Be Defiant. Blog

Learn how Sarah turned to running to help her mental health. From post natal depression, to dealing with injury, Sarah talks us through how she dealt with it all, and how running helped.

Read Amanda's story of how she has continually used fitness and exercise to push and challenge herself as a maintenance tool for her mental health. Helping her retain structure, to keep purpose, reduce stress levels, stay healthy and be defiant.

Read Jamie's blog post detailing the recipe to become a good runner, and how Jamie uses running to keep great mental health. 

Running helped me through one of the most difficult times of my life.  In August 2019 I lost a best friend to suicide, and it was through running that I was able to grieve.  I spent countless lonely hours pounding the pavements whilst processing my thoughts and coming to terms with what had happened, slowly making my way through the stages of the grieving process.  I still think of him every time I run, and I know that I always will.

Learn how Be Defiant. athlete Amy has found cross training and fitness so beneficial for improving not only her mental health, but her entire chara...

While many want the attention of others for themselves, it's rare you find somebody who is there for everybody else. Somebody who's main goal is t...

You'll be hard-pressed to find more people with the energy that Karen possesses. She's a motor, a workhorse, and somebody we are incredibly prou...

In this post, we discuss how crossfit and sport performance increase from taking part in Yoga. We started Yoga to aid our training - as m...

We wanted to bring you a personal experience or two from the Birmingham Running event in which a vast amount of the Be Defiant. team were taking pa...