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“I never gave up”

Mum, TV presenter, adventurer and runner Lowri Morgan has completed some of the toughest races in the world – despite being told she’d never run again. Often found criss-crossing the mountains of Wales, as long as she has running in her life, she’s happy Words Rachel Ifans

When you run with a friend, everything – job, gender, background, family – it all gets leftbehind.” I listen to the soft , lilting voice of Lowri Morgan as she tells me about her running habits and I instantly want to be one of her running buddies. That is, until she tells me she often gets up at 4.30am to run, as she has to fit the miles in before 7.30am. Ahem. I clear my throat and come back to reality.

Both being busy working parents, we talk about how running is such a fantastic way to process the chaos and lighten the mental load. She says she always ran on her own until recently, even though she’d been part of a running club from an early age. As a parent, the new-found camaraderie she gets from running with friends has surprised her.

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