Fiona Bugler is a journalist and Editor with over 20 years experience. She moved from just writing about fitness to teaching it in 1998 and is a Level 3 Advanced Instructor/Personal Trainer (Register of Exercise Professionals). Her fitness qualifications include, Premier Personal Training Diploma, Body Balance, and YMCA qualifications: Exercise to Music, Ante and Post-natal, Aqua and Circuits. Fiona has run 11 marathons and an ultra, and has a PB of 3:12 for the marathon and 39:37 for 10k. As a journalist Fiona has specialised in health and fitness writing and compiling workouts. As well as editing Running Free Magazine, she has written for national newspapers, websites, books and magazines, and has also specialised in pre and post natal fitness and exercise for the 50-plus. Fiona has contributed to various TV and radio shows as a fitness specialist and is happy for journalists to contact her for expert opinion on running or anything related to fitness.
November 2011: I’m currently working four days a week as Reviews Editor and Contributor for www.therunningbug.co.uk, the UK’s fastest growing website for runners, with over 40,000 members. Check out my articles, schedules, and reviews. For a full list click here.
Since resigning from the editorship of Running Free magazine in August I’ve been very busy! Articles can be found in Runner’s World Magazine (a Bespoke two-part running and weightloss plan in the December 2011 and January 2012 issues). Here’s the online version of the article. I’m still contributing to Running Free Magazine working with Natalie Lucas, the new Ed. I also had the pleasure to interview Caballo Blanco, the hero from barefoot running bible, Born To Run (by Chris McDougall). The feature will appear in Bauer’s Outdoor Fitness.
I’ve written about first time mums at 40+ for At Home With Lorraine Kelly and had great fun hearing all about Nicki Waterman’s climb up the property ladder, to be featured in At Home with Sarah Beeny. I’ve also written about squash, the sport, not the fruit, for Yahoo.
Here’s a small selection of articles by Fiona for Running Free Magazine.
Interviews with: Phoebe Thomas, July 2010; Mo Farah, August 2010; Chris Moon, December 2010; Sir Ranaulf Fiennes, September 2011; and Jo Pavey (2nd page) , October 2011.
Training: Core Training with Jenny Meadows A great day out with the 800m champ and her husband/coach, Trevor Painter
Real life: Running For George An inspiring story about Kate Pickard who six month’s after her husband’s death, raised £80,000 plus for charity
Races: My account of my recent Half Marathon in Amsterdam; The Brighton 10k, January 2011; The Loch Ness 10k and Marathon Fiona’s account of the River Ness 10k
The Running Inn: Features about our courses which we partnered with Running Free magazine, whilst I was editor: Running Inn Training in the Morzine, France
I’ve also written For Women’s Running, Fit Pro, Health and Fitness, Slimming magazine, Slimmer magazine, Slimming World, Woman’s Own, and baby titles to name but a few… And in June 2011, I contributed to The Fitness Book (the Pilates, Yoga, and Cardio sections) to be published by Dorling Kindersley.
