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Welcome to May. Still a little on the chilly side but perfect running weather! Hope you are doing well and are as excited as we are about restrictions starting to lift.

Interestingly the feedback we have been getting is that you are loving the virtual coaching so much you don't want to lose it as we return to coaching outdoors.

So for summer 2021 our plan is to offer you both - a full virtual coaching series of programmes and some options to meet us in person for classes and meetups.

Our aim as always is to keep you all moving, motivated and of course loving getting out into the fresh air. We start our new term on Monday 10th May.

Mary's Get Running programme starting 10th May will be the LAST one for 2021. Wherever in the world you are you can join us as this is 100% virtual. It's open to men/women who want to start running and need a helping hand to stay on track.

If you want to be running 5k by end of June, join our Get Running programme or check out our reviews of virtual coaching.

If you are running already, want to enjoy it more and want to get stronger and avoid injury, come join our Stay Running programme. With virtual classes, yoga, food, talks, videos, training plans and a few surprises, the programme helps you progress quicker than alone as you have all the help and support you need to stay motivated and have fun.

Read the reviews : We have been 'running' this programme for over 1 year now and you want us to keep it going - so we will. Read the reviews

Bonus: Now that we can meet in person, we will have extra options for participants to meet us in person in pop-up classes in Dublin. There will be 3 pop-up classes at different venues each week for those in Stay running group and you can book into classes via our private facebook group at the start of each week.

Once we finish up our new term at the end of June we will launch a new summer season:

Stay Running for Summer : 5th July - 31st Aug (Similar virtual term to our May/June term but our pop-up locations will include West Cork, Wexford as well as Dublin.. and maybe a few more!). Booking will open mid June.

Marathon Coaching : Jul - Oct (for Dublin Marathon - or a virtual marathon). Tempted? All the details and booking are available now for marathon coaching. IF you can run 10k by end of June you would be in a great starting place.

Chi Running : To be honest we hadn't expected the announcement so soon on groups being allowed train so have not scheduled any Chi running workshops, but if any of you are interested, get in touch and if there is interest, we will schedule some dates.

Running Retreats : Still no updates on these at the moment. Those booked in for last years postponed West Cork Running Retreat will be updated if it can run this year. We will keep our fingers crossed and update those on the waiting list when we get clarity.

Beginners Running : There wont be any complete beginners programmes over the summer.

In September we will return to a more formal evening class schedule like we used to have before Covid arrived . But until then we will have a summer of virtual coaching with pop-up classes, events and surprises.

To all of you who bought Mary's Get Running book, thanks again, but if you have it sitting on a shelf, maybe now is the time to have a read. Have a flick through the pictures even to remind you of times past and of what we all still have to look forward to in the future.

There are plenty new blogs us on the website too with Mary's recent Irish Times articles.

There is a new article published each fortnight and the next one will be on Monday and will be all about running buddies v running alone.

A couple of pictures to remind you of what we once took for granted but but will always appreciate once we back at it. Lets all keep the fingers crossed for a great May and a wonderful summer beyond. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

If you have any questions, be sure to get in touch.