Your World
LATE EXPECTATIONS
Your article ‘The Race Against Time’ could not have come at a better time – atime when my mum was considering cancelling her Runner’s World subscription, and I feared losing my running partner. Mum has been running since 1983 and I finally joined her in the 1990s. We both belonged to the local running club (I still do) and our Sundays always started with a long run – unless Mum was signed up to a race. She’s now 73 and I’m 52; lately, those niggles certainly are niggling, to the point where Mum stated there wasn’t any point in running any more. Until, that is, your magazine dropped through her door. Your article has persuaded us to keep going as long as we can – and cover our ears to those who shout, ‘You shouldn’t be running, it ruins your knees!’
Kerry Watson
Delighted to hear the article has reinvigorated you both. Remember the saying, ‘You don’t stop running because you get old. You get old because you stop running.’
PREGNANT APPLAUSE
I wanted to write to congratulate RW on an informative and valuable article about running in pregnancy (‘Baby Steps’, March 23). When I was expecting our third child, I ran through to 35 weeks (she was born two weeks later) and was so delighted I did – I’m convinced my fitness helped the birth and my recovery. Our daughter was born during the first Covid lockdown, in May 2020, a time of great uncertainty, and I, like other pregnant women, was virtually shielding. Running gave me the headspace and time in nature I needed, and I enjoyed it more than I’d ever done before. The key, as you wrote, was to slow down, listen to my body and hydrate more than usual. Thank you for publishing an encouraging and empowering article. Kate Morgan
INSPIRED BY UKRAINE
I am new to RW and running so didn’t know what to expect. Thought I would give it a go. Absolutely love the magazine and will be a regular reader from now on. The articles were inspiring and not because of the distances people have run, but the reasons behind it. The article on Ukraine was so thought-provoking; I imagine not many of us would have thought about the impact on exercise for i
