Raziq Rauf
@runningsucks.bsky.social
I write about running
www.runningsucks101.com
www.runningsucks101.com
I very much enjoyed this Culture Study podcast from *April* with @joshgondelman.bsky.social. I visited Boston for the first time in May and I wish I was this enlightened before that!
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October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I very much enjoyed this Culture Study podcast from *April* with @joshgondelman.bsky.social. I visited Boston for the first time in May and I wish I was this enlightened before that!
spotify.link/dp5O7lhNCXb
spotify.link/dp5O7lhNCXb
Of course the day I post this story, 3 months after the interview (ask me why!), Liverpool bloody Football Club does a grid post 😂
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How to run 4000km with a brain tumor
A terminal cancer diagnosis made Jack Faint reassess his whole life. Now he’s running the length of India to show everyone what the human body can do.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Of course the day I post this story, 3 months after the interview (ask me why!), Liverpool bloody Football Club does a grid post 😂
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www.runningsucks101.com/p/how-to-run...
I just throw shit at the wall
Wordle 1,544 2/6
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September 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I just throw shit at the wall
Wordle 1,544 2/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,544 2/6
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I wrote a little about #cowboycore and running, feat. hot buzzwords: Western States, Yellowstone, Beyonce, and tradwives.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/cowboy-cor...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/cowboy-cor...
Has Cowboy Core infiltrated running?
Plus a new South Asian Runners IG account to follow
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July 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I wrote a little about #cowboycore and running, feat. hot buzzwords: Western States, Yellowstone, Beyonce, and tradwives.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/cowboy-cor...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/cowboy-cor...
Who's in London next month? I am. Come hang out.
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July 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Who's in London next month? I am. Come hang out.
www.movemint.cc/events/conve...
www.movemint.cc/events/conve...
Hattie Williams has written the best debut novel of 2025, and it's imbued with the power of running. I talked to her about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/bitter-swe...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/bitter-swe...
A Bitter Sweet running experience
Hattie Williams has written a stunning novel that explores ideas of running through its troubled protagonist
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July 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hattie Williams has written the best debut novel of 2025, and it's imbued with the power of running. I talked to her about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/bitter-swe...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/bitter-swe...
This week I found out about an interdisciplinary paradigm that didn't really exist when I was at university.
In an era where we can obsess over our why, it's a research topic that could help explain so much about running.
Read about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/the-geogra...
In an era where we can obsess over our why, it's a research topic that could help explain so much about running.
Read about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/the-geogra...
Answering our Why with geography
Thinking about why we run is one thing, but deep academic research into why and where we run as a population can lead to a less anecdotal answer.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This week I found out about an interdisciplinary paradigm that didn't really exist when I was at university.
In an era where we can obsess over our why, it's a research topic that could help explain so much about running.
Read about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/the-geogra...
In an era where we can obsess over our why, it's a research topic that could help explain so much about running.
Read about it.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/the-geogra...
Sitting down to watch The Bear with a single piece of carefully microwaved garlic naan bread.
July 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Sitting down to watch The Bear with a single piece of carefully microwaved garlic naan bread.
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What gives you the ICK?
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www.runningsucks101.com/p/what-gives...
What gives you the ick?
The (separate) problems with run clubs, trail running, and insecticides.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What gives you the ICK?
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It's really funny that No Kings Day is on the King's birthday.
June 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's really funny that No Kings Day is on the King's birthday.
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So it just occurred to me that the situation in LA right now is literally a "next civil war" scenario in "The Next Civil War" by Stephen Marche.
My god. I'm so hope it doesn't play out the same as the book.
My god. I'm so hope it doesn't play out the same as the book.
June 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
So it just occurred to me that the situation in LA right now is literally a "next civil war" scenario in "The Next Civil War" by Stephen Marche.
My god. I'm so hope it doesn't play out the same as the book.
My god. I'm so hope it doesn't play out the same as the book.
The Guardian says that the pandemic is not the cause of this running boom, which I think is absurd. Why did SO many people start run clubs in 2022, then?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
From TikTok to the track: Gen Z are driving running’s third great boom
At the heart of running’s new explosion in popularity is the digitally native generation making the sport fashionable, communal and more diverse than ever
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Guardian says that the pandemic is not the cause of this running boom, which I think is absurd. Why did SO many people start run clubs in 2022, then?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
Run clubs are a solution to both the American Loneliness Epidemic AND your local independent coffee shop's faltering revenue.
May 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Run clubs are a solution to both the American Loneliness Epidemic AND your local independent coffee shop's faltering revenue.
