Meet The MBRB Founders
John Beattie & Lilly Adkins
John has represented Great Britain and England at the Commonwealth Games. He finished in the top 20 at London Marathon in a time of 2:16 and won a gold medal at the European Cross-Country Championships. It hasn’t been all highs though, having been wheelchaired away from the finish line (in a GB vest) at New York Marathon after collapsing and being unable to get back up. This drove John to help others avoid the mistakes he had made and has since turned passion into profession, founding award-winning business Move Better Run Better, which has helped hundreds of runners all over the world to smash their PB’s.
Lilly worked with an Olympic athlete for several years before transitioning to become a sports massage therapist where she worked with many elite athletes. Through her own experiences of overcoming serious injuries including hip surgery and 15-pins and 2 plates in her ankle, she used Strength and Conditioning to prove the doctors wrong and to still be able to continue to run pain free. This inspired Lilly to become a Strength and Conditioning coach and she has since helped hundreds of runners to avoid and overcome injuries and is now head S&C coach at Move Better Run Better.