{"id":185891,"date":"2025-11-21T06:13:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=185891"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:44:23","slug":"the-journey-of-rose-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/the-journey-of-rose-harvey\/","title":{"rendered":"Le voyage de Rose Harvey"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>\/ Le parcours de Rose Harvey\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RoseHarveyHeader.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Fthe-journey-of-rose-harvey%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Fthe-journey-of-rose-harvey%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/the-journey-of-rose-harvey\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Fthe-journey-of-rose-harvey%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >De l'avocate \u00e0 l'athl\u00e8te olympique \u00e0 28 ans. Le parcours de Rose Harvey.<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Rose Harvey, athl\u00e8te PUMA, parle de son enfance \u00e0 la campagne, de la mani\u00e8re dont elle concilie une carri\u00e8re exigeante dans le droit et la course \u00e0 pied, et d'un message inattendu qui a tout chang\u00e9.<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">21 novembre 2025 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;The Journey of Rose Harvey&quot;, \"text\": &quot;\\&quot;It was exhausting - getting up at six to train, going to the office for at least 12 hours, and then train again\\&quot;. 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Emploi prestigieux dans une grande entreprise \u00e0 Londres. Tout \u00e9tait r\u00e9uni pour une carri\u00e8re professionnelle classique et couronn\u00e9e de succ\u00e8s. Quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, apr\u00e8s avoir tout quitt\u00e9, Rose Harvey se retrouve dans la ville bond\u00e9e de Paris, o\u00f9 elle participe aux Jeux olympiques de 2024 pour l'\u00e9quipe nationale britannique. Apr\u00e8s avoir sign\u00e9 avec PUMA, son passage \u00e0 la course professionnelle a tout chang\u00e9. Aujourd'hui, elle est la cinqui\u00e8me marathonienne britannique la plus rapide de tous les temps.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default firstLetter\" >Son parcours \u2013 de la mallette \u00e0 la ligne d'arriv\u00e9e, de la fuite devant la course \u00e0 pied \u00e0 la d\u00e9passement des attentes \u2013 nous rappelle avec force qu'il n'est jamais trop tard pour trouver son rythme. Et pour r\u00e9\u00e9crire le chemin que l'on pensait devoir suivre.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumns spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\">Vous avez \u00e9voqu\u00e9 la fa\u00e7on dont vous avez d\u00e9couvert la course \u00e0 pied sur le tard. Quelle \u00e9tait votre relation avec la course \u00e0 pied lorsque vous \u00e9tiez enfant et adolescent ?<\/span>C'est dr\u00f4le, j'ai d\u00e9couvert tr\u00e8s tard ma v\u00e9ritable passion pour la course \u00e0 pied. \u00c0 l'\u00e9cole, je d\u00e9testais \u00e7a parce que j'\u00e9tais nul en sprint. Nous ne pratiquions que des distances courtes comme le 100 m, le 200 m ou le 1 500 m. Et en fait, j'\u00e9tais mauvais dans toutes ces disciplines ! Je ne me rendais pas compte que je pouvais \u00eatre bon en longue distance, cela ne m'avait jamais travers\u00e9 l'esprit. J'ai donc suppos\u00e9 que j'\u00e9tais simplement mauvais en course \u00e0 pied et j'ai arr\u00eat\u00e9. \u00a0<br><br><span class=\"interviewq\">Comment s'est pass\u00e9e votre enfance ?<\/span>J'ai grandi \u00e0 la campagne, dans un petit village appel\u00e9 Rous Lench. C'\u00e9tait idyllique : je passais mes journ\u00e9es dehors avec mes amis, \u00e0 grimper aux arbres, \u00e0 explorer les environs, entour\u00e9 par la nature. Nos parents ne s'inqui\u00e9taient pas, ils nous retrouvaient simplement \u00e0 la fin de la journ\u00e9e. C'\u00e9tait une enfance insouciante et heureuse. \u00a0<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\"><span style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Quand les choses ont-elles commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 changer pour vous ?<\/span><\/span>Je n'ai pas beaucoup couru avant 2015, lorsque j'ai d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Londres pour faire mes \u00e9tudes de droit. J'\u00e9tais avocate d'affaires, je venais de passer 18 mois \u00e0 voyager et je me sentais vraiment en mauvaise forme physique. Je voulais rencontrer des gens, alors j'ai rejoint un club de course \u00e0 pied. La course \u00e0 pied est en quelque sorte devenue ma vie sociale. \u00a0<br><br>Lorsque j'\u00e9tais en cong\u00e9 de licenciement pendant le confinement, je me suis inscrit \u00e0 un demi-Ironman pour m'occuper. Mais comme les piscines \u00e9taient ferm\u00e9es et qu'il \u00e9tait compliqu\u00e9 de faire du v\u00e9lo, j'ai fini par courir beaucoup. Un entra\u00eeneur m'a vu dans le parc et m'a demand\u00e9 si j'avais besoin d'aide. Je n'avais aucune id\u00e9e de ce que je faisais, j'avais litt\u00e9ralement cherch\u00e9 un programme d'entra\u00eenement pour le triathlon sur Google. \u00c0 partir de l\u00e0, l'entra\u00eenement m'a donn\u00e9 une structure, et l'aventure a commenc\u00e9.