Introducing ...
The Menopause Running Academy
A step-by-step formula for women, just like you, to run and train in a way that works with your unique body
What if YOU KNEW how to train in a way that works with your changing body, so running doesn’t always feel hard and you’re not always shattered days after a run?
What if YOU KNEW how to improve your running fitness and reverse performance decline?
What if YOU KNEW how to regain strength, so you can run with power and force once again?
What if YOU KNEW how to lose weight, especially your mid-life middle that's recently crept on?
What if YOU KNEW how to manage menopause symptoms to run and train like before?
And what if YOU COULD find your lost motivation for running and life?
You'll learn all this and MORE in the Menopause Running Academy foundation trainings
So your goal is just to enjoy your next race.
Your stretch goal?
How about, to run it 10 or even 30 MINUTES FASTER than you think possible today
Ambitious? Absolutely. Achievable? Totally!
Because no matter how long and how much you've been battling menopause - The Menopause Running Academy has what you need to take back control of your training
Still day-dreaming about running the race of your dreams - The Menopause Running Academy has you sorted!
Googling "How do I lose my menopause middle?" 12 times a day - The Menopause Running Academy has you sorted!
Facebooking "How do I get my motivation to run back?" - The Menopause Running Academy has you sorted!
I dare you to use the advice and training plans, plus coaching support in The Menopause Running Academy and NOT get these results
But HOW will The Menopause Running Academy help you regain your lost running motivation, strength and speed?
By not just teaching you everything you need to know
By not just giving you the fastest and most effective way to train with your changing mid-life body
But, by also inspiring, motivating and encouraging you to put everything into action in the easiest, most logical way to finally get the running results that you want
If you're new to running and want to get more active to help you lose weight and improve your overall fitness and health, you'll start with our Couch to Confidence Plan
If you've got a milestone birthday coming up and want to celebrate by challenging yourself to run your first Marathon or Half you'll follow our Mid-Life Marathon or Half Marathon Buster Plan
If you're a seasoned runner, frustrated your pace and race times have plateaued or drastically declined, you'll start with our Shattering the Plateau Plan
Lots of women completely give up when menopause symptoms hit. They give up running and working out, and give in to weight gain and old age.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
In The Menopause Running Academy you’ll learn how to go from slowing down and feeling frustrated that you’re not as speedy or able to run as far as you once could, to running faster and stronger than you’ve run in the previous few years.
Most women at this stage of life are fed up that they're running slower, and try as they might they're struggling to run the times and distances they once ran.
They also find running and other exercise increasingly hard.
Not only that, they’ve put on weight and running and working out more isn’t shifting it. In fact the more they run it feels the more weight they put on! And that additional weight is making running a lot harder.
They’re also constantly feeling listless and tired. They’ve got less energy and motivation to work out and to run, and for everything else in their life.
To improve your running and lose the pounds that have crept on, the first thing to do is make changes to your diet.
What most women do when menopause weight starts to creep on is to run more or go on a low calorie diet.
But unfortunately, that’s not going to help!
Instead, make meals with essential nutrients to give you energy to train, help you recover from your workouts and runs and help manage the symptoms of menopause. And when you do that you’ll find you start to lose weight and become leaner.
Next, build muscle.
Because when you do that you’ll increase your metabolism and strength, so you’ll lose weight even faster and be able to run with more power, force and strength.
Also, find ways to improve your sleep, and manage anxiety and stress.
If you sleep better and have ways to control your life stress. You'll have so much more energy and motivation for running and for life.
Finally, I recommend you completely change your training to include speed-work in your training, which is how you’re going to improve your fitness and running results.
These 4 changes are what I call the
4M Momentum Method
and to improve your running at this stage of life you need to work on all 4.
And the good news is that’s exactly what I’m going to help you with in The Menopause Running Academy.
The Impact of Menopause on Your Body
In this training you'll learn what menopause is, the stages a woman goes through in life and how menopause impacts a woman’s body.
