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Category Archives: Athletics
My Days of Football
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!
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
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
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?
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)
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
Parkrun Princess
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
A Trip to London and a Bucket of Atheletes
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
Beverley Braves
I stared up at the ridge, awaiting the hordes, I felt a nervous anticipation and my ‘Marshall’ partner said, “It’s a bit scary waiting for them all to come charging at us.” She is only 15! Thankfully this wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Community, Life, Running
Tagged Beverley Braves, Blogging, East Yorkshire, Kids, Life, People, Running
24 Comments