by Thomas Burton | Apr 22, 2024 3:03PM | Sport
A Sheffield student has been overwhelmed with responses after starting a women’s running club aimed at tackling loneliness and encouraging fitness. Libby Holmes, 26, a PhD student in biophysics at the University of Sheffield, began Run For Fun Sheffield earlier this...
by Amy Britton | Feb 19, 2024 12:52PM | Sport
A local Doncaster man set up a football club to break down the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and build a community around the game. The football matches are friendly games to promote fitness and provide an open space for the players to talk about their mental...
by Richard McLaughlin | Dec 1, 2023 3:40PM | News
A Sheffield footwear company has become the first manufacturer in the UK to produce handmade barefoot running sandals. Tom Harper and James Jones met in 2020 after competing in a six man, 100 mile relay race organised by Tony Riddle, a barefoot endurance athlete and...
by Jack Williamson | Mar 8, 2021 2:35PM | Long Reads
Image by Jenny Hill on Unsplash. Like a dark cloud, boredom and sedentary routines have been hanging over us since the March 2020 lockdown. To tackle both, many people have turned to running for the first time. Inspired by extremely popular apps, Couch to 5k and...
