Ruth is a Performance Dietitian who has helped prepare athletes for major sporting events including Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, European Championships and World championships.
In the past 18 years Ruth has worked in a variety of settings: football clubs, university lecturing, private practice, article writing for specialised sports magazine, Sportscotland Institute of Sport & Scottish Swimming. In 2017, Ruth was part of the support team for Mark Beaumont’s epic cycle “round the world in 80 days”. Ruth is currently based at Bath University with the British Skeleton Team as part of the English Institute of Sport. For the past 9 years, Ruth has been a valued member of the ASICS ProTeam.
Sport has always played a major part in Ruth’s life as a former Scottish cross-country runner & Scottish National 5,000m track champion as well as gaining further podium finishes in senior Scottish Nationals Championships for Cross County mountain biking & Duathlon.