Not really. I don’t understand it at all

A proper job over 5K Bicarb, tick, official race, tick. Here we go again

“I love the burn up of a 5K, the elbows out, the fight-every-step energy, the full-throttle running, the lack of palaver, the streamlined simplicity of it. Bam, go hard, hold on, it’s done, buzzing mate.” open.substack.com/pub/adharana...

Hallowed running ground!

I just checked Garmin and it says average stride length was 1.51m. I think it's about bounce - so doing drills such as A-skips, high knees etc - even skipping with a rope - will help (I do them weekly). You can't intentionally try to lenghten your stride or you'll over-stride, which isn't good

I set off with the 17:30 pace group, and felt easy at that pace for the first 3km, but then I hit the fan, feeling like I was running through treacle. I considered jogging it in, but somehow clung on, and with a bit of a kick at the end managed to come home in 17:52.

Exeter 5K - 17:52 | Strava View Adharanand Finn's Run on April 14, 2026 | Strava

Last year I set myself a goal to run a 5K in under 18 minutes (something I hadn't done since 2017). "Breaking-18" I called it. A few weeks ago I finally did it, running 17:46 at a parkrun. But just to erase any doubts, I did it again last night in a bona fide race www.strava.com/activities/1...

Scottish ultrarunning champion dies during Highlands record attempt David Parrish, who won Cape Wrath Ultra in 2023, had been attempting gruelling route again as fundraising challenge

This is very sad to read ... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Because Trump is like a doctor, always ready to help people. Not like Jesus, just a doctor ... see?

Welcome to The Hotspot, our new newsletter on sport’s relationship with the climate crisis We delve into the best stories on how sport is changing around the climate crisis, and what can be done to navigate a way forward

Ooh, this looks good @thegreenrunners.bsky.social ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

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Yes! One was bizarrely raving on specifically about the German-language edition of one of my books.

I followed up one or two of the early ones, and - surprise surprise - there was a fee involved in sharing my book - a fee I had to pay. I just ignore the emails now, so sorry if any of them are genuine.

(Any other writers getting these?)

I'm getting more and more emails - almost daily now - from people sharing, in some depth, how much they loved one of my books, and then offering some sort of way of sharing them with their wonderful online community. I'm sure they're all AI written as they all sound so similar. I followed up … (1/2)

Exactly. Zero need for it except greed.

Amazon upsets ebook lovers by ending support for old Kindle devices Up to 2m e-readers made before 2013 will no longer be able to download new titles

This is stupid and annoying on so many levels, but also completely unsurprising www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Emergency personnel at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on Wednesday. Fires still rage around twisted metal and collapsed buildings. Photograph: AFP/Getty

Deeply depressing that, on Lebanon, media is focussed on the technical wording of the ceasefire deal - rather than pointing out that killing 100s of civilians in their homes is a war crime and abomination either way.

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A picture of me running the Lewa Marathon in Kenya in 2011 (taken by Marietta) has been used to illustrate a piece on 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Marathon' in this month's Runner's World UK. Great shot, great moment ... you may recall it from the end of my book Running with the Kenyans.

Damian Hall on the secrets to becoming an ageless runner Podcast Episode · The Way of the Runner - conversations on running with Adharanand Finn · 1 April · 57min

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Two Green Runners, @adharanand.bsky.social & @ultradamo.bsky.social, talk Barkley and Damo share’s insights from his new book, Run Forever: The Secrets To Becoming An Ageless Athlete.

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We live in hope that the fool will be in jail by then!

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An Easter read for my Patreon subscribers: a lost chapter, cut from the final edit of Running with the Kenyans, detailing our harried departure from the UK, and our first two weeks in Kenya, before we finally made it to Iten and the runners: www.patreon.com/posts/arrivi...

‘He’s phenomenal’: American teen fast becoming athletics’ next big thing At 17, Cooper Lutkenhaus is the youngest world champion in track and field history – and potentially USA’s poster boy for LA28

A @seaningle.bsky.social profile on Cooper Lutkenhaus ... that's got to be worth a read ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Turns out this was an April Fools prank played on me by my son!

(A creative one, I have to give him that 😂)

The latest episode of The Way of the Runner podcast is out, featuring ultra runner, campaigner and author Damian Hall - still an elite athlete at 50 - sharing some of the insights from his new book: Run Forever - The Secrets To Becoming An Ageless Athlete. Listen here: thewayoftherunner.com/podcast

My Mac just suddenly started autocorrecting the words "the" to "jiggle" and "and" to "piggy". What the hell!? Anyone else get that?

(I have now fixed it, but I'm bemused as to why it started doing it.)

Point well made ...

The spirit of the people in Gaza never ceases to amaze me. Also the simple power of running to unite ...

Disappointed to see that The Killers are going to close The Enhanced Games. Not a good look

I quite like the idea - gives more people the opportunity to run, and also gives the elite women the spotlight for the day. It's always such an amazing women's field, but often much of the race is missed by the TV coverage

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