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.”
Continue readingIf 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.
Continue readingIt’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 […]
Continue readingParental 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 […]
Continue reading“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 […]
Continue readingOn 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 […]
Continue readingSome 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, […]
Continue readingWhen I wasn’t getting slower Back in 2019 I hit two PBs. One I’m happy with, the other I’m determined to beat. The latter is […]
Continue readingHow long is long? In the film of the same name, friendly simpleton Forrest Gump ran for three years, two months and 14 days. He […]
Continue readingNew year, new running goals On Friday the 1st of January 2021, the world woke up feeling a little different. 2020 is behind us. For […]
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