I'm fascinated by runners who get beyond the point of desiring personal achievement. Call it enlightenment, if you will, but marvelous things start to occur.
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www.runningsucks101.com/p/irondad-en...
The endurance activist trying to save California’s water
Running 100 miles is nothing for Iröndäd, so he’s using his superhuman abilities to raise awareness of the dire environmental issues surrounding the Salton Sea in Southern California.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm fascinated by runners who get beyond the point of desiring personal achievement. Call it enlightenment, if you will, but marvelous things start to occur.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/irondad-en...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/irondad-en...
This ain't nothing new in America. Some of us saw it coming.
March 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This ain't nothing new in America. Some of us saw it coming.
I interviewed the man who created the Zara Athleticz carbon-plated running shoe. Please read it and have a strong opinion.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/zara-athle...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/zara-athle...
Can Zara build a slow fashion running brand worthy of fast runners?
Zara, the fast fashion behemoth has launched an Athleticz startup brand, including affordable high-tech running shoes. Can we trust this gear to run a marathon in?
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February 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I interviewed the man who created the Zara Athleticz carbon-plated running shoe. Please read it and have a strong opinion.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/zara-athle...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/zara-athle...
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You will be victorious!
February 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
You will be victorious!
I wrote about Aaron Garcia of Keep Runnin' Santa Ana, and how he led his team to Huntington Beach for Surf City Marathon even after the city went out of its way to make sure his Latino runners were not welcome there.
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www.runningsucks101.com/p/race-relat...
Race relations with Keep Runnin' Santa Ana
Aaron Garcia found himself leading a Latino community to a race in a city that declared itself unfriendly to immigrants. It was nothing new to him.
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February 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I wrote about Aaron Garcia of Keep Runnin' Santa Ana, and how he led his team to Huntington Beach for Surf City Marathon even after the city went out of its way to make sure his Latino runners were not welcome there.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/race-relat...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/race-relat...
I saw this guy on the treadmill in the gym (normal, fine) and he was watching videos on his phone (normal, fine) but he was listening through WIRED HEADPHONES.
What the heck?!? Is he a PSYCHOPATH?? I kissed him on the mouth when I walked up to the mirror, anyway.
What the heck?!? Is he a PSYCHOPATH?? I kissed him on the mouth when I walked up to the mirror, anyway.
January 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I saw this guy on the treadmill in the gym (normal, fine) and he was watching videos on his phone (normal, fine) but he was listening through WIRED HEADPHONES.
What the heck?!? Is he a PSYCHOPATH?? I kissed him on the mouth when I walked up to the mirror, anyway.
What the heck?!? Is he a PSYCHOPATH?? I kissed him on the mouth when I walked up to the mirror, anyway.
Already had a nosebleed and stepped in dog shit today. No third thing, please!
January 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Already had a nosebleed and stepped in dog shit today. No third thing, please!
Three enforced weeks off and five interviews to write up 🥴
Thank fuck for AI transcription (boooooo etc).
Thank fuck for AI transcription (boooooo etc).
January 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Three enforced weeks off and five interviews to write up 🥴
Thank fuck for AI transcription (boooooo etc).
Thank fuck for AI transcription (boooooo etc).
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SCOOP: Candace Owens is launching a new media platform including paywalled content, a book club and fitness app, which will provide women with ‘80’s-style at home workout videos. I wrote about her quest to target millennial and Gen Z women, especially young mothers.
www.usermag.co/p/candace-ow...
www.usermag.co/p/candace-ow...
Inside Candace Owens plans to dominate women's media
+ Starbucks panic button, the 'first machine war,' ghost town vacays, DeepSeek drama, NFLtubers, and the White House begins credentialing content creators
www.usermag.co
January 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SCOOP: Candace Owens is launching a new media platform including paywalled content, a book club and fitness app, which will provide women with ‘80’s-style at home workout videos. I wrote about her quest to target millennial and Gen Z women, especially young mothers.
www.usermag.co/p/candace-ow...
www.usermag.co/p/candace-ow...
21hrs in and I've raised over $600 for LA wildfire charities via Substack. LFG.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/whats-in-a...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/whats-in-a...
What's in a t-shirt
Are t-shirts just a souvenir, or can they be a window into a person's personality? What's this got to do with running??
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January 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
21hrs in and I've raised over $600 for LA wildfire charities via Substack. LFG.
www.runningsucks101.com/p/whats-in-a...
www.runningsucks101.com/p/whats-in-a...