Female-first running
We run hot. We don't cool down for anyone.
Female-first training, fuelling and cycle science, written for women who'd rather feel something than be looked at.
Run Hot is our weekly newsletter: one email every Sunday on training, fuelling and cycle science, written for women who run.
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What VIRRA is
Train by feel.
Heart rate as truth, not metric. Plans that listen to the body you woke up in.
Your cycle is a variable.
Diet culture taught you to fear it. We treat it as your superpower.
Built for her physiology.
Training programmes designed specifically for women, not retro-fitted from a man's.
The founder
Emma
Runner. Coach. Founder. VIRRA exists because every running app she trained with was retro-fitted from men's training.
Read Emma's story →Latest from VIRRA
How to taper (and why it feels so wrong)
The taper isn't the training stopping, it's the training finally landing. Why the last fortnight before a race feels so awful, and the one rule that stops you ruining it.
30 August 2026How to run your long run
The long run isn't a weekly time trial. It's time on your feet, run easy enough to repeat. Here's the physiology behind why it works, how to pace it, and why racing it quietly wrecks the week around it.
16 August 2026Why you don't need to train on holiday
A week or two off won't undo your fitness. It's where the fitness lands. Here's the physiology behind switching off without guilt, and how to move on holiday only if you actually want to.
9 August 2026Run Hot
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No diet culture. No girlboss. No cooling down for anyone.
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