Running

I had spent 10 years avoiding attention due to mental illness and my embarrassment, now I was telling my Invictus story to the BBC

Exercise had taken over my life. I lived to get faster race times and would feel depressed if I didn’t improve. Nothing else mattered.

Psychosis for me feels like someone has taken control of my actions and all I can do is sit and watch. Running helps to ground me and prevent any form of psychosis.

What happens when you incorporate running into a psychotherapy session? Read our interview with the founder of Dynamic Running Therapy

At 22 stone, I told my wife I needed to get fit. She just smiled and said she had heard it all before, but this time I was on a mission

I’m standing at the start of the Edinburgh Marathon feeling like a bit of a fraud. Trying to be something I’m not. Who am I to think I can run a marathon?

As I approached the end of the swim, bike, and even run I felt strong. I never could have imagined my once weak and fragile body would have been capable of this type of challenge

I have competed in more than 60 marathons and ultra-marathons, but now running is my way of coping with the enormous stress of dealing with chronic illness in a loved one

We spoke to Jess, founder of RunTalkRun, about the community running group and her own struggles with bulimia, anxiety and depression

Despite international success in business, Matt Miller struggled to find true happiness until he transformed his mind and body through endurance running