Meet the RV Team

  • Verity Wright

    Verity is the founder and owner of RunVerity which was set up in 2014 primarily to offer Beginner’s Running courses to people who have never run beore. Taking the fundamentals of running and making them accessible to all earnt Verity the Winchester District Sports Award “Changing Lives through Physical Activity”. Verity loves nothing more than running on the trails; she has completed a number of marathons and is currently training for Paris Marathon in Spring 2024. Verity writes a regular running blog .

  • Deliah Downie

    Dee joined RunVerity as a complete beginner in 2015, she then qualified as a Run Leader and leads Wednesday 7pm and Thursday's 6.30pm sessions. Dee has run a wide range of distances and races over the years and is a great support to all our runners often helping them with their long training runs; she just loves running!

  • Emily Giles

    Emily joined RunVerity in 2016 and as a qualified Run Leader she leads the Return to Running session on a Tuesday at 6.30pm. Emily has run numerous half marathons, 3 marathons and loves an off road adventure. Emily's goal this year is to run another marathon! Marathon running can be quite addictive!

  • Helen Fitzgerald

    Helen joined RunVerity, also as a complete beginner in 2015. As a qualified Run Leader Helen leads our Monday night session in Whiteley at 6.30pm. Helen ran Manchester marathon in 2021 and her goal is to run 5 x 10km races this year as she turns 50!

  • Neil James

    Neil complted our beginner’s course in January 2022 becaming a Run Leader in August 2024. He regularly leads our Monday adventure runs, offering support and encouragement to many members along the way.

    Neil has now embraced his next incredible challenge: running the London Marathon in 2025! We know he's going to be amazing!

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