\u201d \u00a0<br><br><span class=\"interviewq\">Comment avez-vous r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 concilier le d\u00e9but de votre carri\u00e8re de coureur de haut niveau avec votre travail \u00e0 temps plein d'avocat ? \u00a0<\/span>C'\u00e9tait \u00e9puisant : me lever \u00e0 six heures du matin pour m'entra\u00eener, aller au bureau pendant au moins 12 heures par jour, puis m'entra\u00eener \u00e0 nouveau le soir. Ce fut une p\u00e9riode difficile. C'\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s intense et vraiment difficile \u00e0 concilier. Je savais que cette combinaison ne fonctionnerait pas tr\u00e8s longtemps. \u00a0<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 >Rose au sommet des d\u00e9taillants Running<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image slider -->\n\n<div class=\"row rowSlider1 spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-prev swipeprevf114d104-7951-4776-9d55-146ead657b16\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\t<div id=\"swipe_f114d104-7951-4776-9d55-146ead657b16\" class=\"swiper myswiper scrollAnim\" data-ssize=\"1\" data-id=\"f114d104-7951-4776-9d55-146ead657b16\">\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66666666666667 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/25-10-01_PUMA_Running-Retailer-Summit_LER7738.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66666666666667 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/25-10-01_PUMA_Running-Retailer-Summit_LER7728.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66666666666667 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/25-10-01_PUMA_Running-Retailer-Summit_LER7631.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66666666666667 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/25-10-01_PUMA_Running-Retailer-Summit_LER7821.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n        <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-next swipenextf114d104-7951-4776-9d55-146ead657b16\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumns spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\">Vous souvenez-vous du jour o\u00f9 vous avez d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de vous lancer dans une nouvelle aventure et de quitter votre poste d'avocat ? \u00a0<\/span>Bien s\u00fbr. Quitter le droit pour devenir coureur professionnel \u00e9tait un grand acte de foi. Le droit \u00e9tait une carri\u00e8re s\u00fbre et prestigieuse, tandis que le sport semblait incertain et instable. C'est en 2022 que j'ai sign\u00e9 mon premier contrat. PUMA m'a d'abord contact\u00e9 via Instagram \u2013 j'ai cru que c'\u00e9tait un spam ! Ce partenariat m'a finalement donn\u00e9 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 n\u00e9cessaire pour quitter le droit et me consacrer enti\u00e8rement \u00e0 la course \u00e0 pied. Ce fut un parcours fulgurant vers le sport professionnel, mais je n'ai jamais regrett\u00e9 mon choix depuis.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\">En parlant de PUMA, qu'est-ce qui rend ce partenariat si sp\u00e9cial \u00e0 vos yeux ? \u00a0<\/span>Je dois dire que d\u00e8s notre premi\u00e8re conversation, j'ai senti que c'\u00e9tait la bonne d\u00e9cision. D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but, ils m'ont fait sentir comme un membre de la famille. Les autres marques avec lesquelles j'ai discut\u00e9 \u00e9taient formelles et strictes, mais PUMA m'a apport\u00e9 un soutien personnalis\u00e9. Ce soutien s'est poursuivi depuis lors. Je peux me concentrer pleinement sur l'entra\u00eenement et la comp\u00e9tition, sachant que PUMA me fait confiance. Je leur en suis extr\u00eamement reconnaissant.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 1 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/25-10-01_PUMA_Running-Retailer-Summit_LER7625.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 59% 24%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"quote\" >Maintenant que j'ai fait mes preuves, je peux inspirer les autres. Certains croient d\u00e9sormais qu'ils peuvent aller plus loin dans la course \u00e0 pied, d'autres ont m\u00eame quitt\u00e9 un emploi qu'ils n'aimaient pas pour se lancer dans quelque chose de nouveau. Ces moments sont tr\u00e8s sp\u00e9ciaux pour moi.