Hannah Donkin 2023

Hannah Donkin is a Personal Trainer and Lifestyle coach, who fuels her workouts and running with Plant Based Food. She is creative at heart and after completing a degree in Menswear Design at Central Saint Martins, she focused her work on sportswear. Studying the body and the way it moved eventually led to undertaking her fitness qualifications. Her mum was […]

Graham Mckenna – Start Running Stay Running

The Bristol Running Show welcomes back Start Running Stay Running CIC,  a friendly, supportive online community founded in 2020 by Linda Meek & Graham Mckenna. The coaching team specialises in getting people to their first 5k and discovering how running helps with both their physical health and mental health. Start Running Stay Running provides a safe space for new and […]

Charlotte Arter 2023

Charlotte Arter is a professional athlete for ASICS. She has represented Great Britain at various events, from European Cross Country Championships, to the World Half Marathon Championships.  Being a modest junior athlete, Charlotte steadily improved over the years and gained her first Great Britain vest at the age of 21. Since then, she has many accolades to her name – […]

Dawn Gardener 2023

Dawn Gardner is a Biomedical Scientist from Bristol who we are delighted to welcome back to the Show. She’s been running ultra marathons for over 10 years and loves races 100 miles and beyond. Since having her little boy almost three years ago she’s been working out how to juggle mum life and running, and has been building herself back […]

Anne Dockery 2023

Anne Dockery began running at 55, after being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, a lung condition affecting the airways. She was living in the United States at the time. When she returned to the UK in 2018 at the age of 70, she was looking for new challenges. In 2018 Anne became world champion at the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Fyn, […]

Dan Summers 2023

We are are delighted to welcome Dan Summers  back to the Show for 2023. Dan is a passionate road, trail, fell and mountain runner. He is a Mountain Leader, England Athletics Fell Running Leader and INWA Nordic Walking Instructor. He’s completed a variety of long-distance challenges including the Bob Graham and the Paddy Buckley Rounds under 24 hours. Dan loves […]

Edward Chapman 2023

Edward Chapman is an ordinary guy, well as ordinary as a recovering accountant can be, but has achieved extraordinary things through running. He does not have a sporting background; at school he used to get out of P.E. as much as possible. His last school report said, “His spasmodic appearances leave no opportunity to comment”. At the age of 40 […]