An oopsy tumble day yesterday. Never mind. What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.

Today I had so much fun mixing up my training by alternating between using tarmac and grass.

My training plan has switched to the tapering phase as, I am running the Henley half marathon on the 1st September. The next two weeks are going to be so much fun as I find this stage so amusing and interesting. I am very disciplined. Sometimes 😊

A Chineham cat snapped on my walk to Basingstoke parkrun yesterday 🐈

Here are some pictures I took at yesterdays Basingstoke parkrun. I quite like the first one, I just pointed my iPhone at the sun and took the photo.

My favourite images this week, taken whilst out and about #running around #basingstoke My training has been going exceptionally well as I have achieved every target set by my coach. It just goes to show that you do not need to run non stop. Taking a good photo gives you a well deserved breath break.

It’s such a delight being here. I have opened the app whilst enjoying my second mug of tea and read posts about: running, hiking, nature, poetry etc. None of the doom scrolling like the other platform. Keep it up everyone as, this is the way social media should be. The simplicity of just being nice.

This isn’t about me, it’s about everyone else in the running community. I am absolutely fascinated by the posts I am reading. This platform is becoming so inspirational and supportive. Here are more pictures from my 27,000 step day but, to be honest, I’m absorbing fellow runners content.

Nearly twelve thousand steps done before lunch and I have a ten kilometre training session later on. I love days when I dawdle to work and back and I manage to bag over half of my targets in one go. On my morning stroll I saw these interesting things. More to follow after my run.

I am reading about how many people are joining this platform from the UK. I hope some of them are daydreamers and runners like me. Being part of a global community is wonderful but sometimes you just want someone local to have a beer with after a race. If anyone is doing the Henley Half let me know.

A very enjoyable daydream run this morning

Chasing the sunshine on my run this evening. It was great to unwind and have a nice think whilst trotting around my neighbourhood.

I think I have done everything right. I have followed some interesting looking running accounts and liked some great pictures. Let’s see if the algorithm can deliver the results I want to see. Me? Here I am and where I live in Basingstoke in England. Hello @bsky.app world