{"id":908465,"date":"2026-09-28T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908465\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:42:15","slug":"how-sharon-horgan-56-stays-fit-with-quick-cardio-and-why-she-packs-her-running-shoes-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908465\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sharon Horgan, 56, stays fit with quick cardio \u2013 and why she packs her running shoes everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was during midlife that Sharon Horgan decided to overhaul her health habits \u2013 including making running a regular part of her routine.
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After hitting menopause and experiencing the familiar symptoms \u2013 ‘Devoid of energy, not sleeping, the usual! I also had a frozen f**king shoulder,’ she told The i Paper<\/a> \u2013 she decided it was time for a change.<\/p>\n

‘Stop drinking, get fit, sort your hormones out’ were her first steps.<\/p>\n

Although she’d already been running ‘for years’, the writer, executive producer and star of the new HBO rom-com series Youth increased how often she laced up.<\/p>\n

‘I pushed it up to two or three times a week [about six] years ago,’ she explained.<\/p>\n

Running is ‘one of the only things exercise-wise’ that she genuinely enjoys, she revealed to Talkhouse<\/a> last year. ‘It gives me the greatest pleasure, and it’s also so unexpected.’<\/p>\n

Sharon had been a keen cross-country runner as a teenager before rediscovering the sport in adulthood.<\/p>\n

‘Although I was a cross-country runner between the ages of 12 and 15, it was such a surprise that it came back into my life and that I continue to love it,’ she reflected.<\/p>\n

She prefers 5ks and 10ks<\/p>\n

Nowadays, however, she prefers to keep the distances manageable.<\/p>\n

‘I’m a 5k runner<\/a>; I don’t run crazy distances,’ she told Talkhouse, partly because of ongoing physical niggles.<\/p>\n

‘If I’m with someone who does longer runs, I’ll do 10 kilometres<\/a> and love it, but around the 8k mark it can get a bit painful, as I have pins in my hip…that will go a bit wonky, and my knees also start shouting at me.’<\/p>\n

She uses running to explore new cities\"sharon<\/p>\n

Sharon Horgan\/\/Instagram<\/p>\n

‘London is the perfect place to head out and discover,’ the Hackney-born Irish actor told the Television Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘That’s always the best way to see [a city] \u2013 just get your trainers on,’ she continued. ‘I know you’re not supposed to, and it fucks your knees, but running around London is one of my all-time favourite things.’<\/p>\n

It’s a habit she takes with her wherever she travels.<\/p>\n

‘Wherever I go in the world, whether it’s on holiday or for work, I pack my stinky trainers and my running bra and I’m off!’ she told Talkhouse.<\/p>\n

She doesn’t follow a structured training plan.<\/p>\n

‘I was just in Norway and I was a bit nervous about the terrain there, so I would run in one direction for 20 minutes, and then just run back,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I was in Spain just last week and it was the same thing… Which can sometimes be a little terrifying, but it’s about the freedom that comes with running. When I was in Rome filming The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, I was running around city streets.’<\/p>\n

While filming The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in Budapest, Sharon also used running as a way to lift her mood, The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

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Simon Ackerman\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The scenery itself isn’t the point.<\/p>\n

‘I don’t have to run on dirt paths or up and down hills. I’ll also go running through a city, dodging people as I go. I’ll find myself in a municipal park, or running past some beautiful monument,’ she said. ‘I think it’s the greatest way to see a new place.’<\/p>\n

Running gives her a mental escape<\/p>\n

Ultimately, running allows Sharon to switch off.<\/p>\n

‘What running really does, even though I’m either listening to music or a podcast, is take me somewhere else mentally,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘It’s a weird mixture of taking in my surroundings and listening to my thoughts, and so from time to time I’ve got to stop running and write something in my phone.’<\/p>\n

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