To become more mindful of how menopause is impacting you you'll track your symptoms, what they are, when they occur and the severity and create a symptom management plan.
Why You Need to Train
Differently
In this module we cover how menopause changes specifically impact you as an athlete, runner or active woman.
I'll explain whey your performance might be flatlining or declining and why training you've done in the past isn't cutting it now.
How to Stay Motivated in Mid-Life
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How to Go From Couch to
Confident
This is for you if you want to start running to more active, to lose weight and improve your overall fitness and health.
The Couch to Confident Running Guide will help you take your very first running steps.
How to Run Your First Marathon or Half After 40
In this module you'll learn why you need to train for a marathon or half differently as a mid-life woman.
You'll learn about the 3 runs that will help you build running strength, stamina and speed so you can train smarter for your upcoming race.
Strategies to Regain Running Strength & Speed
In this training I give you 3 strategies that will help you regain your running strength and speed, so you can run faster and stronger in your next race, whether that's a marathon, 10k or half.
Critical Conditioning to Keep
Injury Free
In this training you'll learn why including conditioning work in your week is essential as a runner and how including certain conditioning exercises and workouts in your week can help keep you injury free.
How to Run and Lose Weight in Mid-Life
What you might be finding ar that eating habits that worked just fine in the past may no longer work.
In this module I'm going to help you make simple changes to your diet to help your training.
Managing Energy & Fatigue in Mid-LIfe
In this training we recap the changes we go through during menopause and how they impact your energy levels and mood. You'll also learn ways to help manage your energy and fatigue, so you can run, train and live your life with more energy and enthusiasm.
I work with women who want to smash every outdated belief about sex, age and capability. I help them train smart, and work with their unique mid-life female physiology to unlock new levels of strength, pace and performance to run strong in their next 10k, marathon or half.
Since turning 50 I’ve run 20+ marathons, coached 600+ women around the world, and inspired many more to get off their couch.
But I wasn’t always a runner. I was a lazy kid at school and did everything I could to not do sport; and I eat way too much cheese and cake.
I’m just an ordinary woman who wants to redefine what it means to be a strong, determined woman running in her prime.
Are you ready to work with me to break free from the ordinary, shatter some stereotypes, and dare to run where others fear to tread?
Debi, Sydney Marathon Runner
Turning 50, I felt I had passed my running peak. I didn’t think my legs could manage running a marathon, as I was always tired and sore after a race.
Your training was a game changer.
I can now run long distances without the burden on my legs that had previously limited my goals. My diet, something I’ve struggled with all my life, is finally at a place where I effortlessly eat healthy, balanced meals every day that support my running and my active job.
Training this way I’ve realised that getting older doesn’t mean you have to give up on your dreams and that you can be fitter than your younger self!
Fiona, London Marathon Runner
When I got my place, my running consisted of the occasional 10k and running with friends to catch up on gossip. 2022 was a big year, I turned 50 (gulp) had clear signs of impending menopause, crunching knees and a serious lack of spare time.
How to start? What to eat? How to train? All the plans online looked super-intense with 5 runs a week. How could I possibly fit that into an already busy life? I needed help.
Apart from the training itself, the best thing about working with Helen was the education. Turns out there is a lot to know about running a marathon in your 50's if you want to do it properly and have a good experience.
Julie, London Marathon Runner
I wanted to run a marathon to celebrate my 60th year, but needed guidance, advice and support to do it.
I loved the whole experience of training with Helen.
The weekly workshops spoon-fed me, so I knew what to do in my training and when. I learned so much about nutrition, exercise and running. I love the comradely of the community.
Helen, you speak our language irrespective of where we are on our running journey. This means so much.
Last year, before I joined you for coaching I’d fallen out of love with running, but have now found it again, plus some!
Your Journey to Regain Your Running Strength, Motivation and Speed Starts HERE!
