Category Archives: Running

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

My First Time

Posted on October 24, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Yeah, like I’m really going to put that up here, although for those that are curious it was at the rear of Morrison’s supermarket by the bins. 😉 Oh! we had such class in the 70’s! Nope this is my … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Humour, Life, Motivation, Opinion, Relationships, Running, Sport, Yoga | Tagged 10k Run, Achilles Tendon, Comebacks, Pilates, Rehabilitation, Run, Running, Running Partners, Yoga | 29 Comments

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