Tasha Thompson has been running and participating in running events since 1999. She lives in London, with her two children. She has participated in running events from 5km to 50km, is an avid parkrun participant and cycles and swims a little too.
In 2019 to celebrate 20 years of running and Tasha decided to give back to the sport she loves to play and that has given her so much and created Black Girls Do Run UK; a community which became a charity in October 2023 to inspire, encourage and motivate regular black women to run. The group was founded based on her experiences throughout her years of running and noticing that there was a lack of diversity in races and running in general, so she decided to try and do something about it. The initial aim of the group was to increase visibility of regular black women running and to meet up at races and it has grown into an amazing community and Tasha and all who are part of it are incredibly proud of.
Tasha is a huge advocate of running and believes that with the right encouragement anyone can run and call themselves a runner. She is especially passionate about running at our own happy pace, run/walk intervals, enjoying the process, celebrating achievements, and finding creative ways to fit running and movement into our busy lives.