Top 20 Female Running Influencers on Instagram (Feb 2026)

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02/14/2026
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1. Caroline Middelsdorf | Psychologist | Coach

🎙️Host @realrawauthenticpodcast 〥On a mission to help 1 million people ❤️‍🩹 ✺ Speaker + WHO Fides member ⇣Join my 3-month healing program 🐦‍🔥⬇️

Followers
774.3k
Fake followers
22.15%
Engagement rate
7.43%
Average Reel plays
91.5k
Audience gender
female
86.7%
male
13.3%
Top performing Reels
  1. … this isn’t generosity. It’s enmeshment paired with control. 😬 In narcissistic family systems, a child is not seen as a developing individual but as an extension of the parent. Teaching a child skills requires tolerating their mistakes, frustration, and eventual independence. For a narcissistic parent, that process feels like a loss of relevance, authority, and identity. So instead, they over-function. They step in too quickly. They correct before you can try. They make decisions “on your behalf.” On the surface, it looks like involvement or devotion. Underneath, it blocks the child’s nervous system from learning competence through trial, error, and repair. Skill-building requires safe failure. Narcissistic homes don’t allow that and the absence of safe failure is itself traumatic. This creates what psychology calls a double bind. When you attempt autonomy, you’re criticized, mocked, or told you’re doing it wrong. When you hesitate or rely on them, you’re shamed for being incapable. There is no safe choice. Over time, the nervous system learns that initiative leads to threat. The result is learned helplessness layered with chronic self-doubt, a classic trauma adaptation. This is both abuse and neglect. Abuse, because agency is actively undermined and identity diminished through control and shame. Neglect, because no one is actually teaching emotional regulation, problem-solving, or self-trust during critical developmental stages. Trauma isn’t only what happens - it’s what never happens when it should. Later in life, this often shows up as decision paralysis, anxiety around “basic” tasks, shame that feels disproportionate, or a sense of being behind. The truth is not that you were incapable. You were prevented from learning, conditioned to fear autonomy, and then blamed for the outcome. #fyi #ptsd #trauma #mentalhealth cptsd
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  2. When an emotionally abusive or manipulative person demands, “Name one example,” the victim’s sudden inability to recall an example is actually a well-documented trauma response… not evidence that the abuse didn’t happen. In that moment, the victim’s nervous system often perceives danger. The manipulator’s tone, authority, or history of invalidation can trigger a threat response. Stress hormones surge, and the brain shifts out of reflective thinking. The prefrontal cortex, responsible for reasoning, sequencing, and verbal recall, goes offline. At the same time, the limbic system takes control, prioritizing survival over explanation. Traumatic experiences are frequently stored as fragmented sensory or emotional memories rather than clear, time-stamped narratives. When the victim is put on the spot… especially by the person who caused the harm, the brain struggles to retrieve linear examples. This is amplified by fear of retaliation, shame, or being disbelieved. FYI: The result is freezing, mental blankness, or self-doubt. ‼️⚠️Manipulators often exploit exactly this neurobiological shutdown. By demanding immediate proof, they shift the burden onto the victim, knowing the victim’s nervous system is compromised. The victim may know the abuse is real but cannot access specific instances under pressure. This phenomenon reflects how trauma disrupts memory access and speech in unsafe interactions. The silence is not weakness or fabrication—it is the body protecting itself in the face of psychological threat. So if this happens to you please don’t doubt yourself or your own judgement. #mentalhealth #traumaresponse #narcabuse #traumainformed #cptsd
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  3. Yes, excessive shopping is also a way of coping… 😬🥺 When you’re in survival mode, your mind is focused on finding a way to feel safe again. That small hit of happiness after buying something isn’t about the item — it’s your nervous system finally catching a break. 👉🏼For a few seconds, you feel comfort, control, and relief. Coping doesn’t always look like cigarettes or alcohol - yet still is a very common way to cope through survival mode for many. BUT sometimes it’s also online shopping, overworking, cleaning, or scrolling — anything that helps your body escape stress for a moment. Because when your mind has lived in chaos, calm can feel unfamiliar. FYI: Many of these habits trace back to childhood. If you grew up managing emotions alone, you learned to self-soothe through little rewards or distractions. As adults, that turns into spending, fixing, achieving — all ways of saying, “I just need to feel okay right now.” It’s a modern habit many of us have, and you’re probably not the only one stuck in survival mode — often without even realizing it. We get used to running on adrenaline, calling it “normal,” when really it’s our nervous system living in defense mode. Rest feels unsafe, stillness feels wrong, and so we keep doing to avoid feeling. ❤️‍🩹Awareness is the first step to healing. But true healing goes beyond awareness — it’s about teaching your body safety again. 👉🏼That’s the work we do in my 3-month Phoenix Program: helping your nervous system feel safety so your mind can believe it. That’s where real healing begins. Comment or DM WAITLIST for more information ℹ️ #Coping #retailtherapy #survivalmode #traumaresponse #cptsd #ptsd #mentalhealth #childhoodtrauma #traumatherapy #therapysession #nervoussystemhealing #emotions #numb #mentalegesundheit #traumainformed #selfawarenessjourney #selfawareness
    169.6k
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Audience location by country
United States
30.36%
United Kingdom
5.53%
Canada
3.73%
Indonesia
3.7%
Australia
3.59%
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2. Phily Bowden

