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Tag Archives: Running
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
26 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
41 Comments
My First Time
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
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
Prosecco, Cake and a Plan
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
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
Roasted Yorkshireman
Makes a difference to Roasted Beef I guess. I love roasting in the sun and I know all about skin cancers etc, but you know me by now? Totally irresponsible when it comes to that stuff. What I do love … Continue reading
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
