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Fitness in London

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Laps of luxury: London’s best (and longest) hotel pools

    Whether you want to power along or be pampered, here’s where to get in the swim

    The pool at Park Hyatt London River Thames
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    FT Globetrotter
    London’s best running clubs for marathon training

    The capital’s annual 26.2-mile race is the biggest in the world. Here’s how to swerve the loneliness of the long-distance runner while prepping for it

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterThe world’s top runs: an FT Globetrotter guide
    Parkrun comes of age: six of its best international 5ks

    The free running event turns 21 this year — and its continuing global expansion makes it an excellent way to see another side of a city

    A group of runners jogging through trees on a Parkrun on Hampstead Heath, north London
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city — a guide to fitness and wellbeing in cities around the globe
    Sport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London

    The UK capital is chock full of activity, from its plethora of parks and bike lanes to boutique fitness classes and more

  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Splashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide

    The best places for a dip in and around our destination cities, from lake swimming in Zürich to Rome’s closest beaches — via London’s best hotel pools

    A woman diving into a swimming pool wearing a red swimsuit.
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    FT live news
    Live news update from July 4: Thames Water faces ‘huge resistance’ from investors, seven injured in attack in Tel Aviv
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    The wonder of Wimbledon

    FT Globetrotter celebrates the world’s greatest Grand Slam — and where to get in on the action

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Take the plunge: eight of the UK’s most magical tidal pools

    These coastal treasures offer splendid saltwater swimming — and are destinations in their own right

    Walpole Bay tidal pool, Margate
  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe world’s top runs: an FT Globetrotter guide
    Running in London with the world’s oldest cross-country club

    Dating back to 1868, Thames Hare and Hounds is one of several running clubs in the capital with a long and colourful heritage. Our correspondent set off with them across Wimbledon Common

    Members of the Thames Hare and Hounds club running along a wooded path
  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe world’s top runs: an FT Globetrotter guide
    Running with the pack: the rise of canicrossing

    Where and how to partake in this joyous and exhilarating fitness craze where your four-legged best friend sets the pace

    Runners jogging over muddy ground with their dogs at Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire
  • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Five of the best spots for sea swimming closest to London

    The FT’s resident cross-Channel swimmer shares her favourite places to hit the waves safely an hour or so from the capital

    Swimmers competing in a water sports race
  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Running in London: the return of the 10,000m race

    The track event the crowds had largely forsaken is back, with festival-style fun that is all part of the thrill of the race

    Runners in a race at London’s Night of the 10,000m PBs event
  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Tennis star Johanna Konta’s favourite places in London

    How the former British number one enjoys spending time in the UK capital

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    String theory: the evolution of the tennis racket

    From 16th-century makeshift paddles to today’s masterpieces of aerodynamic design — via the controversial 1970s ‘spaghetti’ maverick — they’ve come a long way

  • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Levelling up with three top London tennis coaches

    An enthusiastic club player seeks out professional help to smooth out the kinks in his game

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Four of London’s most offbeat public tennis courts

    Pay and play in the shadow of a Brutalist icon, an 18th-century church or a flyover

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Pillow talk: the best ‘sleep programmes’ in London’s top hotels

    How one long-suffering insomniac’s quest for shut-eye led to pillow menus, temperature-controlled mattresses and a night inside an Antony Gormley sculpture

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    HTSIThe Wellness Issue
    The best new spas for 2022

    Stays and ways to find your inner balance, from the Cotswolds to Kotor

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Women’s cycling in London: the best routes and groups

    One FT writer’s journey from two-wheeled commuter to ‘Lycra-clad obsessive’

    Siona Jenkins
  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Biotech hacks to get you back on track

    Reset your personal best this autumn with the latest health and fitness gadgets

    Illustration of two runners wearing continuous glucose monitors on their upper arms
  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Two wheels good: four of London’s most bike-friendly routes

    A steadily expanding network of protected lanes means that cyclists can explore the capital virtually unbothered by drivers — on routes that zip through 1,000 years of history

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Power to the pedal: the galvanising effects of experiencing London by e-bike

    How going electric brought new energy to the way the FT’s CEO — formerly an e-bike sceptic — navigates the UK capital

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Peripheral vision: three bike routes to London’s outer edges and beyond

    Two-wheeled explorations of the capital’s outskirts peel back layers of history

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Row big or go home – gym classes for the oar-some

    Embrace the ergometer at these custom-made rowing sessions

    Rowbot gym, London W1
  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
    FT Magazine
    How walking became a radical act during lockdown

    Hitting the streets every day didn’t just help me get through the pandemic, it changed my sense of self

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