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Young Hearts Run Free
It’s fairly well known that I do my talking though my blog and in real life I would never win an award for being the most sociable of people. I find it difficult, always have, always will. I was, and...
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Smile – Crackerjack racing – 5 to 5 including Clydebank 5k and Scottish...
So here’s the thing, running is my go to hobby and I love it. I really do. I may get anxious and stressed about races but I love my easy running, I love the hard efforts in training, and I love the...
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2.45 am / Say Yes – The English Masters inter area track and field challenge...
It’s 2.45, in the morning, when the alarm goes off, not that I’ve slept much anyway. You know what it’s like, need to sleep, can’t sleep. The more you try the more it just isn’t going to happen. Betsy...
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Athletics Trust Scotland grants available
No bad gags or self deprecating race reports today just passing on the following information. This is a good thing. Please let the right people hear about it. Transforming Lives Grant Now Open!...
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Camera Shy/ Face the flames – Kenny Phillips and the Monument Mile 2023
Over the years I have published almost 300 blogs and they have all had some type of photos in them to accompany my blurbs. Now I’m not one of those insta runners, I don’t set up pics, I don’t have...
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Tears of a clown – Cumbernauld 10k, Stirling 10k and Flat ‘n fast 5k
It’s a funny thing this running malarkey, unless of course I am writing about it. Especially today. This one is getting all the crap out the system that’s been building up recently. It’s cathartic,...
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Help the Aged / Jurassic Mark – The Great Scottish Run 10k 2023
This one is all over the place today. I have been feeling my age recently. Which is a right damn cheek when I see how well the Scottish Masters have done in the recent European Championships....
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Underdog – The Lindsays Scottish National Cross Country Relays 2023
So the road season and I had had our wee hug. Our wee “all being well I’ll see you next year” and “I promise to stay in touch” parting of the ways. I could feel a lack of passion from it though and...
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Happy up here: The Scottish Athletics short course XC championships 2023
I’m an old man and I don’t remember many things very well. For some reason 4 has always been my lucky number, and I can’t recall why or even recall a time when it has actually been lucky for me. It’s...
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All of the people – the 2023 overview
So this week I ran my 2500th mile of the year, my most ever by a long way and a nice target to have hit and it got me thinking how fortunate I am to be able to have a hobby that I enjoy, and to still...
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Tartan Running Shorts
I know, you forgot the blog existed. So did I pretty much. Just a wee short post to say I was interviewed for the latest Tartan Running Shorts podcast. It was supposed to be part of Scottish Running...
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