Mums on the run are determined to go the distance in Lenzie

MUM is definitely the word for a group of women who have decided to take strides towards greater fitness and friendship.
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Aug 2013, 14:12 BST

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Emma Donaldson has started a non-profit-making ‘Mums on the Run’ group in Lenzie.

It is registered with Jog Scotland and specially designed to encourage mums to get into – or back into – running. The aim is to be mother-focused rather than child-focused, giving women the chance to get out, keep fit,

socialise and achieve goals.

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Emma (34), a mother-of-one who lives in Lenzie, said: “I was looking to join a running group that met somewhere local, ideally at the weekend and was fairly social.

“I couldn’t find any group that fitted the bill so I thought I’d set up one. My original plan was to set up a beginner’s running group that met in Lenzie on a Saturday morning.

“As a first step to doing this, I attended a Jog Scotland leader’s course only to find out the following week that I was pregnant. The Mums on the Run group is the new, revised version of this plan!”

Emma started the group in July, setting up a low-cost, eight-week ‘get into/back into running course’ designed for complete beginners or those who had been fairly inactive for a while.

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She said: “The course has been a success so far. The mums are on target to meet the course goal and we’ve had a number of child-free socials at Billington’s after our running sessions.”

There are currently nine mums on the course and Emma hopes to organise more programmes in the future.

She said: “We’re looking, depending on demand, to run further courses, including a course with the end goal of running a 5K. For those mums that already run and would like to meet other mums that do so (e.g. for runs, socialising etc.), we’d love them to get in touch too.”

For more information, e-mail [email protected] or go to www.facebook.com/groups/activemumslenzie

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MARVELLOUS MUMS: Emma (in the middle) with the Mums on the Run. (K31400a)

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