Tag Archives: Athletics

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

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

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

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

Just Do It 😜

Posted on June 23, 2019 by charliecountryboy

Your God wasn’t a runner, I know this for a fact because if he had been he would have designed eyes so that sweat did not seep into them, blinding you for the majority of a race. But anyway, you … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Dance, Freedom, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged Athletics, Blogging, Dance, Dancers, Half Marathon, Humour, Life, Opinion, Running, Training | 50 Comments

Determination (Is that all you need?)

Posted on September 22, 2018 by charliecountryboy

This morning I attended the Peter Pan Parkrun and seem to have a problem getting sub 23 minutes for a 5K, but that’s not a lack of determination or is it? I have felt under attack recently by the sub … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Humour, Life, Opinion, Sport, Women | Tagged 10k, 5k Run, Athletics, British Athletics, Determination, Jo Pavey, Park Runs, Peter Pan Park run, Running, Self Awareness, Success | 33 Comments

I Don’t Think I’m a Feminist

Posted on July 25, 2018 by charliecountryboy

Well not in a literal sense and there are so many variations today I think it’s probably best left to the women as I wouldn’t want to encroach, it’s laughable in one way that women create a movement to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Freedom, History, Life, Opinion, people, Running, Sport, Women | Tagged 1967, Atheletes, Athletics, Berlin, European Athletic Championships, Feminism, K.V. Switzer, Life, Marathons, Women | 17 Comments

Live to Run, Run to Live

Posted on July 14, 2018 by charliecountryboy

The story so far; when I was a kid I was pretty damn good at athletics but someone put paid to the enthusiasm, remember Mr Trudd? he was the teacher who loved to batter the ‘less able.’ By the time I … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged 5k Run, Athletics, Blogging, British Athletics, Humour, Life, Opinion, Park Runs, Running, Team GB, Training, World Masters Athletics | 34 Comments

Why I Run

Posted on May 7, 2018 by charliecountryboy

This is a good question and I’m answering it on the hoof, so to speak. I started running because I needed to improve my lung capacity, if you remember this was mentioned in the ‘I Left Home’ series and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Freedom, Life, Opinion, people, Running | Tagged Athletics, Beverley 10k, Exercise, Park Run, Running, Smoking | 42 Comments

A Walk in the Park

Posted on August 26, 2017 by charliecountryboy

I had no intention of writing this, in fact I was going to write a little post about my visit to The Royal Opera House and the phenomenal Mariinksy Ballet, but as always I digress and that will have to wait … Continue reading →

Posted in Athletics, Blogging, Entertainment, Gardening, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, London, nature, Opinion, people, Railways, Travel | Tagged Art, Athletics, Blogging, Entertainment, Humour, Kings Cross, Life, Lifestyle, London, Mo Farah, Opinion, Sculpture, Travel | 8 Comments