Morning #RunningPunks. Sunday social 10k at chatty pace with the Dengie 100 Runners, followed by the same again solo with tunes from Gary Moore - A Different Beat 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Last minute request for marshals at BoC #ParkRun so allowed myself to accept I am probably not well enough to compete and could be more useful standing at the top corner of the route. Still decided to do a gentle long route home though. Tunes from the new Baby Chaos release 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Neither views nor selfies today (you’ve seen them all before anyway). I definitely have a cold brewing but I’m so close to my target for the year, I’m refusing to yield. Despite tingling nose and burgeoning sore throat, excellent tunes from Eureka Machines flew me along 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Work commitments in Cambridge yesterday morning, then a gig in Southend last night meant deferring yesterday’s usual run to this morning. On reflection, a 10k the morning after a moshpit might not be among my wiser decisions. Powered by The Wildhearts B-sides 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. A bit of Sunday Social with the Dengie 100 Runners and then off around the fields and lanes for some solo miles to build up those marathon skills. Tunes from Guns & Roses for an unusual change 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. I (mostly) love running when it’s beautifully clear, cold and frosty. Just gorgeous. After ages of cautious running with icy roads underfoot, I got reckless on the muddier section, sped up then absolutely stacked it tripping on a tree root 🤦‍♂️ Tunes from Ginger & The Sinners 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. Wednesday night social with the Dengie 100 Runners and for the first time in ages, I got a sub-22 5k. Very happy with that. No tunes, just ragged breathing 😮‍💨🤘

Morning #RunningPunks and what a morning it is! Utterly beautiful out there today. Even with the endless rain yesterday, there didn’t even seem to be too many puddles or too much mud. Tunes from The Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. Did some IRL run club too, with a 10k loop with the Dengie 100 Runners then a repeat lap on my own. Well-served by today’s random playlist which delivered absolutely perfect tracks at critical points where I was flagging 🤘

BoC #ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Nice and easy today as there are still a few niggles. Definitely blaming the new work boots for changing my posture a bit this week. Need to do more stretches! Excellent random selection on the playlist this morning 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Unseasonably mild again, so much so that I am back in T-shirt sleeves. I was triple-layered on Wednesday night! Fairly standard anticlockwise route this morning, powered along by Weezer 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. No chance to run for the last few mornings, so I went out for a long warm-up run before the Wednesday night Dengie 100 Social run. Managed to up my pace for the social, but my body had had enough by the final mile. Tunes on the solo section from Massive Wagons 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. A rare twilight run as it’s been a busy weekend, but my grandmother’s 90th birthday pretty much trumped any of my usual plans! Tunes tonight from Marillion - F.E.A.R. 🤘

BoC ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Still not quite in the right mindset for ParkRun at the moment for some reason, but it was great to see some old friends back out and running again. Random shuffle on the playlist threw out some unusual gems this morning 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Reversing Chilly Tuesday’s route for Even Chillier Thursday. Luckily we’ve got beautiful clear skies and bright sunshine making it wonderful out there. Tunes from Ginger Wildheart’s Yoni 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Beautifully frosty today. Spotted a fairly small but hardy and determined wading bird working the icy bank (a quick search suggests it might have been a Dunlin). Still just letting the random shuffle of the ParkRun playlist pick me some propulsion tunes 🤘

#RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub Day again, kicking off with a social 10k with the Dengie 100 Runners, then doing pretty much the same again on my own. Random shuffle carrying on from yesterday’s playlist threw me some class tunes to keep me moving 🤘

BoC #ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. It’s been ages since I have done this (aside from marshalling a couple of weeks ago). Definitely wasn’t quite in the mood today, but the random shuffle on the playlist served me well. 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Nice and cool out there this morning, perfect for an anticlockwise lap around the town (it would have been perfect for a clockwise loop too, just in case you were wondering or confused). A healthy burst of shouty tenderness from Frank Turner - Undefeated boosting me along 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Clockwise route included the muddy field for a change (and a hip workout while trying to stay upright). Top tunes from Ginger / Wildhearts Dynamizer 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. Sunday social with the Dengie 100 Runners once again. Gorgeous, misty and chilly out there. A bit of The Crow OST adding to the atmosphere on the way down to meet up 🤘

Afternoon #RunningPunks. Essex XC Series No. 2 - Hainault. Lovely 2-lap course, although the uphill on lap 2 broke me and needed some strategic slowdown. Still managed to finish well enough though. Who invented hills? Honestly, what use are they…? 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Pretty much the usual loop clockwise until I spotted a ParkRun regular doing our usual Saturday morning route so I decided to stalk him on his journey. Didn’t quite catch him but said hello. Tunes from Therapy? - Hard Cold Fire and Semi-Detached 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Usual route anticlockwise today, but the weather decided to break its recent trend of cold and / or wet, allowing some unseasonably mild conditions. I am sure it will balance itself out later. Tunes from 3 Colours Red helping me chug along 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. Sunday social with the Dengie 100 Runners for a nicely stretching 10k, followed by some solo miles accompanied by the peerless tunes of the Eureka Machines 🤘

