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Couch to 5k – an acceptable route into running?

by OrdinaryRunnerNovember 23, 2024November 26, 2024 No Comments

While I’m not a new runner, my latest return to running has been guided by a method more commonly associated to newer Ordinary Runners. Has it worked for me? Read on to find out.

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The torso and legs of a person running towards the left hand side of the image. They're wearing marching beige shorts and t-shirt. Behind them is a blurred building and grass, giving the impression of movement. The Ordinary Runner logo is overlaid on the image, highlighting the location of GTPS.
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GTPS – greater trochanteric pain syndrome

by OrdinaryRunnerFebruary 25, 2024November 26, 2024 1 comment

GTPS is a pain in the arse. That’s been my experience over the past two years. But what is it, how does it happen and what’s the cure?

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Not Goals – a reflection on 2023

by OrdinaryRunnerFebruary 11, 2024November 26, 2024 1 comment

Early 2023, I posted a post about not posting a lot in 2022.

The reason I didn’t post a lot in 2022 was, mostly, because I didn’t run a lot in 2022. What I did, was learn about intention, motivation and not setting unachievable goals.

With those lessons in mind, I chose not to set myself any goals for 2023. Instead, I went with Not Goals.

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Not Goals

by OrdinaryRunnerFebruary 19, 2023November 26, 2024 1 comment

As I huffed up the hill towards Cissbury Ring, I thought, “this is great.”

Running without any pressure to hit certain targets is genuinely liberating. It’s why I’ve ditched my previous obsession with having clear running goals in favour of the much less clear “Not Goals.”

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A reflection on 2022

by OrdinaryRunnerJanuary 6, 2023November 26, 2024 2 comments

If it feels like a long time since I last flexed my Ordinary Runner muscles, that’s because it is. In the year since my last post, I’ve been trying to understand what it means to be not a runner. If, that is, I am not a runner.

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Review of 2021

by OrdinaryRunnerJanuary 5, 2022November 26, 2024 1 comment

It’s a strange time, the bit between Christmas and Normal. In place of work, we float in a dazed and lazy haze. With nothing to […]

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Running Tracks – a reminiscence

by OrdinaryRunnerAugust 24, 2021November 26, 2024 No Comments

Parental advisory, this blog contains swearing. I’ve recently read Rob Deering’s Running Tracks and was reminded of a time when music and running played in […]

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Project 20 – parkrun PB – small stones

by OrdinaryRunnerAugust 8, 2021November 26, 2024 No Comments

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” So says Confucius. It doesn’t matter how big the task, it’s possible to […]

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Project 20

by OrdinaryRunnerJuly 25, 2021November 26, 2024 1 comment

On Saturday the 18th of May 2019 I achieved my parkrun PB. For me, 20:06 is a great time, yet I was disappointed. As arbitrary […]

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Running is bad for you

by OrdinaryRunnerMay 3, 2021November 26, 2024 2 comments

Some would say A friend of mine, we’ll call her Gemma, will tell you, unequivocally, that running is bad for you. And, in her experience, […]

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  • The Ordinary Runner - Couch to 5k - header image Couch to 5k – an acceptable route into running?
    November 23, 2024
  • The torso and legs of a person running towards the left hand side of the image. They're wearing marching beige shorts and t-shirt. Behind them is a blurred building and grass, giving the impression of movement. The Ordinary Runner logo is overlaid on the image, highlighting the location of GTPS. GTPS – greater trochanteric pain syndrome
    February 25, 2024
  • The Ordinary Runner - Not Goals a reflection on 2023 - View from near the top of Cissbury Ring in the South Downs, with a track running down the right hand side and green, hilly scenery beneath a cloudy sky taking up the rest of the image Not Goals – a reflection on 2023
    February 11, 2024
  • A wide, chalky path running out of view as it disappears down a steep slope in the South Downs near Cissbury Ring, overlaid by the Ordinary Runner logo - not goals Not Goals
    February 19, 2023
  • Worthing pier reflected in the low tide with the Ordinary Runner logo overlaid A reflection on 2022
    January 6, 2023

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