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Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Returning to Long Runs

September 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG.

Returning to Long Runs.

#run #running #runnersofbluesky

youtu.be/RYSrnZQgbA0

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | The Commute

August 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 training VLOG.

The Commute.

youtu.be/mQFNCuD0fV8

#run #ultra #spine #runnersofbluesky

Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Returning to Training

August 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Winter Spine Sprint South Training VLOG ep. 2.

Returning to training after a layoff.

#run #spine #ultra #runnersofbluesky

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Winter Spine Sprint South 2026 Training VLOG | Introduction

August 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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

youtu.be/TxbX3JN6Z5I

Thoughts on aerobic training

August 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Slow down to speed up?

My thoughts on aerobic development

#run #running #runners #runnersofbluesky

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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…

Optimise rather than maximise

August 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Runners: Optimise (your training) rather than maximise

#run #running #runnersofbluesky

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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…

Race Report: Manchester Half Marathon 2021

August 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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

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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…

Running Proof Points – so how do I stack up?

August 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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
#run #runners

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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…

Running Proof Points – a methodology for assessing current running ability and pinpointing key areas for improvement

August 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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

kevrich1981.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/r...

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 …

How to improve your training decisions

August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Runners: How to improve training decisions

#running #oura #runnersofbluesky

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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…

The compound interest of running

July 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Runners: Think about running like compound interest
#run #running #runner #runnersofbluesky

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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…

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…

July 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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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Simplify running

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…

July 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Runners - are you fuelling enough?
#run #running #fuel #nutrition
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Are you fuelling enough?

July 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Train smarter not harder

July 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Pennine Journey North Ultra 52 miler, May 3rd 2025

May 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

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

April 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Winter training run...
youtu.be/aSJJWN92Hlo

Winter training run

RACE REPORT: Hexhamshire Hobble

January 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM

Kev Richardson

@krruns.bsky.social

Race report: Hexhamshire Hobble multi terrain race
kevrich1981.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/r...

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…