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Advice for Women Runners

For most purposes, women runners face the same challenges, highs and lows as male runners. But there are one or two issues that affect women in particular. This section of the website is intended to deal with those specifically.

In this section

• Forget Female Festive Fears (eating, running and the festive season) by Nia Parry
  
• The Female Runner Triad (amenorrhoea, osteoporosis & eating disorders) by Nikki Heslin
  

Other advice on the website

• Running and menstruation article by Frank Horwill
  
• Sports performance and the menstrual cycle article by Frank Horwill
  
• The pill and performance in sport article by Frank Horwill
  
• Running safely from the Beginner's Guide to Running
  
• Running to lose weight from the Beginner's Guide to Running