Ceri
I began frame running over 2 years ago to regain strength and improve my physical and mental health after becoming weak and immobile during the COVID lockdown.
I discovered it at a new local therapy centre, I loved it. All my life I’ve been slow on my feet and cautious of falling over but not with a frame runner!
When the indoor space became unavailable, I collaborated with Gabriela to create FRGG and we found a new indoor location at the Friendship Cafe in Gloucester. I’m eager to promote frame running by designing websites, creating flyers, and demonstrating the activity, as I wish I had known about it years ago.
Gabriela
I have has been working as a physiotherapist with early intervention since the 1980s and have always been interested in how we as a society can become more accessible as a community. Frame Running inspired me by its very history- 2 paralympians who sought a better alternative to backwards pedalling a wheelchair – wow! Now that it has become a Paralympic sport it sits well and truly under Athletics, but this doesn’t mean that it is any less accessible to somebody who may just want to take their first steps with a running frame. Frame running is leisure, sport and therapy – all in one- whether for 5 steps or for a marathon!