INFLUENCER
This Mum Runs
Mel Bound’s ambitions for This Mum Runs (TMR) knows no, um, bounds. She told us recently: “I want a TMR run group to be in every city in the world!” Considering she’s gone from a single running group of 75 women just five years ago, to a global community of 80,000 women, we fully expect her to meet that goal. Growing rapidly globally, Mel’s community is tightknit and has a USP: it’s made up of hyper-local running groups that meet for free weekly runs, somewhere near you. Mel started the first one after she’d had her second child, and realised her experiences as a young parent were not exclusive: TMR is made up of women who are time-poor, who struggle to fit fitness into their lives, who are desperately seeking support, and many of whom are struggling with new-found responsibilities and guilt. Mel has attempted to redress this: to persuade women to run for themselves, for their health and to be a positive role model for their children. And the fact that hundreds of you have voted for her is testament to her passion.Through TMR, she is supporting thousands of women to run every day. Her Run Angels are now in hundreds of city centres, and more women than ever are able to find a group of like-minded runners to support them to run and take that precious time just for them. Congratulations Mel and the team: we are in awe.