WHERE TO FIND YOUR POWER

Kirsty Gallacher has interviewed some of the country’s most inspirational female sports stars and presenters. She tells Ella Dove what she’s learned along the way

As a sports presenter who has talked to her fair share of athletes at the top of their game, Kirsty Gallacher knows a thing or two about strength. ‘It’s an all-encompassing thing,’ she tells me. ‘If my body feels strong, I feel mentally strong.’ That’s why, she explains, exercise has become such a crucial part of her life. A self-confessed gym addict, in lockdown it has been running and weight lifting that have helped maintain her mind/body equilibrium. ‘Exercising does something to me,’ she says. ‘It’s obviously a chemical thing, but it also makes me feel like I can conquer life.’ Gallacher is talking to me from the Berkshire home she shares with her boys, Oscar, 14, and Jude, 11, just a day after the first anniversary of her friend…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2021

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