no news_id given A fearless look back at 2020 We look back to a year full of surprises, unexpected turns and new situations. Our team has bundled their efforts and came up with creative ideas and solutions to stay connected... Blog, 261 Fearless Organization, 261 Events, 261 Education, 261 Clubs Inspiring 261 reading recommendations Our 261 Fearless Inc. team has some inspiring reading tips for you to enjoy over the holidays! Blog, Running Tips, 261 Education 261 Friendship - the greatest gift of all Just as the holiday season starts, we've got the greatest gift idea of all for you: the 261 Friendship. Make one of your loved ones a 261 Friend - they become part of a global... Blog, 261 community stories Move the World 2020 We MOVED THE WORLD! Women, men and families around the globe ran, walked, biked, hiked and moved in many ways, with every step achieving a positive change in the world and having... Blog, 261 Events Running Niggles VI: Numb Feet Numbness or pins and needles in one or both your feet when running is a common complaint. It isn’t usually anything to worry about but it can be frustrating and annoying and very... Blog, Women & Health, Running Tips "My Favorite Item" - Tips from our 261 Fearless Inc. Team Our 261 Fearless Inc Team picked their favorite items they purchase online. We'd like to inspire you with our reading tips, motivate you to stay active with virtual workouts and... Blog Running Niggles V: Shin splints Shin splint pain comes on when you run. It might be there as soon as you start running or develop after a while on your feet. It’s felt on the front of your lower leg, often just... Blog, Running Tips, Women & Health Running Niggles IV: Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) Lots of things can hurt when you start to run. A few twinges and aches can be normal when you’re asking your body to do something it isn’t used to doing. The excitement of... Blog, Running Tips, Women & Health The 261 Empowerment Classes At 261 Fearless we believe education is key to empowerment. We want our coaches to feel confident, knowledgeable and up to date when they lead their weekly meetruns. Our 261... Blog, 261 Education Running Niggles III: Sore Muscles A common running niggle, sore muscles happen to the best of us, but like most of these niggles, they’re more frequent in beginners. There’s so much for beginners to discover and... Blog, Running Tips, Women & Health Running Niggles II: Chafing If you’ve never had chafed skin from running, you are in the minority and also very lucky! Skin which has been rubbed raw can be intensely painful and make any movement, let alone... Blog, Women & Health, Running Tips "My Favorite Item" - Tips from our 261 Fearless Team Our 261 Fearless Inc Team picked their favorite items they purchase online. We'd like to inspire you with our reading tips, motivate you to stay active with virtual workouts and... Blog, Running Tips Running Niggles I - Blisters It’s entirely normal for things to twinge and ache when you start running for the first time or after a break. These issues can be enough to convince you that running just isn’t... Blog, Running Tips, Women & Health "My Favorite Item" - Tips from our 261 Fearless Team Our 261 Fearless Inc Team picked their favorite items they purchase online. We'd like to inspire you with our reading tips, motivate you to stay active with virtual workouts and... Blog, 261 Fearless Organization, Running Tips Running and Anxiety – Eight Tips for Anxious Runners In the last Running and Anxiety blog we looked at how running helps to prevent and ease anxiety symptoms. Running with anxiety can be hard though, just getting out of the door can... Women & Health, Running Tips Running and Anxiety – How Running Helps. Running makes you feel good, there’s no denying that. It can be used to help improve and maintain mental health. One of the conditions it is particularly beneficial for is anxiety... Blog, Women & Health, Running Tips "My Favorite Item" - Tips from our 261 Fearless Team Our 261 Fearless Inc Team picked their favorite items they purchase online. We'd like to inspire you with our reading tips, motivate you to stay active with virtual workouts and... Blog, Running Tips, 261 Fearless Organization How to Keep Your Lungs Healthy In the last blog we covered respiration essentials and learnt about how our lungs actually work. Now let’s consider some common lung conditions and find out how we can keep our... Blog, Women & Health, Running Tips COVID-19 can't stop us! 261 Fearless Clubs around the world keep moving Our 261 Clubs offer weekly one-hour meet runs to empower women through running and being active – normally! Now, the circumstances have changed, but our local 261 Clubs found ways... Blog, 261 Clubs "My favorite items" - tips from our 261 Fearless Team Our 261 Fearless Inc Team picked their favorite items they purchase online. We'd like to inspire you with our reading tips, motivate you to stay active with virtual workouts and... Blog, 261 community stories Respiration Essentials – The Lungs We all know our lungs are vital to everyday life but now they’re potentially under serious attack from a virus, our respect for them has grown further. Biology lessons may be a... Blog, Women & Health Responsible Running As a global running network, we have a whole range of pandemic running scenarios amongst our community. We