Category Archives: Athletics

And Still We Run

Posted on July 24, 2021 by charliecountryboy

Sorry, another post about bloody running. I hear you cry. Well, “Tis the season” 😂 The Tokyo Olympics are due to start, with no spectators, huh! Athletics is the only thing I’ll watch on TV these days, I’m too old … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Humour, Life, Running | Tagged 10k Run, Athletics, Blogging, Charlie Robinson, Humour, Life, Park Run, Run, Running, Training, Yorkshire | 26 Comments

My Days of Football

Posted on January 10, 2021 by charliecountryboy

It was a grim winter day, the skies were grey and the birds had even stopped singing. We trudged reluctantly past the black, foreboding gates of the Victorian park. A thin line of frozen schoolboys. Heading out for an afternoon … Continue reading →

Posted in 1970'S, Athletics, Blog, Blogging, Freedom, Humour, Life, Opinion | Tagged Family, Football, Football Gear, Leeds United, Norman Hunter, School Football, School Sports, Schooldays | 15 Comments

Dear Lord, He’s Back!

Posted on November 5, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Everything was going swell (do you like that? A little word thrown in there for my american cousins) Anyaways, life was great. I rejoined the gym last Thursday and I’ve been doing cross-country in the dark on Wednesday evenings with … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Community, Humour, Life, Opinion, Relationships, Running, Women | Tagged Blogging, COVID-19, Cross-country, Friendship, Lockdown, Running, Running Friends, Running Partners, Second Lockdown, Sooty, Sooty at Home | 31 Comments

My Last Time

Posted on October 29, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Nope, this isn’t one of those posts either, although it could have been in a hotel room😂. It’s been a funny old year. Last winter I trained hard, only to get one go at it and now I have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Community, Humour, Life, Opinion, people, Relationships, Running | Tagged 10k Run, Blogging, Friendship, Haltemprice 10k, Humour, Parkrun, Parkrunning, Running, Running Partners | 43 Comments

To Flee or to Fight

Posted on March 21, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The sun creeps over the mountain ridge, casting its first shadow deep into the canyon – far away in the distance a blur is moving fast with the speed and agility of a Pronghorn. Look closer and you see someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Freedom, History, Life, Mexico, Opinion, Running | Tagged Athletics, Blogging, Born to Run, Charlie Robinson, Christopher McDougall, Copper Canyons, Life, Mexico, Opinion, Running, Tarahumara, Travel | 23 Comments

So, Your Uterus Didn’t Drop Out?

Posted on February 8, 2020 by charliecountryboy

She ran and she ran, her heart was beating too fast, she knew this but kept going. She made the 200m line, 400 meters, 800 meters, shattering the mile record, still she ran, and then it happened. Her uterus fell … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blog, Blogging, Freedom, History, Humour, Life, Opinion, Running | Tagged Amsterdam Olympics 1928, Humour, IOC, Jo Pavey, Life, Marathons, Paula Radcliffe, Run, Running, Tokyo Olympics, Women Running, Women's Athletics, Women's Distance Running, Women's Marathon, Women's Olympics | 46 Comments

Band of Brothers (and Sisters)

Posted on December 7, 2019 by charliecountryboy

The sun rises over the plain as the band of volunteers trek resolutely to the gathering place. They have an hour to prepare before the invasion; at which time a horde of combatants will descend upon them, not quite as … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged 5k Run, Beverley East Yorkshire, Beverley Westwood, Fit for Life, Inspiration, Motivation, Park Runs, Parkrun, Running, Saturdays, Volunteering | 21 Comments

Beverley’s Golden Girl

Posted on September 15, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Ten year old Roisin wanted to run but could only commit to every other weekend and her local athletic club demanded every weekend so she joined Beverley Barracudas Swimming club. But running was something she wanted, so her mum took … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Life, Lifestyle, Motivation, Opinion, people, Running, Sport, Women | Tagged Athletics, Beverley Barracudas, Beverley East Yorkshire, Biathle, Humber Tri-Athletes, Junior Athletics, Life, Motivation, Parkrun, Physiotherapy, Run Swim Run, Swimming, Team GB, UIPM | 27 Comments

Parkrun Princess

Posted on August 31, 2019 by charliecountryboy

So last year the Princess having never run in her life decided to start running, but kept it a secret as she worked her way through the Couch to 5k program, she never told a soul. I guess she was … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged 5k Run, Life, Opinion, Park Run, Park Runs, People, Running | 43 Comments

A Trip to London and a Bucket of Atheletes

Posted on August 3, 2019 by charliecountryboy

A pack of dogs and a gaggle of geese, not sure if it’s a bucket of athletes, but you know sometimes I just get fed up of Googling everything and go with my gut. So here we are in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged Athletics, Dina Asher-Smith, London Anniversary Games, Lynsey Sharp, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Richard Kilty, Super Saturday, Team GB | 47 Comments