ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?   At last the Women's Mini Marathon is back with a bang... Enter today and walk, jog or run 10k on Sunday 4th June.   More than ever, St James's Hospital needs your support. Will you be joining us this year?   St James’s Hospital is Ireland’s largest teaching hospital
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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?   This year’s Women's Mini Marathon is going virtual again.  Enter today and walk, jog or run 10k on 19th September 2021!   More than ever, St James's Hospital needs your support. Will you be joining us this year?   Your participation in the VHI Women's Mini Marathon helps
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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?   The Vhi Women's Mini Marathon, an annual 10K charity road race, usually occurs each June bank holiday weekend in Dublin and is the largest Women's event of its kind in the world. Due to restrictions from the Covid19 crisis, this year’s event is going virtual and will take
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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?   We would love you to join the fun and be a part of our team this year on Sunday 2nd June. Your participation in the VHI Women's Mini Marathon helps us to provide much needed comforts and additional facilities for patients throughout the hospital and it is deeply
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We would love you to join the fun and be a part of our team this year on Sunday 3rd June. Your participation in the VHI Women's Mini Marathon helps us to provide much needed comforts and additional facilities for patients throughout the hospital and it is deeply appreciated.   Walk, jog or run on your
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Vhi Women's Mini Marathon June 5th 2017   We would love you to join the fun and to be a part of our team this year. Your participation in the VHI Women's Mini Marathon helps us to provide much needed comforts and additional facilities for patients throughout the hospital and it is deeply appreciated.   Walk,
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Women's Mini Marathon Nutrition Tips- Week 5: Final preparations   What you have being eating and drinking in recent weeks will really have made a big difference to your performance on the big day. Consistently eating a well-balanced diet with adequate energy intake is essential for maintaining health and maximising training effects. Now it’s time to
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Week 4: Food Facts or Facts Myths   Over the previous newsletters we have discussed healthy eating and drinking leading up to the Big Day! Nowadays there are many misconceptions regarding food and diet. There are countless sources of dietary information available at our fingertips, but often with varying levels of evidence-based research and providing conflicting
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Week 3: Fluids – Are you drinking enough?   Exercise feels tougher when you are dehydrated. Dehydration will lead to tiredness and reduced performance. The best strategy is to keep hydrated throughout the day instead of drinking large amounts just before you exercise. Aim for at least 8 glasses of fluid daily and more in hot
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Week 2: Carbohydrates – Fuel for Sport   In the coming weeks, we will focus on some dietary changes to help us achieve our goals on the day of the mini-marathon, starting with carbohydrates.   Why do we need carbohydrates? Carbohydrates are the main source of energy in our diets and therefore the main fuel source
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