If I was stranded on a desert island and could take one item with me, it would be a good sports bra. I’d have to run on the island and without having to go to work or any TV to watch, I’d probably do quite a bit of running. Though maybe it would get a bit boring if the island was too small. Two laps of the park is quite enough for me before it gets too repetative.

The one and only item I think I’d need to take with me (if it wasn’t too hot or too rainy – so we’re now imagining a desert island in a mild climate much like a British spring that’s about a mile long) in order to run would be a sports bra. Shoes, as the barefoot runners tell us, are not necessary – and besides if it was a sandy island the sand would get in my shoes and irritate me. But I couldn’t run without a sports bra – for women runners it is the most essential piece of kit. My only piece of advice to new runners is, if you’re a woman, get a good sports bra. I can’t say it enough.

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