In 2025, I ran 2,025km . That’s roughly 1.5x the length of the UK .An average of 3.5 miles a day , for 365 days , at an average pace of 10:24 per mile . On paper, it looks like a fitness challenge. In real life, it was something else entirely. The moment I set the goal Back in January 2025, I was sitting in PICU with Francis , (my now 20 month old) while he was fighting for his life on a ventilator. And in that kind of space, your brain does what it needs to do to survive. Mine searched for...

Many women enter perimenopause feeling mentally unfamiliar to themselves. They’re not falling apart — but they don’t feel as capable, calm, or resilient as they once did. Focus becomes slippery. Emotions feel closer to the surface. Small things feel disproportionately draining. Some women begin to wonder if they have ADHD. Others don’t use that language, but quietly worry that something is “wrong”. At Root Cores, we see this differently. What’s happening is not a personal failure — it’s a...

A Root Cores guide to training smarter, not harder Perimenopause is not a time to stop exercising — but it is  a time to change how you train. Many women reach this stage of life feeling confused. The exercise routines that once worked suddenly feel exhausting, ineffective, or even counterproductive. Motivation is often blamed, but the real issue is far simpler: The exercise prescription has changed. At Root Cores, we work with women who are active, capable and committed — yet stuck in a...