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VOGUE PARTNERSHIP``````“For a long time, I felt like my bodywasn’t capable of doing a lot of things,and then I started running and itreminded me how powerful I wasdespite my abnormalities,” explainsTasha Bishop of her journey to becominga regular runner. Having been diagnosedin her late teens with MRKH – acondition that means she was bornwithout a womb – running has playedan important role in shaping who sheis, and understanding what her bodycan achieve. Still at university andfounder of the Pants Project (anenterprise which initially existed toeducate, support and inform thosefacing fertility issues, but has nowbecome more of an overarching onlinesafe space), Tasha finds running givesher the flexibility to go out any timeand just disconnect and focus on herself.Her essential for a mindful run? TheHeadspace audio-guided runs on theNike Run Club app. Q``````TASHA BISHOPStudent and campaignerGRACE MANDEVILLEYoutuber and actressTune into one of Grace Mandeville’sYoutube videos and you’ll soon findyourself sucked down a rabbit hole. The23-year-old modern multi-hyphenate’sapproach to the platform sees her shiftswiftly and seamlessly from fashionhauls to her most popular video, whichhas received over 1 million views: “IHave One Hand”.Born with a foreshortened right arm,Grace has become a role model for acommunity of young people navigatingtheir own way: not letting it define her,but also openly discussing the realitiesof how it has shaped her life. Theinclusive message that can exist aroundrunning is something that Grace is keento promote and to enthuse her legionsof followers with. Meanwhile, while herown journey to becoming a regularrunner began by joining her boyfriend,as well as taking part in a “Couch to5K” with her mum, it now exists assomething she wants to do for herself.“It might sound selfish, but I decidedto run for ‘me time’,” she enthuses. “It’sabout being in control of a space thatonly I exist in.”