Inside Ireland's Ever-Growing Running Community

"The community I have created through the club is amazing"Are you even on Instagram if you haven’t seen at least half of your followers posting a picture of themselves beaming at the finish line of either a 10k or half marathon?

So why is everyone running? And is it here to stay or is it just another trend running through society? According to the running duo, the main participants of the club are “college students and people in their 20s”. At the beginning “it was a majority of girls” who were taking part in the runs but as time went on and the club grew, they now have nearly just as many male runners.

Feeling self-conscious whilst running can be quite a difficult hurdle to overcome, nobody wants to be stared at whilst they are working up a sweat running down the street. The nugget of advice Niamh gives is that “realising that no one is watching you is the best thing you can do”. She adds, “If anyone is passing judgment it’s probably because they wish they were pushing themselves as hard as you”.

Niamh speaks candidly about how she has seen lots of improvements in her mental health since beginning her running journey. Like so many people, she grew up with a massive pressure to look a certain way” “it’s only since running in my late 20s that I have managed to take that pressure off myself. I have finally come to the realisation that I don’t need to look a certain way to achieve my goals and be happy, running has easily helped me to get to that place”.

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