United Kingdom

Probably oversharing, being weird or out RUNNING🤠 2:25 Marathoner & Running Coach ⬇️ YOUTUBE (almost 1 million)

Followers
324.5k
Fake followers
14%
Engagement rate
2.97%
Average Reel plays
236.3k
Audience gender
male
54.2%
female
45.8%
Top performing Reels
  1. 109.8k
  2. 71.2k
  3. Not the news I wanted to share with you 1 week out from the Chicago Marathon 🥲 Last Thursday I started experiencing knee pain that escalated quickly and meant I had to stop my cool down early as I began compensating Later that day I couldn’t walk normally and my knee became swollen We tried our best to offload, I rested for a 3 days and things were looking really promising when I was able to run pain free on Monday for 15 minutes Sadly, it was short-lived and the pain returned in the next two runs The initial diagnosis was patellofemoral joint pain but when it stopped responding as expected to treatment, we decided to get an MRI this Wednesday On Thursday I received the results and it wasn’t good news I’ve got a fracture in the bone at the inside of my right knee (medial femoral condyle). It’s “subchondral,” so just under the cartilage. As a result my kneecap is sitting slightly higher than normal which has irritated the fat pad that cushions the kneecap, and there’s a patch of grade 2 cartilage damage on the inner side of the kneecap. My team thinks the fracture was caused by the fall I had on the trail 8 weeks ago as this isn’t the type of stress fracture you get from overtraining, it’s a trauma injury. When I fell on it I bruised the bone. Although it was pain free for 6.5 weeks of high volume marathon training, the weakness from the fall eventually became too much, which is why this appeared to come out of the blue. For now, I’m on crutches and I won’t know how long for until I speak to the Sports Doc next week. The worry is that this location is a major load-bearing surface of the joint which means this is a high risk fracture location. Even low-level activities like walking put force directly through the fracture site, so healing can be a challenge if its not properly offloaded. I don’t know what the next few months will look like - this is my first major injury so it’s going to be a process. It’s basically the worst news both professionally, and mentally right now. I mostly feel numb and get waves of sadness both for the race/this block, but also the unknown for the near future. I know I’ll be back, I just don’t know when right now ❤️‍🩹
    64.3k
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Audience location by country
United Kingdom
59.34%
United States
15.57%
Australia
3.01%
Ireland
1.76%
Canada
1.48%
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3. Alysia May Mcandrew

United Kingdom

🏃🏼‍♀️Running is my thing 💛 ⚡️ @runna : code RUNWITHLISS ✨ 🤝🏼Managed by @engagepartnerships😎 💌alysia.mcandrew@engagepartnerships.uk🪽

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4. SALLY MCRAE

United States

🟡Pro Ultra Runner Strength + Running Coach Training the mind that carries the body. 🎙️Podcast•📗Author• ▶️ YouTube ⬇️ Train with me

Followers
244k
Fake followers
20.83%
Engagement rate
2.14%
Average Reel plays
90k
Audience gender
male
52.7%
female
47.3%
Top performing Reels
  1. 18.7k
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  3. 13.3k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
55.05%
United Kingdom
6.09%
Australia
4.49%
Canada
4.15%
Spain
2.32%
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5. Grace Winter

