Claire Hooper: Comedian To Run Her First Half Marathon With just 4 weeks Training

The 38-year-old hasn’t let work, an eight-month-old baby or her lack of experience stop her, agreeing to run 21 kilometres this weekend for the Melbourne Running Festival.
“I kind of had a brain snap, I can’t really explain why I signed up for it!” laughs Ms Hooper.
“A lot of people were suggesting it to me and believe it or not, my management asked me to be part of the half marathon. Both of my brothers have done it and I’ve always kind of envied their fitness ambitions.
“It’s so weird, I was like, yeah I’ll do it, then I spent three days hiding saying, I’m not ready! If I pretend this isn’t happening then it won’t be! I had a young baby, I was deeply unfit, the idea was so ridiculous I just had to t