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumns spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\">Vous vivez \u00e0 Londres depuis maintenant dix ans. La vie dans une ville de pr\u00e8s de dix millions d'habitants est-elle comparable \u00e0 la vie \u00e0 la campagne ?<\/span>Compar\u00e9 \u00e0 Londres, c'est tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rent, c'est certain. Rous Lench n'a m\u00eame pas de magasin. Mais je dois admettre que m\u00eame si la campagne me manque parfois, la vie en ville facilite grandement l'entra\u00eenement. Ma salle de sport est \u00e0 cinq minutes, la piste est toute proche et j'ai des gens avec qui courir. \u00c0 la campagne, c'est plus difficile : pas de trottoirs, pas d'\u00e9clairage public en hiver, il faut prendre la voiture pour aller partout. L'herbe semble plus verte, mais ce n'est peut-\u00eatre pas le cas.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><span class=\"interviewq\">Votre histoire est vraiment inspirante. Pour r\u00e9sumer, apr\u00e8s trois ans consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la course \u00e0 pied \u00e0 plein temps, pensez-vous avoir pris la bonne d\u00e9cision ? \u00a0<\/span>\u00c0 cent pour cent ! Je fais litt\u00e9ralement aujourd'hui dans le cadre de mon travail ce que j'aime faire pendant mes week-ends. Je savais que je ne pouvais pas laisser passer cette chance. Je devais la saisir, m\u00eame si c'\u00e9tait risqu\u00e9. Maintenant que j'ai fait mes preuves, je peux inspirer les autres. Certains pensent d\u00e9sormais qu'ils peuvent aller plus loin dans la course \u00e0 pied, d'autres ont m\u00eame quitt\u00e9 un emploi qu'ils n'aimaient pas pour se lancer dans quelque chose de nouveau. Ces moments sont tr\u00e8s sp\u00e9ciaux pour moi.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cC'\u00e9tait \u00e9puisant : se lever \u00e0 six heures pour s'entra\u00eener, aller au bureau pendant au moins 12 heures, puis s'entra\u00eener \u00e0 nouveau\u201d. L'histoire \u00e9difiante de Rose Harvey, qui a laiss\u00e9 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 derri\u00e8re elle pour devenir une athl\u00e8te professionnelle.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":2903,"meta-headline":"From Lawyer to Olympian at age 28. The Journey of Rose Harvey.","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-185891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":185891,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2025-11-21 06:13:30","post_date_gmt":"2025-11-21 06:13:30","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":185892,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RoseHarveyHeader.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"From Lawyer to Olympian at age 28. The Journey of Rose Harvey.\",\"content\":\"PUMA athlete Rose Harvey about a countryside childhood, balancing a demanding law career with running, and an unexpected message that changed everything.\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"Law degree. 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Rose Harvey\u2019s inspiring story from leaving security behind to become a professional athlete.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-journey-of-rose-harvey","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-11-21 13:44:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-11-21 13:44:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=185891","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","ancestors":[],"page_template":"","post_category":[18],"tags_input":[],"id":185891,"author":"3","date":"2025-11-21 06:13:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-21 06:13:30","content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":185892,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RoseHarveyHeader.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"From Lawyer to Olympian at age 28. 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I was a corporate lawyer, had just finished 18 months of traveling, and felt really unfit. I wanted to meet people, so I joined a social running club. Running became somehow my social life. \\u0026nbsp;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\\u0026gt;When I was on redundancy leave in Lockdown, I signed up for a half Ironman to keep myself busy. But with pools closed and cycling complicated, I ended up just running a lot. A coach saw me in the park and asked if I needed help. I had no idea what I was doing \\u0026ndash; I had literally googled a triathlon plan. 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