7 year old Gracie 🏃‍♀️ Spreading joy through running 😁 Parent run account ⬇️Help Kickstart Gracie’s New Book 📕💚⬇️

Followers
156.3k
Fake followers
14.85%
Engagement rate
4.85%
Average Reel plays
705.8k
Audience gender
male
24.52%
female
75.48%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
35.92%
United Kingdom
24.43%
Australia
4.35%
Ireland
4.26%
Canada
3.56%
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6. MARTHA WALSH

me and my running/ wellness girlies!!!! 🧘‍♀️⭐️🤘🏼☀️🥞🏃‍♀️😃 @runna : MARTHA2 @sapgoodenergy : MARTHA 📧 marthawalsh@outreachtalentgroup.com

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7. Demon Slayer 🔥

#KIMETSUNOYAIBA 𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 & 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚! 🔥 𝐃𝐌 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬/𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨! 💸

Followers
132.8k
Fake followers
23.37%
Engagement rate
2.08%
Average Reel plays
134.6k
Audience gender
male
58.22%
female
41.78%
Top performing Reels
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
14.32%
Brazil
12.41%
Indonesia
12.39%
Malaysia
6.21%
Chile
6.02%
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8. Aqsa Khan Lodhi

Pakistan

JSMU'27 🩺 Just a medico tryin to fix medical with some Food, Fashion, Fun, Makeup & ofc Books✨ Dm @chicota__ for PR/Collab Khi Pakistan 🇵🇰

Followers
123k
Fake followers
22.02%
Engagement rate
2.2%
Average Reel plays
488.9k
Audience gender
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
Pakistan
79.47%
India
8.21%
United Arab Emirates
2.89%
Bangladesh
2.43%
Saudi Arabia
0.91%

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11. Ashley Terkeurst Turnbull

United States

💍Wife to @spencerturnbull 🥰Mommy to Ryser & River ⚾️ Probably running late to a ballpark near you

Followers
108.4k
Fake followers
16.23%
Engagement rate
8.24%
Average Reel plays
350.8k
Audience gender
male
4.19%
female
95.81%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
91.08%
Canada
1.96%
United Kingdom
0.74%
Australia
0.63%
South Africa
0.48%
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12. krys anstey | outdoors + starting over

Canada

starting over at 28 // anxious girl outdoors running, climbing + healing in the woods creator of @approachclimbingclub van isle, bc

Followers
104k
Fake followers
18.76%
Engagement rate
2.71%
Average Reel plays
24.4k
Audience gender
female
66.96%
male
33.04%
Top performing Reels
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  2. it’s been a year since I shared with you all an update that would change the trajectory of my life + I couldn’t have imagined the video would blow up the way it did. what I thought would be nothing more than a 4 week manic episode turned into nearly a 6 month, unrecognizable, black out filled period. I completely destroyed what I had been working so hard to build for myself. I made horrible decisions, impulsive and dangerous ones. I completely pulled away from those that mean everything to me + indulged in people that only proved to hurt and use me. I ashamed of where I’m at now, nearly a year later, but so goes the battle with bipolar/bpd. lucky to have had a friend during this last year who constantly showed me grace, reminded me to be kinder to myself and to have understanding that I didn’t choose this. “to try and capture what the last 4 weeks have looked like is next to impossible considering that prior to this, I’d never experienced anything like it before. 4 weeks ago, I hit my breaking point. Over a decade of dealing with my mental health, a diagnosis of bipolar II and the burnout I was running away from, it’s no wonder everything came falling apart. I’ve experienced manic episodes before lasting a day at most, however it’s been a month since I’ve felt anything. A month of feeling numb. 4 weeks of impulsive decisions, risk taking, no sleep, no eating. My mind tells me I’m fine but my body is wilting away. I feel hunger yet the nausea keeps food away. My eyes are heavy but sleep never comes. My thoughts never stop. 4 weeks of pulling away from loved ones, working overtime so I don’t have to sit with my thoughts and not being able to create content I love. A month of not recognizing the person in the mirror and feeling like I’ve been replaced by something evil. A month of not knowing when it’ll stop. Everything is falling apart around me and I simply have to let it play out. Relinquishing control I so desperately want to hold onto. I’m not sure when this will end and I’ll hopefully be back to “myself”, but I felt like sharing an update as I’ve been pretty quiet on here. Take care of yourselves.” #mentalwellbeing #bipolarawareness #womenoutdoors
    675.1k
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Audience location by country
United States
40.29%
Canada
10.64%
United Kingdom
9.69%
Australia
3.09%
Brazil
2.88%
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13. KIKI

moroccan girlie running in paris 💌contact@kikiuhere.com

Followers
94.6k
Fake followers
20.69%
Engagement rate
3.18%
Average Reel plays
76k
Audience gender
female
81.65%
male
18.35%
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Audience location by country
Morocco
58.33%
France
11.47%
United States
4.07%
Italy
3.94%
Spain
3.29%
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14. Louise Stonham

