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Pretty happy to run my fastest ever parkrun this morning, and my fastest 5K in 11 years … 17:46

This just about sums up the (ridiculous) reaction of the Tories and Reform (and the Sun, Telegraph, Mail etc) to the Green party's victory in the Gorton and Denton by election ...

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

As a lifelong vegetarian, this is nice to read ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

They repeatedly try to catch him out ... and repeatedly fail

Waking up to some good news for a change is a nice feeling. There is still some hope, some humanity out there …

They didn't have these "run stations" when I was last in Japan, but they sound cool, and I imagine really make exploring Tokyo on the run much more feasible ...

We’ll be back soon for sure, but for now we have our Run Across Dartmoor in a Day in May, our Chamonix retreat in September, and our South-West Coast Path adventure in November. Check out thewayoftherunner.com for more details or to sign up.

Dartmoor was misty and wild this weekend for our Way of the Runner retreat with Damian Hall, who joined us fresh from scrambling around the infamous Barkley Marathons course just a few days earlier - he still had Barkley mud on his shoes.

YouTube video by Singletrack The 2026 Barkley Marathons: The Strongest Field Ever vs The Course (Film)

@runsingletrack.bsky.social does amazing work with their Barkley coverage from Frozen Head. Looking forward to experiencing 2026 Barkley in video form tonight! #bm100

🚨 WORLD RECORD 🚨

Less than a week after moving to third in world history in the indoor 800m, Keely Hodgkinson blasts a 1:54.88 in Liévin to break Jolanda Čeplak’s previous high-water mark.

Čeplak ran the previous record on the same day Hodgkinson was born nearly 24 years ago.

Go the extra mile: how to cut costs if you’re running a marathon Spending on gear, travel and race fees can easily add up – here’s how to make getting to the start line affordable

Go the extra mile: how to cut costs if you’re running a marathon

Amazing effort @ultradamo.bsky.social … sounds like it was an even tougher challenge than ever this year. Which is saying something. For the 26th time in 40 years there are no finishers!

He'll have some ice-fresh stories to tell ... assuming he's still alive #BM100

So Damian Hall is doing a retreat with me on Dartmoor starting this coming Friday. Then I see this ...

Country diary: How much bad weather can one village take? | Tom Allan Torcross, Devon: 2026 has been defined by storms here. My job of repairing a thatched roof is simple compared with the wider recovery

When there are limpet shells in your thatch, you know something's not quite right with the weather.

Today's @theguardian.com country diary by @tomallanwriter.bsky.social considers storm damage in a beleaguered Devon village.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races – photo essay Members of an athletics club in Madagascar formed by rickshaw drivers are now beating elite athletes in international endurance events

Love this ... Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

It's raining again, run for the hills Then add in a sauna to soothe those winter blues

"I’m getting used to looking out the window and seeing the glass covered in raindrops, the sky a sheet of slate grey, the trees swaying like they’re in the mosh-pit at an ACDC concert."

Amid all the craziness in the world, I went for a 14-mile run across Dartmoor with friends. The perfect antidote. Thanks, guys.

p.s. We still have a couple of places on our Dartmoor retreat with Damian Hall in a couple of weeks. Come and join us. See thewayoftherunner.com for more details.

Italian investigated over claims he paid to shoot people during siege of Sarajevo Former truck driver, now 80, allegedly one of many ‘sniper tourists’ who paid Bosnian Serb soldiers to be allowed fire on city

"Groups of Italians and people of other nationalities, so-called 'sniper tourists', are alleged to have participated in the massacre after paying ... to be transported to the hills surrounding Sarajevo so they could shoot at people for pleasure."

Sorry, what!?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I always presume they are electric, though I don't know that for sure

Top 8 stories on Guardian are on the Epstein files, and Trump is not mentioned on the front page once (though is in pic).

This is what happens when you control which documents are disclosed and which are not.

I wonder if it was a ploy from the race organisers to get a fast a time as possible, or whether it was just because Kiplimo was running so much faster than expected?

World Athletics denies Jacob Kiplimo’s half-marathon world record - Canadian Running Magazine Kiplimo’s world‑record time of 56:42 was ruled invalid due to assistance from a lead pace car

You have to feel for Jacob Kiplimo here, he was just running as fast as he could, he couldn't help where the car was driving. (His world record has been invalidated because he was running too close to the lead car.) runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/wo...

Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

This by Marina Hyde is exactly how I've been feeling these last few days as the British press have turned the Epstein story into a story about Peter Mandelson (letting everyone else slip away unnoticed) ... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brian May says US is currently too dangerous for Queen to tour there Queen guitarist says ‘everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment’ when asked about touring plans

“It’s very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America and we love it, but it’s not what it was. Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.”

Holy shit, the men's London marathon field is absolutely stacked! These four (in the pic), plus Hagos Gebrhiwet making his debut, Olympic champ Tamirat Tola, world silver Amanal Petros, Emile Cairess ...

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I'm making this free for a few days: the missing chapter from Running with the Kenyans

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White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration

This is so fucked up ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I feel like such a cliche getting goosebumps watching @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s latest political broadcast

Had forgotten not just what hope feels like, but a vision for the country that feels like it’s for the citizens of this country, not just a minority of billionaires and toxic media barons

I wish they would all just get up and leave, talking loudly as they go. He's such a buffoon