Last year Shauna and I met in Amsterdam to have a brainstorming session. We both really enjoy taking ourselves out of our everyday surroundings to switch up thought patterns and get the ideas flowing. That particular afternoon called for Mexican food. Nothing like a good burrito washed down with a vanilla horchata to help out… [Read More]

Are you stuck in a running rut? Are you training hard… but not seeing the improvements you want? An Up & Running makeover could be just the ticket! Read on for how you could win 3 months coaching with Julia… When I was a young teenager in the 70’s I was a magazine addict. Each month I’d eagerly… [Read More]

At long last our beginners running book UP AND RUNNING has hit the shelves! We are excited. So excited that we’re sporting the same expressions of demented glee that we did on the day we shot the photos for the book… Now we want to share that joy with you. Back in autumn when planning how… [Read More]

We are jumping-up-and-down-like-loonies excited to announce that our book, UP AND RUNNING is available to pre-order and will be published on 8 January 2015 by CICO Books in both the UK and USA. We’ve taken Julia’s coaching expertise, our tried and tested 5k plan plus all the wisdom and inspiration gleaned from our Up & Runners and brought it all… [Read More]

One of the biggest highs of 2014 has been launching the Up & Moving course for walkers and exercise beginners. We’ve witnessed our Movers kick butt over the six weeks, overcoming fears and resistance to make fitness a part of their lives. There’s been many requests for more Up & Moving workouts and we’re happy to announce we’ve finally… [Read More]

Congratulations to the winners of our Instagram Bridge to 10K giveaway! Let’s have a stickybeak at where they do their running… If you want to show off where you walk or run, tag your pics #upandrunningonline and/or #runaroundtheworld. We’re @runningonline and always on the lookout for new Instagram pals. Thank youeveryone who entered!

We’re giving away five Bridge to 10K training plans this week in our Instagram giveaway! What’s Bridge to 10K? They’re a series of kickass training plans that help you get ready to take on the 10K distance. Each PDF download has four weeks of training plus running drills and coaching tips from Julia. All you need to… [Read More]

“I can run on my own… but I’m still running with friends!” – Paula, UK It’s hard to show here on the outside what it feels like inside our running courses. How the energy zings when a bunch of like-minded women get together in pursuit of a common goal. It’s empowering, fun and kickass. In this video we… [Read More]

Happy Friday, good folks! Two quick items of news for you today… 1. Summer 5K & 10K Course dates If you missed out on our Spring courses (the runners are doing beyouuutifully, by the way!), we wanted to let you know that our Summer 5K will begin Monday 9 June and our Summer 10K will begin… [Read More]

Since we launched Up & Running three years ago we’ve had scores of requests for a stepping stone course between the couch and our 5K Course. So today we are chuffed to bits to bring you… Up & Moving! If you… are completely new to exercise are returning to fitness after a break crave expert… [Read More]