Meryl Cooper

Meryl grew up in rural Aberdeenshire on a farm and was made to play outdoors in all of her free time! It gave her the fundamentals to then flourish in a range of sports in Primary and Secondary school. She continued to participate in a range of sports right up until 2018 along side her career as a P.E teacher. In 2018 she chose to focus on just one sport after trying out some longer distance trail running the previous year and finding she had great endurance and aptitude on mountainous trails. After a very successful first year in the sport competing internationally, Meryl was then selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in 2019 at the Trail World Championships. She has been selected again for the Long Trail GB & NI team in 2022 and 2023. Off the trails, Meryl is now in her 16th year working as a PE teacher which she now does part time. She also runs her own Health Coaching business and is a certified ultra-running coach.