“I KNEW I WAS GETTING STRONGER WITH EACH TRAINING SESSION”
The runner
Jacqueline Higgins
Dayjob
Finance officer, Salford University
The result
Running a half-marathon PB of 1:54:47 – just two weeks after running her first ever half
Jacqueline has lost 7kg while training
Jacqueline Higgins, 52, from Littleborough, has made fast progress with her running since starting out eight months ago. She went from “doing the odd parkrun” to running two halfmarathons,
the Manchester Half Marathon and the Bradford City Runs Half Marathon, in 14 days – the latter being only her second halfmarathon, where she managed to knock two minutes and 10 seconds off her time. And on a much hillier course, encompassing an extra 533ft of elevation! Training for her first halfmarathon was a turning