A LONDON-BORN COMMUNITY BUILT AROUND MOVEMENT, PEOPLE AND CULTURE. 445 STARTED BECAUSE I NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE TRAINING FIT INTO MY LIFE. BETWEEN BEING A MUM, WORKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH EVERYDAY LIFE, EVENINGS JUST WEREN’T REALISTIC FOR ME. I REALISED THAT IF I WANTED TO TRAIN CONSISTENTLY, I HAD TO CREATE THE TIME RATHER THAN WAIT FOR IT. THAT TIME WAS 4:45AM. AT FIRST, IT WAS JUST ME. GETTING UP WHILE EVERYONE WAS STILL ASLEEP, PUTTING MY TRAINERS ON AND GETTING THE MILES IN BEFORE THE DAY STARTED. THEN OTHER PEOPLE STARTED JOINING ME. PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LIVES, DIFFERENT GOALS AND DIFFERENT REASONS FOR BEING THERE, BUT ALL WILLING TO GET UP EARLY AND SHOW UP FOR THEMSELVES. THAT’S WHEN 445 BECAME BIGGER THAN MY OWN TRAINING.

