We chose Olympic marathon runner Liz Yelling as the cover star for Sportsister’s March/April print issue. Read on to watch a behind the scenes video from the photo shoot day.

The team headed to Sandbanks beach near Poole in Dorset. The kind people at The Sandbanks Hotel let us set up camp there. Located on a Blue Flag beach with seven miles of golden sand, the hotel is the perfect holiday destination for watersports, family fun or just relaxing by the sea. The hotel even has its own Watersports Academy (www.sandbankshotel.co.uk ^[1]).

When we started planning the front cover photo shoot for this issue we wanted to create some inspiring images to encourage you all to pull on your trainers and get out running. But after six weeks of snow and freezing temperatures we were not too optimistic about shooting on a Dorset beach in early February.

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Read our interview with Liz Yelling here

Sportsister meets Liz Yelling ^[2]

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However luck was on our side and we had bright blue skies and winter sunshine. Sean our photographer put our cover star marathon runner Liz Yelling through her paces up and down the Sandbanks beach to capture some great images.

You can watch the video just below and just click here to read our interview with Liz.

Louise Hudson, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine