Voices – July 2025

Running with a Hearing Impairment – Judy Rowley Judy shares her very personal experience of what it is like to run with a hearing impairment. You will be surprised at what the impact is on someone who trains and competes, and what as members and coaches we can do by means of support. Sometimes deafness […]

Voices – April 2025

Running with the Perimenopause – what it’s like for me – Josie Harrison Here’s Josie’s experience of running during the Perimenopause, and what she has found helpful. As so many of us have been through or are going through this , if you would like to comment or add your own experience, please contact Judy […]

Voices – February 2025

Injury and Rehabilitation by Mike Edwards “Chronic full thickness rupture of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament. Vertical longitudinal tear of the medial meniscus and posterior horn. Vertical tear on lateral meniscus. Medial meniscal extrusion. Subarticular bone marrow oedema. Large supra patellar effusion with synovitis.” The MRI scan results revealed an injury that brought my running to […]

Voices – January 2025

What it’s like being a Field Official   – Judy Rowley It all started one sunny evening at Rugby Athletic Track! I was nervously waiting around for my first run for HAC in a Masters League meeting when it was tactfully suggested to me that I could make myself useful by helping the officials at the […]

Voices – November 2024

I’m Vanessa and I’m a runner. There are many different types of sight impairment, and mine is called Retinitis Pigmentosa. This means that I have tunnel vision in both eyes, with less than 10% of vision left in each. I started running five years ago and have never looked back.Firstly a little bit at a […]