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The Flying Gnome Only a running amateur who likes to take a nice pictorial record of the fun I have whilst out 📸🏃‍♂️

This weeks check-in features 45k of running… interspersed with cycling and dog walking along with my work as a tradition...
14/06/2026

This weeks check-in features 45k of running… interspersed with cycling and dog walking along with my work as a traditional window cleaner 😅🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🐶🥰🪟✨💙
Run 1. The middle workout of a triple header was this 5k run around Willington Grange… 🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️
Run 2. Tuesday hill sesh in the RSPB bird sanctuary amongst the wildlife 🥰🦌
Run 3. Thursday Rainy run along the cycle path and back ☔️💦💧🏃‍♂️💪💙
Run 4. Another mid triple run section in Biggleswade down the riverside 🤩🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️
Run 5. Sunday 10k around Sandy in the early morning sunshine ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️
…a great weeks exercise 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🐶🪟✨🥰💙

This week I’ve been reassessing goals, etc. and for my check-in managed to do 78.37km of running for the week in 4 runs…...
31/05/2026

This week I’ve been reassessing goals, etc. and for my check-in managed to do 78.37km of running for the week in 4 runs…
Run 1. A bank holiday extravaganza for 15.5 miles of hilly trails no time limit so did what I felt like and had so much fun!! 🤩 💪🏃‍♂️🌅
Run 2. Wednesday riverside run for 15km coping with nettles… 😅😬🏃‍♂️💪
Run 3. Friday ridgeway run over to Northill enjoying the colours on the verges of the trails I took 🪻🌹
Run 4. A Sunday looong run across to Biggleswade where I met up with Tim Allen and we ran a 5k before I ran back home across the common for breakfast 🤩🥰🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️💪🌅
My goals affect not so much pace as distance…
Trying to do longer runs more often, and turning my half marathons into “ultra” half marathons, in the hopeful ultimate goal of reaching a marathon again someday…
Managed twice this week 23.5k today Sunday, and 25.8k on bank holiday Monday…
Finding the time is the issue for me though, not necessarily capability…
How that goes? well, I’ll keep you posted… 🤩❤️

Bank holiday hill trails around early morning countryside… Got chased by herd of cows, certainly ramps up the pace a b...
25/05/2026

Bank holiday hill trails around early morning countryside…
Got chased by herd of cows, certainly ramps up the pace a bit!! 🤣🤣🏃‍♂️💪🐂🐂🐂🌅

Checking in for my weekly run report… 1. Tuesday wet round town run before going to work… 9k of drizzly fun! 😅🏃‍♂️💪☔️ ...
24/05/2026

Checking in for my weekly run report…
1. Tuesday wet round town run before going to work… 9k of drizzly fun! 😅🏃‍♂️💪☔️
2. Wednesday hilly trails to celebrate my 6th runniversary 🤩✨🏃‍♂️💪🎉🎉
3. Friday long run to Great Barford before it got too hot… shady riverside trails 🥰🌅
4. Sunday morning dog jog around Blunham after Percy bit through his lead 😅🤦‍♂️🐶🏃‍♂️🌅
45k of running joy, hopefully a bank holiday half marathon tomorrow morning before a day decorating Chloe’s new flat… 🤞🤩🏃‍♂️💪🌅

Fab day walking around Canterbury today, especially seeing Chloe’s graduation ceremony 🥰 What a historic place and gre...
12/05/2026

Fab day walking around Canterbury today, especially seeing Chloe’s graduation ceremony 🥰
What a historic place and great day!!

It’s Sunday and I’m checking in for my weekly report… Last Sunday I pulled my back doing something harmless and so all...
10/05/2026

It’s Sunday and I’m checking in for my weekly report…
Last Sunday I pulled my back doing something harmless and so all week I’ve struggled with sitting, or getting up to stand or lowering myself to sit… medicating with ibuprofen etc…
I’ve felt my 56 years so hard!! 😫
However running is the one thing I can do pain free, so did three runs this week amounting to virtually 40k
1. Tuesdays fab run over the ridgeways to Northill and then up the Kingfisher Way to Blunham…
2. Thursday a two for the price of one, 2nd best 5k ever for me, followed by a gentle jog home from Great Barford…
3. Today’s 15k long run down to Biggleswade and back… nature doing its thing, cyclist cycling, peacock peacocking, and deer mooching along the Riddy path… 🥰🦌🚴‍♀️🦚
And my back feels so much better today, and I’m now off the ibuprofen at last!
Have a fab day everyone enjoy Sunday!! 💪🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️❤️

Weekly report of my workouts through this past beautiful week… 🥰 Monday down to the rspb… in the early morning sunligh...
03/05/2026

Weekly report of my workouts through this past beautiful week… 🥰
Monday down to the rspb… in the early morning sunlight, a theme for this week… totally brilliant start to the week
Tuesday after a day window cleaning popped into Deepdale and ran the quarry trails for a satisfying 5k
Wednesday I got out for an early run down to Biggleswade and saw the peacocks in Stratford Road as I passed…
Thursday working in Hertfordshire countryside I took a lunchtime jog from Hertingfordbury to Hertford Castle and back… gorgeous rout along the Cole Green Way under the railway viaducts…
Friday I was out with PottSands Runners Early Risers at 5.30am and back to the RSPB for sunny hill trails… Glorious!!
Rest day yesterday but today, PETRICHOR was the key word as last nights rain gave an earthy fresh smell to the atmosphere and I did a fab 10k revving up from gentle start to a fast 4.20mins/km at the finish… pleased with that and a fab weeks running
60.89km in 5hours 22mins…
I’ll take that 🤩🏃‍♂️💪✨
Have a great day folks ❤️

Went to work wearing running gear under my workwear……and after lunch took time out to do a trail/road run around Langfor...
22/12/2025

Went to work wearing running gear under my workwear…

…and after lunch took time out to do a trail/road run around Langford Bedfordshire…
The riverside trail was pretty muddy and slippy past the fishing lakes near Henlow, and all the way down to the Rugby club and Jordan’s Mill…
But kept my footing until I got to the roadside path all the way back through the village.
A fab run in bright sunny weather and was able to get back in time to get two other jobs done before nightfall at around 4pm. 🤩🏃‍♂️💪❤️

If you Run,It’s not how far you go, It’s not how fast you go, It’s not with whom you go,It’s not where you go,It’s not w...
20/12/2025

If you Run,

It’s not how far you go,

It’s not how fast you go,

It’s not with whom you go,

It’s not where you go,

It’s not when you go,

It’s not what you listen to when you go,

It’s not what you talk about when you go,

It’s not what you wear when you go,

It’s not if you come first, second, or third when you go,



If you run, you’re a runner, and you’ve already won,

Keep on winning 🥇🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💪❤️

A little morning workout inspiration:-“As the predawn runner hove into view,The skies above an eerie blue…,he let out a ...
25/11/2025

A little morning workout inspiration:-

“As the predawn runner hove into view,
The skies above an eerie blue…,
he let out a silent shiver, running by the flowing river,
Moving through the peaceful still,
He plods up the winding hill,
Through the woods and over moor,
Past shaded house with its oaken door,
Through ancient fort, down through the valley,
And up the hill they call The Galley,
Back along the long ere railway, back on to the tarmacced pathway,
Breath easing down, I had my fun,
Returning from
My Morning Run”

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