18th January 2026
After hearing, repeatedly, that we need to look after our bone and heart health during and after menopause, Rachel reluctantly did the Couch to 5K programme in 2018. After several false starts, she managed to run the Perth Santa Run 5K to raise funds for our charity.
She’s sort-of kept up the 5K, thanks to Perth parkrun . But now she’s turning 60 and wants to prove that menopausal women can move, and learn new tricks. So Rachel has warily set herself the target of running 10K at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May.
Donate here on Rachel’s Just Giving Menopause on the Move page
Only problem is, she doesn’t like running, certainly not on a grey, dreich day like today. So it was dark by the time she finally got herself out of the house. This was a chance to wear her Proviz bodywarmer (or “gilet” as they seem to be called nowadays” and reflective top, which caused further delay searching for them.
Rachel has not run, at all, for the last month, so today’s aim was simply to run for 30mins without stopping and see how far she got.
Sadly she’d forgotten to charge her distance-measuring device until just before setting off, so it quickly blacked out leaving her withno idea how far she’d run or for how long. Nonetheless she persisted.
Rachel is motivated by Fear of Letting People Down.
Donate here on Rachel’s Just Giving Menopause on the Move page
So we hope you will consider sponsoring her to do the EMF 10K in May, so that she can’t duck out of it. Or maybe you’d like to join her for the EMF 10K or the EMF 5K on Team “Moving Through Menopause”?
Watch this space to see whether she manages to keep training, and remembers to charge that watch, or take her phone, and manages to recruit anyone else to join her.
All tips welcome!
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