have members who aren’t allowed to run at all and are confined to their... Blog, Running Tips Keeping Healthy When You’re Stuck at Home Life is far from normal for all of us at the moment. Whether we are still allowed to go out and exercise or not, we’re all having to spend a whole lot more hours in our homes.... Blog, Women & Health 261 Fearless Club Albania at the Women’s MARCH On International Women's Day the 261 Fearless Club Albania participated in the Women's March of Tirana to support girls and women's rights. Blog, 261 Events 261 Fearless Club MidTN celebrated International Women's Day with an information event Educate, engage and empower - that was the aim of the first information event of the 261 Club MidTN on International Women's Day. We inspired women to join our global network! Blog The first 261 Club New Zealand meet run in Palmerston North after the summer break 261 Club New Zealand re-launched its first meet run after the summer break: Over twenty women of all ages joined and had loads of fun running, playing games and chatting. Blog And then I did it: How running helped Petra to overcome challenges Each of our 261 Club members has their individual stories about how they joined their local meet run. Find out more about their first running steps and how it changed their lives.... Blog And then I did it: Susan tells her running story Each of our 261 Club members has their individual stories about how they joined their local meet run. Find out more about their first running steps and how it changed their lives.... Blog What I've learned being a coach: Lisa Ruggles Next in our ‘What I’ve learned being a coach’ series, we hear from Lisa Ruggles. Blog We Educated 28 New 261 Coaches in Three Countries Our 261 Coaches spread the joy of running in their communities and lead weekly meet runs that help to empower women. Over the last two weekends, we educated 28 women who will now... Blog, 261 Education What I've Learned Being a Coach: Katina Wolfe Next in our ‘What I’ve learned being a coach’ series we hear from Katina Wolfe. Blog The 261 Fearless Charity Team at the TCS New York Marathon Our 261 Fearless Charity Team was on top of the world in New York for the TCS New York City Marathon! A weekend full of bright sunshine, parades, fireworks, and amazing views... 261 Events, 261 Charity Program Our fearless journey at the 261 Coaches Refresher in Austria At our annual Refresher course for 261 Coaches in Austria, the whole team collected creative ideas, exchanged and expanded their network and had a lot of fun. 261 Education, 261 Clubs 261 Fearless and Business Skills Development 261 Fearless Clubs are all non-profit organisations. Because we are a global network, we have new clubs launching in different countries (and states in the USA) all the time. Blog, 261 Fearless Organization The UK Coach Refresher Our UK coaches were hosted by 261 Club Burwell near Cambridge for their annual refresher this weekend. Learning and laughter were on the menu! Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 Education 261 Fearless and Volunteering 261 Fearless coaches are all volunteers. They give up a one hour a week to lead the running activities during a meetrun, but further time for club administration, planning and... Blog The 261 Fearless Charity Team rocked the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. A big Thanks to our Charity Runners and the whole 261 community for the support and a memorable weekend in Washington D.C. at the Marine Corps Marathon. Through all the support we... Blog, 261 Charity Program, 261 Events 261 Club Metro Chicago Rocks the Bank of America Chicago Marathon! 261 Club Metro Chicago and 261 runners from all over the world gathered in Chicago for a unique Marathon weekend. At the various events, one could see how truly international 261... Blog, 261 Events Four new 261 Coaches for 261 Club Austria We've educated four new 261 Coaches in Austria who will now support our groups in the southern region of Carinthia. Meet the fearless ladies! Blog, 261 Education And then I did it: How Sigrid started running with the 261 Club Germany Each of our 261 Club members has their individual stories about how they joined their local meet run. Find out more about their first running steps and how it changed their lives.... Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 community stories What I've Learned Being a Coach: Sylvie Chishungu Zawadi Mwamini Next in our ‘What I’ve learned being a coach’ series we hear from Sylvie Chishungu Zawadi Mwamini. Blog, 261 community stories, 261 Clubs A new pilot project: Educating refugee women to become 261 Assistant Coaches 261 Fearless provides opportunities to step up and to be empowered to ALL women. Therefore, we've launched a pilot project within our refugee program in Vienna: we educated 2... 261 Education, 261 Clubs, Blog What I've learned being a coach: Kate Southern When women become 261 Fearless coaches they often do so because they want to give back, to share what running has given to them and to help women in their community. Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 community stories Cultural exchange: Austrian 261 Coaches visit 261 Coaches in Albania The Albanian 261 Coaches and 261 Club members in Tirana and Fier welcomed the 261 Coaches from Austria and Kathrine Switzer warmly. The four days of exchange, mutual learning and... Blog, 261 community stories, 261 Clubs Train the Trainer Boston: We welcome nine new Coaches! Nine ladies learned all they need to know to be 261 Coaches and spread the joy of running in their communities. Find out more about them! Blog, 261 Education 261 Fearless at the Great North Run 261 Fearless Club UK were honoured to have thirty fundraising bibs for the Great North Run in Newcastle on Sunday 8th September. Blog, 261 Events, 261 community stories 261 Club Austria joined the Raiffeisen Women's Run in Klagenfurt The Club 261 runners in Austria participated as a team at the Women's Run in Klagenfurt and celebrated the joy of running together. Blog WE can do this: the 261 Club NZ Palmerston North relay adventure 261 Fearless Club Palmerston North / New Zealand took part in the local Halcombe Relay – a six-person relay on country roads based in Halcombe just out of Palmerston North. 261 Events, 261 community stories, 261 Clubs, Blog FOR the Oceans and ACROSS the Oceans 261 Fearless Coaches, Members and Friends are doing their bit to reduce the plastic in our seas. Blog 261 Fearless Runs for the Oceans There are so many reasons why we run. We run for fitness, for freedom, for empowerment, for fun, to challenge ourselves; the list is truly endless! Blog 261 Fearless Club Workshop in Goma Our 261 Coaches Sylvie and Prudence in Goma lead a 261 Fearless Club Workshop in their city of Goma in DRC to show women what empowerment means and how running can be the vehicle. Blog, 261 Clubs, Women & Health 261 Fearless and Women Can 261 Fearless joined the Women Can Marathon in Devon, England. The event was a blast! Blog 261 Fearless offer New Empowerment Classes to 261 Coaches Education is key to empowerment, that's why we've just launched a brand-new education program: 261 Fearless Empowerment Classes. Blog, 261 Education Train the Trainer Boston: 7 new 261 Coaches It is our great pleasure to introduce 7 new 261 Coaches to you after a fruitful Train the Trainer course in Boston! Blog Avon Women's Run in Berlin 261 Fearless Germany joined the Avon Women's Run in Berlin for a good cause, helping to fight breast cancer! Blog 261 Fearless starred in Toronto Our team was at the Toronto Marathon Expo to tell women about 261 Fearless and our unique 261 Club network around the world Blog Running for those who can't at the Wings for Life World Run 261 Fearless joined the Wings for Life World Run as a team and women all over the world ran for those who can't. Blog First 261 Meet Run in Fier, Albania We are proud to announce that our first 261 meet run was held in Fier, Albania! Blog, 261 Clubs New 261 Club in Chicago, USA We are proud to launch our brand-new 261 Club in Chicago, USA. Come and join us! Blog, 261 Clubs 261 Fearless and Social Running When most people think of a running club, they envisage a place where people go to train together, to run faster, further and to prepare for events and club championships. Blog First meet run for the 261 Club Zambia 261 Fearless spreads the joy of running all around the world - now to Lusaka in Zambia. Blog 14 new 261 Coaches in the USA At our Train the Trainer courses in Boston and Minneapolis we certified 14 new 261 Coaches, we're very proud of them! Blog 261 Fearless Empowering Women We use running as our vehicle to empower women around the world but what do we mean by empower and how are we doing it? Blog The History of 261 Fearless? The moment the media on the press truck at the 1967 Boston Marathon pressed the shutter release buttons on their cameras and captured a race official trying to rip the race... Blog, Kathrine Switzer Four new 261 meet runs in Germany 261 Fearless is expanding in Germany! Four new meet runs in three different cities offer a weekly running holiday for women. Blog What is 261 Fearless? 261 Fearless is a growing presence in the world of women’s empowerment globally. Blog Run on Sun - the 261 Fearless talk We run on the sunny side of life and share our joy with other women! Blog, 261 Clubs Welcome to six new coaches! The UK hosted a Train the Trainer course in Solihull, Birmingham over the weekend of the 1st to the 3rd of March 2019 and six new women became certified 261 Fearless Coaches. Blog, 261 Education 261 Club UK Coaches Refresher The UK 2019 refresher was held in the Lune Valley in the North of England and coaches gathered there for a weekend of updates, brain storming and socialising. Blog, 261 Education, 261 Clubs Boston Charity runners partner with 261 Clubs around the globe We have a great opportunity for 261 Clubs and Charity runners at the Boston Marathon 2019: They will enter a unique partnership! Blog International Train the Trainer in Vienna 261 Fearless educated 6 women from 3 continents at our very international Train the Trainer Vienna. Blog Exchange between 261 Clubs That's what 261 Fearless is all about: You can meet women from different areas, see the world from a new perspective and learn something new! Blog New 261 Coaches certified at 261 Train the Trainer course in Berlin 261 Fearless educated 5 new Coaches in Berlin - a great weekend filled with the magic of 261. Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 Education Train the Trainer Nashville After a weekend full of fun and 261 spirit we certified four new Coaches. Find out who they are! Blog, 261 Education, 261 Clubs The 261 Fearless Game Changers - a review The 261 documentary - powered by adidas - has come to an end, but the 261 Fearless Game Changers have just started! Blog Join us at our 261 Fearless events in 2019 In 2019 we have a lot of exciting events where you can feel the 261 spirit. Join us in one of the 261 Fearless events, be inspired and meet like-minded women! Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 Events 261 meet runs around the world - join in! Have you ever joined a meet run? You have over 50 chances to try it.Do you run regularly in your local 261 Club meet run? Then it's time to try something new at one of over 50... Blog 261 Fearless Club UK at the National Running Show Our Club UK Directors and Coaches headed to the NEC in Birmingham for a weekend of sharing the mission of 261 Fearless with everyone attending the National Running Show. Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 community stories Ladies Night in Berlin A night full of fun, information and new input for the ladies who joined us at our 261 Ladies Night in Berlin! Blog Safety & Running A safety expert of the Austrian police gives us tips on how to be safe when running. Blog Run the World in Tirana The 261 Club Tirana was running for a healthy life together with Dan Thompson as part of the Run the World challenge. Blog 261 Coaches refresher in Austria Education is key for 261 Fearless! Our 261 Coaches attend a yearly refresher to get new ideas, new content and connect with each other. Blog 261 Fearless Shine in New York City Our charity team was at the New York City marathon and had a memorable weekend. 13 runners participated and collected the incredible sum of $70,000 for the 261 Fearless cause -... Blog 261 Fearless Launches a New Club in Asia! Tasneem Muchhala has defied the odds and started her 261 Fearless Club in Mumbai, India. Congratulations Tasneem, what an achievement! Blog San Antonio - a weekend full of 261 Fearless events Check out the schedule of our 261 Fearless events at the Humana Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half Marathon in San Antonio! Blog, 261 Events 261 Fearless Club Members Take on the Admiral Swansea 10K Equipped with bib numbers 261 and 1261, Carol from 261 Fearless Club Inverurie and Rose from 261 Fearless Club Lune Valley recently ran the Admiral Swansea 10K marathon. Read... Blog Pat Winiecki loves to read - especially her new book Sorted: The Active Woman's Guide to Health Pat won Dr. Juliet McGrattans award-winning book Sorted: The Active Woman's Guide to Health. Now she finally has it in her hands! Blog Fearless Fun at the UK Train the Trainer Manchester was again the chosen venue for the latest Train the Trainer in the UK which was held from the 12th to the 14th of October. Blog, 261 Education New 261 Fearless Clubs Around the World 261 Fearless is growing! Our network is expanding and reaching women all over the world. We are proud that we can empower women around the globe thanks to our 261 Fearless... Blog, 261 Clubs Testing adidas Solar Boost running shoes This week Nicole Peeters is testing adidas Solar Boost running shoes for us and we are more than curious to find out how their "boost" her runs! Blog Testing adidas Supernova Tank Top New mum Jenny takes the new adidas Supernova Tank Top for a test run in the blazing Texas heat and gives us the low down. Blog A New Club and a First Birthday There was lots of excitement for 261 Fearless Club UK last week Blog, 261 Clubs, 261 community stories Testing the adizero three-quarter tights in the Mediterranean Our 261 Friend Josie from Malta got the chance to exclusively test and review a product from our sponsor adidas. Blog 261 Fearless at the 2018 Berlin Marathon Nine women run on our 261 Fearless Charity Team in the 2018 Berlin marathon - it was an unforgettable experience for them and for us as well! Fearless women from all over the... 261 Charity Program, 261 Events Running connects at our 261 meet run in Vienna Our 261 meet run in Vienna started in July 2018 for female refugees and has been a huge success! Women from Syria and other countries meet once a week with the 261 Coaches... Blog A Fearless Women's Run in Austria Four 261 Fearless Clubs and a 261 Fearless Friend rocked the biggest running party of the year at the Women's Run in Austria! Blog United like a Family: Prudence's Train the Trainer Experience at adidas in Germany Our journey to Germany to be part of the Train the Trainer at the adidas headquarters, and then being part of the new 261 Fearless Documentary was an unimaginable opportunity and... Blog, 261 documentary Sylvie's Herzogenaurach Experience - the Mutual Language of Running Sylvie doesn't speak english - but that didn't stop her from communicating with her 261 Fearless colleagues at the Train the Trainer course in Herzogenaurach! Sylvie gives us the... Blog, 261 documentary Mimoza's Reflections of Her Germany Train the Trainer Experience "Every moment of this experience in Herzogenaurach was a big surprise that made me feel excited and full of emotions. I never thought I would have the chance to see the adidas... Blog, 261 documentary Now that Tasneem is a Game Changer, There's No Stopping Her "Well, to be very honest, I didn’t know what being ‘a 261 Fearless Game Changer’ truly meant before I did this program." Tasneem, one of our seven game-changing heroes recalls her... Blog, 261 documentary