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Stephen Chown
@chowny.bsky.social
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IT Manager. Slightly failed bass guitar entrepreneur. Master of my own ADHD. Ex Dog owner sadly. Enthusiastic but not necessarily great Runner.
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MIllwater Parkrun in New Zealand as my first Parkrun here. Naturally it is raining. #parkrun #running #run
December 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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First day in Auckland. First run. Beautiful views from Mt Eden but had to run up a lot of stairs. #running #run #parkrun
Me at the top of Mount Eden. View of central Auckland from Mt Eden. Top of mount eden. I ran up these stairs.
December 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Up early and baking cookies for an office party today. These ones are white chocolate and pecan. Also doing dark chocolate chunk. #cookies #baking
Some white chocolate and pecan cookies cooling on baking paper.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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A quick DJI Neo 2 test with a aerial view of my garden #dji #neo2 #drone
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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I have calibrated my turntable back to the correct speed. It was not a fun job. #vinyl #turntable #audiophile
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Week 1 of Movember moustache progress. Was hoping to grow a “Tom Selleck” but I seem to be more “Ned Flanders” #movember
A photo of me wearing glasses and sporting a shit moustache
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Found this handy infographic explaining South African time. (Source Goodthingsguy). Very useful for clarifying this to non South Africans. #time #language #english #southafrica
An infographic explaining the difference between Now, Right Now, Now Now and Just Now.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Bit of Parkrun touristing. Brickfields Park Parkrun in Bath. Did an adhoc 26 minute pacer volunteer. Ran 26:02. #run #running #parkrun
Me in front of Brickfields Park Parkrun sign. Me in my 26 minute pacer bib.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Chipping Sodbury Parkrun on Saturday. They were short a 32 minute pacer. So volunteered and had a nice easy run. #run #running #parkrun
October 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Signed up for 2026 Great South Run #run #running #parkrun
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Have gone down a rabbit hole of browsing for those moving waterfall paintings you used to get in Indian/Chinese restaurants in the 80s/90s. #tacky #kitsch #art
Moving waterfall painting.
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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28 minute pacer duties today at Three Brooks Parkrun. #run #running #parkrun
Me acting like an idiot, next to Susanna in our pacer bibs at the Three Brooks Parkrun
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Today I made homemade chocolate hobnobs. #baking #biscuits
A plate of chocolate hobnobs. The chocolate still melty having only just been applied.
September 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Fermenting a new batch of chillis to make chilli sauce. However this time I GREW ALL the chillis myself! #hotsauce #fermenting
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Post injury and taking it easy, so was pleased they were looking for a 30 min pacer at Berkeley Green Parkrun. Was great fun. #run #running #parkrun
August 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Birkenhead Parkrun this morning. Oldest municipal park in the world apparently. #run #running #parkrun
August 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A few photos of New Brighton. Staying here for the weekend.
Lighthouse at New Brighton View of Liverpool from New Brighton A mural of flowers on a building in New Brighton Painted Mermaid Statue
August 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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I was indeed not successful.
June 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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A quick wander around Amsterdam while I was waiting for my connecting flight.
Somewhere in Amsterdam. Don’t ask me. I just wandered about. A bridge. Somewhere in Amsterdam. Don’t ask me. I just wandered about. Me in front of a statue. Somewhere in Amsterdam. Don’t ask me. I just wandered about. Some bicycles covered in fake flowers. Somewhere in Amsterdam. Don’t ask me. I just wandered about. Some big ass building.
June 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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My last day in Cape Town. Headed out into beautiful Cape sunrise to do the somewhat hilly but very beautiful Constantia Greenway Parkrun. Goodbye Cape Town. #run #running #parkrun
June 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Lovely sunrise this morning on my run. A 13km loop from Fish Hoek over BlackHill. #run #running #capetown #fishhoek
Sunrise over Fish Hoek beach Sunrise over False Bay The road along the coast between Fish Hoek and Glencairn Road over Black Hill
June 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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A run down to Fish Hoek beach and along Jager’s Walk. Then to Muizenberg and back. Stopping in at Lekker Kalk Bay for Breakfast. Not a bad start to Sunday. Got soaked through. Rainy! #run #running #capetown #fishhoek #southafrica
June 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Fish Hoek Parkrun. Small but good! #run #running #parkrun
Me at Fish Hoek Parkrun
June 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Back in Cape Town. And what else am I doing but walking through the Fish Hoek pre-dawn. Off to Parkrun! #run #running
June 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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The final day of our epic Run2Paris journey. Day 4. What an event!

#run #running
May 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM