Category Archives: Running

A Marshall but no Badge

Posted on September 12, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Once again it seems I am to stand and encourage sweating, heaving bodies battle their way to ecstasy. Although my lump has now become quite hard I really don’t think it could cope with Sunday’s mass gathering. So I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Blogging, Humour, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged Athletics, Humour, Life, Opinion, Park Run, Park Runs, Parkrun, Run, Running | 28 Comments

I’m Not Nosey

Posted on July 18, 2020 by charliecountryboy

I sit in my lonely room… there’s a song somewhere in there. The room where I write looks out over our little cul-de-sac… I hear and I see things so it is a good job I am not nosey. Although … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Humour, Life, Opinion, Over 50's, Running | Tagged Anniversaries, Blogging, Dining Out, Humour, Life, Marriage, People, Reflections, Westwood Restaurant | 44 Comments

Prosecco, Cake and a Plan

Posted on June 27, 2020 by charliecountryboy

It was my birthday last Friday (you don’t have to sing). My running partner came around for Prosecco and cake with her daughters. She has three daughters but one was sulking. I’m not a great birthday fan but it appears … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthday, Blogging, Life, Opinion, Running, Yoga | Tagged Adriene Yoga, Birthday Cake, Birthdays, Blogging, Cake, Cycling, Early Rise, Growing Old Gracefully, Life, Mr Hector, Prosecco, Run, Running, Tiramisu Cake, Yoga | 59 Comments

It’s a Dog’s Life

Posted on April 4, 2020 by charliecountryboy

I really miss the Parkrun, thought Billy, sniffing a lamp post hopefully. I wonder why they stopped it. I hope it wasn’t because I barked so much at the start. I was just so excited. All those smells, admittedly they … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Humour, Life, Relationships, Running | Tagged Border Collies, Dogs, Mother Nature, Parkrun, Parkrunning, Parkrunning with Dogs, Save the Planet, Social Distancing | 29 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