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 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 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 readingRunning or injury There’s running and there’s injury. When you’re running, you’re running. When you’re injured, you’re still running until you can’t run anymore. Then […]
Continue readingThe run 10am on the 10th October 2020. World Mental Health Day. Bob Smytherman’s digitally compressed tintinnabulation sent a pack of dads on a 10km […]
Continue readingWhat’s the problem? On the 24th of July 2020, social media was mobbed with “is anyone else having problems uploading to Garmin Connect?” Days later, […]
Continue readingLooking for running playlists? Look no further. It’s a question often asked on social media – what are the best running playlists? Now, I think […]
Continue readingAs difficult a situation might be, there’s often a silver lining. Lockdown is no different. Firstly, thanks to Dad’s Delicious Dinners for nominating me. I’ve […]
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