The first blog... by guest blogger Coach Holly

My name is Holly, I’ve been running since I was about 10 and at the lofty age of 32 I still run for fun, have made loads of friends and been to some interesting places with the sport. I wanted to be a Mermaid coach because the programme is a brilliant fusion of sport psychology interventions, personal story telling and running. It makes sense to me and I can see it working in just 6 weeks. I really enjoy teaching the girls how to be strong and trust their instincts while having fun moving their body. I have a young daughter and hope to inspire her to feel proud of her talents and be brave enough to stand up to untruths in the outside world about what it is to be female. I haven’t worked it all out yet but I try to be the version of myself I'm most happy with so she has a good role model.