Category: Fit over 50

Inspiration, interviews and empathy as we head into our middle and later years.

Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Running / Walking

2019/12/08

Winter motivation: Night running, weekend mountains and great friends

It is the period between autumn, with all its glorious colours and blue skies, and Christmas, with all its extra stresses and strains, that normally leaves me struggling with my mental health. The days...

Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2019/11/18

Three more Corbetts: The Brack, Cnoc Coinnich and Benvane

My friend Ben says he has noticed a pattern creeping into our conversations about where to walk next. This year, we have regularly met for a hike and until recently I was usually happy...

Cycling / Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure

2019/11/07

Russ, 82, rides a million miles

Most people will not even drive this far in their lifetime, yet 82-year-old Russ Mantle has become the first person in the UK to cycle a million miles. Russ, a Cycling UK life member...

Cycling / Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Outdoors & adventure

2019/10/21

Have you tried: BMX track riding?

A Tomboy a heart, I have always wanted to try BMX riding. Somehow, I missed the opportunity when I was a child and, at the age of 51, I thought I was probably too...

Fit over 50 / Menopause matters / Your stories

2019/09/12

Lauren Chiren: Menopause expert, coach and life-changer

I meet many interesting people through my work and life and when interviewing Lauren Chiren for a newspaper article, I was struck by how up-beat and excited she seemed about life and her work....

Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Munro Bagging / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2019/09/10

Solo Munro bagging: Spidean Mialach and Gleouraich

Looking out of the windows of my campervan early on Sunday morning, I was sad to see clouds shrouding the tops of the mountains of the west Highlands. The weather forecast the evening before...

Fit over 50 / Your stories

2019/08/29

Linda’s Fit Over 50: ‘Loch Swimming is my HRT’

Linda Wilson is 52 and lives in Helensburgh. She has three children aged 19, 21 and 23 and she is the director of a busy family building and window company. Although she says she...

Fit over 50 / Menopause matters

2019/08/22

I’m confused about: How reduced oestrogen and progesterone affect women?

I read a poster shared by a private menopause clinic on their social media channel. It confused me because I had thought that reduced oestrogen was the main cause of symptoms, not reduced progesterone....

Fit over 50 / Menopause matters / My fit at 50

2019/08/13

16 things I have learned about the menopause (recently)

A few people have been asking me for an update on my menopause. It’s not just the women who ask, but, interestingly, there are men who are keen to have a new instalment! It...

Fit over 50 / Inspiration / Munro Bagging / Outdoors & adventure / Walking

2019/07/16

3 Glen Dessary Munros from Loch Arkaig

With one day away from my desk during a busy work period, I decided to make good use of my time with a trio of Munros. The target was the three summits in Glen...