United States

@hailstatetf track & cross country 🇨🇦 stonhamlouise@gmail.com 💌 @alaninutrition ⚡️

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17. RUNNING MAN INDONESIA 🇲🇨 런닝맨

FOLLOW 👉@rmstuff_id #RunningManRating 📩PP - DM 🏃‍♂️SPOILER EPS BARU 🏃‍♂️REKOMEN EPS 🏃‍♂️RM NEWS 📺Live Streaming SBS⬇️

Followers
80k
Fake followers
22.77%
Engagement rate
2.16%
Average Reel plays
-
Audience gender
male
21.03%
female
78.97%
Top performing Reels
  1. 155.3k
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  3. 141.2k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
Indonesia
54.23%
Malaysia
24.28%
South Korea
2.72%
Vietnam
2.58%
Philippines
2.53%
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18. Anu

United States

🎹 Classical Pianist 🎥Side hustle: Running my mouth on Youtube 📍NYC DM or email anu_fpiano@yahoo.com for collab

Followers
75.3k
Fake followers
8.67%
Engagement rate
2.35%
Average Reel plays
74.9k
Audience gender
male
9.72%
female
90.28%
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
Mongolia
70.67%
United States
6.49%
South Korea
6.31%
Japan
3.36%
China
3.1%
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19. Priscilla Yoshida

United States

2 x 26.2 single mama hiking and running her way thru motherhood ✨ 🏃🏽‍♀️ @runna code: PRISCILLA 📧yoshidapriscilla@gmail.com listen to me yap on yt ↓

Followers
68.9k
Fake followers
20.88%
Engagement rate
2.08%
Average Reel plays
41.4k
Audience gender
female
83.35%
male
16.65%
Top performing Reels
  1. 17.9k
  2. 8.1k
  3. 6.7k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
87.99%
Mexico
1.38%
Australia
1.36%
Canada
1.2%
United Kingdom
1.04%
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20. Mary Cain

United States

Preorder THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING, out 4/28/26

Followers
67.8k
Fake followers
21.84%
Engagement rate
2.67%
Average Reel plays
49.6k
Audience gender
male
43.03%
female
56.97%
Top performing Reels
  1. 307.5k
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  3. After a recent race went viral due to announcers joking about a woman’s body, I got into an interesting conversation with a friend. He wanted help responding to the question, “is it ever appropriate to comment on a women’s body composition or appearance, since in other sports, male athletes appearances can be made fun of and called overweight.” ••• Starting with the basics: Announcers and reporters jobs are to help viewers follow-along and get expert-level insight on the sport. With that in mind, why should any announcer ever feel comfortable passing judgements about how someone looks? If an athlete has publicly talked about a part of their appearance - like why they dye their hair a fun color, paint their nails before each race, have actively been working on increasing their upper body’s muscle mass, etc - then it’s ok to quote the player. If it’s not a fun-fact coming directly from the athlete, don’t talk about it. The very idea that any reporter would feel comfortable making mean-spirited or sexualized comments about any athlete - male or female - is disgraceful and unprofessional. ••• Now there’s one other important point to make: the majority of reporters, on-air announcers, and journalists are male. If any of the major sport broadcasts teams took athletes and their fans seriously, they’d be clearing out the old guard, and giving women an opportunity to fill these roles. Athletes come in all shapes, sizes, genders, and from different background. Even when the specific event being broadcasted is all-male or all-female participants, men and women should share the screen and equally have the opportunity to report. That way, we’d have a greater diversity in our expert-level insight... or the main point of having a broadcast team.
    15.8k
Engagement rate benchmark
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Audience location by country
United States
77.01%
United Kingdom
2.43%
Canada
2.03%
Australia
1.46%
Brazil
1.06%
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