling has gone.

    Posted in couch to 5k, Mental Health, running journey, running mum

  • Caitlin's Epic Couch to 5k Journey

    by Beverley Logan

    …as I went out and did my run that day, I didn’t feel ashamed anymore - I felt empowered - so... I wasn’t fast, I was still overweight, my face still went a very fetching shade of red. But I didn’t care any more because I was doing it,

    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, running journey, running mum

  • Karen Explains How 'Jeffing' Helped Her Reach Her Goals

    by Beverley Logan
    I took up running around September 2015 after being diagnosed with osteopenia (early signs of osteoporosis where your b...
    Posted in c25k, couch to 5k, running journey, running mum