Kev Richardson

Pursuing running goals? I want nothing; I fear nothing; I am free —Nikos Kazantzakis I came across this quote only this week and it’s a great thing to consider for life in general. But I was also thinking about this…

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Pursuing running goals?
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YouTube video by KR Runs Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Returning to Long Runs

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG.

Returning to Long Runs.

#run #running #runnersofbluesky

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YouTube video by KR Runs Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | The Commute

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 training VLOG.

The Commute.

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#run #ultra #spine #runnersofbluesky

YouTube video by KR Runs Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Returning to Training

Winter Spine Sprint South Training VLOG ep. 2.

Returning to training after a layoff.

#run #spine #ultra #runnersofbluesky

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YouTube video by KR Runs Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Introduction

In January 2026 I'm running the Winter Spine Sprint South on the Pennine Way.

It's a 46-mile non-stop race along the Pennine Way from Edale to Hebden Bridge - in the middle of British winter.

I'm going to document my preparations on my YouTube channel.

#spinesprint #ultra

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Thoughts on aerobic training The first running manual I truly studied was Jack Daniels Running Formula. It appealed to me a lot. I loved going to run a hard 5km often, desparate to see if I could move up a level on the VDOT ch…

Slow down to speed up?

My thoughts on aerobic development

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Optimise rather than maximise It’s easy for runners to get sucked down the route of trying to maximise output, particularly that of training volume (i.e. mileage). However, simply striving for more and more volume isn&#82…

Runners: Optimise (your training) rather than maximise

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Race Report: Manchester Half Marathon 2021 This was the big one. The “A” race. This was week 23 of a training build up since 3 May. In the build up I’d raced 5k on the track (17.01), 3k on the track (9.48), a 5k in July (1…

Race report from the archives: Manchester Half Marathon October 2021
#run #running #runnersofbluesky

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Running Proof Points – so how do I stack up? In my last blog post – read it here – I introduced the concept of Running Proof Points. As a reminder, Running Proof Points is a way of assessing both your current running ability and a…

How to assess your current running fitness and potential using "Running Proof Points". Here's my blog post explaining how I stacked up. Three years later I ran a 16:01 5K. This insight was the catalyst in my belief of what I could achieve
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Running Proof Points – a methodology for assessing current running ability and pinpointing key areas for improvement So far 2018 hasn’t been the greatest running year for me. Readers of my Blog will know that I’ve had a few unfortunate injuries back to back. I tripped and broke a rib in November 2017 …

In 2018 my 5K PR was 16:44. This blog post about a concept I named "Running Proof Points" set in train a process that led me to run 16:01 aged 40.

I still believe this could help many runners seeking to understand their potential and improve
#run #running

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How to improve your training decisions It’s easy to set up a training plan and often that’s the best first step to building consistency. Writing down a plan starts the process to commitment, ticking off the plan feels good a…

Runners: How to improve training decisions

#running #oura #runnersofbluesky

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The compound interest of running Money invested over time accrues interest, the interest is reinvested adding to the principal and over time snowballs and the total sum gets larger and larger. In many ways running is the same. Con…

Runners: Think about running like compound interest
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Simplify running If I was to start my running journey again I’d want to know this: 80 to 90% of training should be easy. And it’s easier than you think. Think tireless. Think 120 to 130bpm. Think holdin…

Runners: simplify your running. I've been running now for over 13yrs. If I was to start again I'd want to know these 12 key points.

#run #running

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Are you fuelling enough? I know I certainly haven’t across the years. If only I’d known eating, fuelling wasn’t the enemy. It’s not that I actively thought it was the enemy. Just eating the wrong fo…

Runners - are you fuelling enough?
#run #running #fuel #nutrition
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Train smarter not harder

Pennine Journey North Ultra 52 miler, May 3rd 2025

Mad living in a world I simply don't understand. It's a privilege, it's confusing, it's exciting and it's scary.

YouTube video by KR Runs Winter training run

Winter training run...
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RACE REPORT: Hexhamshire Hobble It’s fair to say the Angus Tait Hexhamshire Hobble was lodged somewhere in the back of my brain lying dormant for quite a few years. My partner of over 20 years was brought up in the little v…

Race report: Hexhamshire Hobble multi terrain race
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North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships at Temple Park South Shields.
53rd overall.

Tough test to finish 2024. Little reset before launching into 2025.

Sometimes it's about showing up with no excuses...

Back to the gym today. Short treadmill run (easy, 3% incline) and some resistance band work. I'm feeling a little jaded/seeking motivation. It's quite normal this time of year. One more race before a little reset.

Today's a rest day. It's my final race week of 2024. It's the Northern Counties Cross Country Championships on Saturday.

But your coach can't know how you feel every minute of every day so make well grounded and reasoned choices and feedback to coach accordingly.

YouTube video by KR Runs Running in the Lake District during Storm Darragh

Check out my video of my run in the Lake District...
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Storm Darragh meant no new Wainwrights were bagged in the Lakes today. I got out early for a wet and windy 20km, taking in some of the Ullswater Way. Definitely want to get back to complete a full lap of the lake.

If I could give 3 running tips:

1. Persist
2. Persist
3. Quieten the voice in your head

Arrived in Glenridding in the Lakes. Short 5km jog as a leg stretch. Apparently a storm is incoming...

9 days out from Northern Counties Cross Country Championships which will be my last race of 2024. Today's training was 4x 3mins RPE 7 off 3min float RPE 6 followed by 4x 75s hills RPE 7 off 60s back down. Feeling aerobically strong.

Back to it today. Not a workout but a total of 7 miles including 4x 100s hills and 5x 60s hill around RPE 7.