Unrelated I'm sure, but my voice is more than a little croaky today 😆

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Norsemen U18s running to celebrate the winning penalty - credit to Middlesex FA for the photo

Theo holding up the MoM award after scoring two in the match and then the winning pen

So proud of my son. Him and his team Norsemen picked up the U18 Middlesex Cup last night. He scored this penalty and then a 93rd minute equaliser (out of 95) to take it to pens. Gutted I don't have the equaliser on video, yet. They lost the final last year, so amazing to get redemption 🎉

AI tools are probably better at critical thinking 🤷‍♂️

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

(and apologies, I know that's a very lazy question and I should do some research!)

Do we have any idea of who is running it this year?

Monaco has been colonised by immigrants/economic migrants like this prick who avoids playing his taxes here 👍🏻

Agree. Also, why are listening to an ex-pat/economic migrant about this shit? When he pays his taxes in this country I _might_ listen

Hi, when are you expecting to release the course? And how long do you think you'll have the reduced pricing for?

That's great to know, thanks for the reply!

Looks amazing. Whereabouts is this? We're looking to move to the Peak District in the future, would love to know where to find a pool like this!

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Thanks John 🙏 A very happy New Year to you 🎉

Huge congrats!! We made it 👊🏻 On to 2026...

To anyone thinking about taking a break from the booze, whether for dry January or for longer, I can't recommend it highly enough.

General health seems much better, and sleep is completely changed (waking feeling rested was a revelation!). And general anxiety levels are significantly lower

Well I did it, set out with the aim of going a year workout booze and I'm through to day 365 today.

At the very least the break has completely and utterly changed my relationship to alcohol in a positive way, and I'm not sure if I'll go back but we'll see.

Fingers crossed for an absolute dog's bollocks of a year in 2026 for you Lenny

It's annoying but mainly as I was actually enjoying running again and was looking forward to a long run today. But all good really apart from the ill bit!

It's just a thing where you run 3 miles or more every day in December.

Hope you manage to find that mojo and a bit of consistency 🤞

I tried marcothon and I've made it this far but the Christmas lurgy has got me and I can't see me making it out today. But a bit of running mojo has returned so kind of job done, thanks for the suggestion @charliecoffee.bsky.social 🙏

I'm out, so unable to watch the WC draw. And from what I've seen on here, thank fuck for that. Just draw the teams FFS, absolutely no need at all to reward the orange man baby. Fuck FIFA, fuck Trump

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It definitely doesn't help when the clocks change and an evening run in the dark, wet and cold (although to be fair we haven't really had much cold yet) is less than appealing. Marcothon is a great call though, thanks! Does that mean that I can take the rest of November off? 😜

Hahaha, I've already signed up for (_slightly_ daft) races 🤣 But I did at least get out the door today, albeit for a very short run. It's a start though!

I should look into this fun that you talk of though!

Thanks Jon! You're definitely right about not trying to force it, but I need to force it to some extent otherwise I just won't get out there at all. Seeing people push themselves at Wendover yesterday has definitely helped though (I hope). Might even get out for some Sunday miles 🤞

And fog, so much fog! But it was so good to see people pushing themselves to get the job done

I have completely and utterly lost the running mojo, just zero motivation at the moment and failing to force myself out the door. Hoping an afternoon up at Wendover Woods 50 today might help with some inspiration 🤞