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i like to talk about my running. im hoping this might a way to offload that a little and bore my non-running friends a little less :)

[langzaamloper]

on saturday i ran my third fastest 5k just to come first in a parkrun

yesterday morning i cycled 30km at 30km/h with the local cycling group to spend some time with friends

after my ride i joined some other friends for a 5km walk

yesterday afternoon i ran a 13km long run with hills to start working towards a marathon

and after my run i went to the gym to do some arms + a little bit of legs

today i'm a little bit sore!

i don't make a habit of this - and i don't think i'm about to start 🙂‍↕️

[langzaamloper]

im older 🫪

[i-am-a-lazy-mess]

hate when I type :) and this 🙂 fucker appears. Go away you evil soul

[depsidase]

[raindropcascade]

@isuggesteatingtherich

[cmjhawk86]

Sad but true

[langzaamloper]

my flu is gone, and i’ve gone and had a good few productive days with a bit of exercise. tomorrow i turn another year older, and it felt nice to get a couple workouts in to “ring in” the last one

friday, i ran with one of the local running groups. it was good to have some company and shake the legs out after a week of no running, and good to feel like i could breathe again. something i didn’t realise i missed straight away was the feeling of a run in the morning really waking me up for work - it’s odd when friday is your most productive day of the week

saturday, my aunt and her partner invited me out for a spin on the bike to a nearby town and back - just over 40mi round trip. we took it nice and easy, about 4.5h including a stop for lunch when we got to the next town over. i still had plenty of energy after we got back, and my legs haven’t given me any complaining over the weekend

and today i cleaned out the gutters, and rewarded myself with a gentle run and a quick gym sesh before dinner. i decided on a 30 minute run, and then a 30 minute upper body workout. the legs are nice and limber, but the arms are a bit like jelly

on top of all that, i’ve got to have a nice get-together with my friends on saturday night where they all gave me an early happy birthday (and one of them made me some delicious food!!), and a nice day today with a close friend gallery viewing and caféing ☺️

my first year of running is nearly at its close - i’ll be writing a bit of a retrospective on the last year soon

i’m looking forward to 29: i’m at the fittest i’ve been in my life, and i’m not about to start slowing down yet

[langzaamloper]

i’m on the tail end of this flu, but i think i’m gunna take it easy running for the next few weeks

last time i got sick i kinda powered through it because i was 4 weeks away from my big race

so i think it’s fair to let my body rest this time and fully recuperate without too much extra stress

[longingforrotkehlchen]

No one passes the borb gene like Buchfink – latest exhibit.

Buchfink 🐣 (chaffinch) im Mittleren Schlossgarten, Stuttgart-Mitte.

[langzaamloper]

it’s as though as to tell me i needed a break, as if i were so hell bent on running i’d cave,

that my body believed that a risk i would take and has taken to thieve any chance of that craving

compelling me - selling me thoughts i’m invincible - injury felling me not on the cards at all -

yelling to stell me, to quell me, convince me to slow my gazellous legs - keep in the yard.

with a little sore throat and an ache in my bones - a gentle reminder to wait, not to roam -

herbal tea to keep float, and all rugged up alone - for now, we’ll be kind to ourselves and stay home.

[wordfather]

im ok i just need to see some sunlight shining on water

[wordfather]

i need to breathe here for a while

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

tears and tears streaming down my face bc this week a woman won the cocodona 250 ultramarathon and if you don't care about sports at least care that rachel entrekin broke the OVERALL COURSE RECORD by about two hours, in an era when the course record is always firmly the men's course record too. she's been running for years but only turned pro in 2025, even after winning race after race. finally sponsored, she is achieving the results that pro men are getting all over the world. in an era where people are in a fucking trans sports panic and everyone is still so fucking stupid about women in sports this is the actual proof that if Anyone no matter what gender gets the right support the differences disappear, especially running long distances like this. she SPRINTED across the finish line after running 250 MILES aka 400 KILOMETERS in 56 HOURS. about 4 minutes after celebrating she bent down and petted some dogs. "i feel fine," she said. SCREAM WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[langzaamloper]

at a point in my life now where im old enough and into running enough that all the ad companies that want to advertise to me think i must be battling chronic injury

i guess i should be proud to say that that's not me yet

[langzaamloper]

i've run three times over the last 36 hours and, let me tell you, i'm feeling it. the problem with running is you have the fomo of yapping with your friends, but if you dare try and do all the social runs when youre not ready for it your legs are just,,

gonna have a nice relaxing weekend off i think. maybe a nice slow run on sunday arvo. we'll see :)

[oliviawhen]

Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨

[langzaamloper]

really debating do i short my sleep and get a run in before work, or do i not run for the next two days due to blood donation

honestly very hard choice for me 😬

[langzaamloper]

i decided to run! feeling good, hydrated well over the day and the donation went well

looking forward to a day to rest and recuperate

[langzaamloper]

really debating do i short my sleep and get a run in before work, or do i not run for the next two days due to blood donation

honestly very hard choice for me 😬

[my-dailydreams]

[michaelnordeman]

Red fox/rödräv. Värmland, Sweden (2 May 2023).