Happy Halloween #RunningPunks. Building up my strength before tonight’s festivities at the Natural History Museum, at which I will be a “zakuska” (snack) for a Russian Countess. I may feel a little drained tomorrow. Tunes today from Ginger Wildheart’s Birthday Bash 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Easygoing pace clockwise around the town today, looking out for happy Halloween decorations. Chilled out tunes from Cousteau keeping me company 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. Nice and easy Sunday social with the Dengie 100 Runners, which took me over the 1000 mile mark for this year so far. My challenge target is in sight! No tunes, just chat. 🤘

Afternoon #RunningPunks. My running club have bought us group entry for the Essex Cross-Country series and wanted some male seniors for today’s race at One Tree Hill. Henceforth I am naming it One Endless Hill!!! Like running in an Escher painting 🥴🤘

Afternoon #RunningPunks. It’s a bit windy out there!!! Windy enough for my slowest mile to be the one on open flat land, yet get faster on the sheltered uphill mile that followed. Getting some goth in my system with Monica’s Last Prayer - We’re Only Trying To Live 🤘

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Morning #RunningPunks. Back on home turf after the weekend in Birmingham. Decided not to chance the route around the fields after yesterday’s deluge, but was rewarded with a rainbow in the field instead. Superhero shenanigans from The Middlenight Men helping me leap high kerbs in a single bound 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks! Got some time in Birmingham today so decided to run halfway to Wolverhampton out along the canal and back. Impressive number of runners out there this morning, plus spotted the RP heron! Tunes from the new Baby Chaos release 🤘

Afternoon #RunningPunks. A break in the workday for a trundle around the town, taking in wading birds, sleek yachts with pirate flags, tree tunnels in daylight and tunes from The Wildhearts. I suppose I ought to get back to it now… 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. It’s been ages since I’ve done a nighttime run in the dark. I think that’s the first time I’ve tried out that chest-torch and I can confirm that it is perfect for drawing out all your slasher-film nightmares as it casts juddering shadows while running through tree tunnels 😳🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. The Dengie 100 Runners Sunday social crowd were a bit thin on the ground today, with just three of us around, so we decided to push for a pacy 10k. Tunes on the way back from The Divine Comedy - Regeneration 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Clockwise loop on the usual route under cool grey skies once again. Timed it badly and got stuck at the rail crossing in the first quarter of a mile but otherwise enjoyably uneventful. Happy tunes from Squeeze’s Greatest Hits keeping me bopping along 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. Stupidly decided to try and squeeze in a warm-up run ahead of the Wednesday night social with the Dengie 100 Runners. Misjudged the route so ended up having to do a fairly fast 5k to make sure I didn’t miss them, then had to do an even faster 5k trying to keep up 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Slightly gentler pace after Sunday’s exertions. Grey but cool and dry out there. Managed to miss most the school drop-offs so shot through some of the often-snarled up sections. Tunes from Gary Moore - After The War 🤘

#RunningPunks #VirtualRunningClub representing my real running club, Dengie 100 Runners, at the Burnham-on-Crouch 10k. 1st half was excellent but 2nd half, largely against the wind blowing downriver, was really hard work. Random shuffle playlist was having a laugh with the last couple of tracks🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. ParkRun time with my brother for a nice change. Taking it nice and easy ahead of the Burnham 10k tomorrow. No tunes, just random chat.

Morning #RunningPunks. Gorgeous out there yet again, with a low mist hovering on the fields. Getting a bit chilly but still T-shirt weather for a while yet. Found a chonky wild mushroom out on the trail! Ebullient tunes from Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Gorgeous, cool, still and clear this morning. Weather was pretty good too. 😏 Usual route, usual views, and that’s great. Wildhearts - Endless Nameless didn’t really suit the mood, but when does it…?

Morning #RunningPunks. Out with the Dengie 100 Runners this morning, testing out the Burnham 10k route ahead of next week’s event. One of the guys was saying he’d never yet managed a sub-50 minute 10k and we reckoned it was well within his grasp, so we chased him round it to spectacular effect 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. No running over the weekend due to pirate shenanigans so feeling quite refreshed and ready for a loop this morning. First listen to the brand new album by my mate’s band, Sharabang, powering me along 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Nice and easy clockwise route today. Bit windy out there this morning, but strangely warm. Still working my way through the Del Amitri playlist 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. After a couple of runs last week where I just seemed to lose motivation halfway, I relaxed and ran without any aims or expectations and simply enjoyed the world around me. Turns out that was exactly what I needed. Tunes from Del Amitri in readiness for this evening 🤘

#RunningPunks #VirtualRunningClub crosses over with real-life running club for me again today with the Dengie 100 Runners on a there & back again run out to the road gates across the Marsh Road. Nearly took a tumble trying to get a conker to take back for my wife, but otherwise I had a lovely time 🤘

BoC #ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Also time for Strava to start playing weird tricks again with its measurements. Despite that, my salute is not for Strava but for someone who left us a long time ago on this day. Beat you, old man 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Usual route just became an absolute slog today. Fine for the first half, but lost momentum dodging and stopping for school drop-off pedestrian traffic and just couldn’t really get back into gear. Tunes from the Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts kept me moving 🤘