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 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Took a different route from the usual Tuesday / Thursday routine 😲 I know, right…? I am just anarchy personified! Anyway, it was gorgeous, I had fun, and the tunes from CJ Wildheart - Lives were awesome! 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunningClub Day #RunningPunks. Out for a social run with the Dengie 100 Runners, taking the river path all the way out to the sea-wall then back inland on the trails. Gorgeous morning for it. No tunes just random chat 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Time for some overdue #ParkRun marshalling duties today. Squeezed in a cheery 5k(ish) afterwards. Spotted an arrow sign we’d missed when clearing up - detoured back to the lock-up then forgot to press Resume and missed my final mile. Eureka Machines - Do Or Die in my ears 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Same loop as Tuesday but in the opposite direction which gives a nicer overall downhill section. There’s a promise of rain in the air, so nice and cool out there. Fun rock goodness from Massive Wagons - Earth To Grace 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Anticlockwise round the usual morning route. Lovely and cool out there today. Tunes from Life, Sex & Death - The Silent Majority 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunningClub Day #RunningPunks. Social run with the Dengie 100 Runners out to North Fambridge and back. A bit further and a bit more pacy than usual but still a lovely opportunity for good scenery and good company. No tunes today, just chat 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Finally back at BoC #ParkRun for the first time in a month(?) Lovely to catch up with loads of people I haven’t seen for ages. Did a bit of running too 😁 Tunes from the amazing Enter Shikari 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Recently had to reinstall all apps and it’s messed with Strava. Compare and contrast this morning’s run with exactly the same on Monday. Strava’s apparently granted me the ability to teleport realllly sloooooooowly Tunes from The Almighty today, so I really wasn’t going slow🤘

Belated #RunningPunks #VirtualRunningClub entry as I was too busy watching jousting yesterday (not many days that I get to say that). Beautiful out there this morning and feels like it’s going to be a warm one. Eureka Machines - Everything powering me along 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. BoC ParkRun was cancelled this week due to the Burnham Week regatta, so I decided to do a 5k of my own. Had to navigate dog-walkers and people carrying heavy sail bags, but it was lovely down there this morning. Fun tracks from the random shuffle playlist today 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. No run since last Sunday as it’s been yet another tricky week. Gorgeous out there today. I was on a nice progression towards sexy negz, but then bumped into a mate from ParkRun for a chat. Tunes from The Wildhearts - Acoustic Albums Are Shit Vol. 1 & 2 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. I did try to post today’s #VirtualRunningClub fun this morning but the phone died within minutes of getting back. Always love it when I get the chance to run over this way. Left the tent in Kentwell Hall at dawn and meandered down to Sudbury and back. Tunes from Frank Turner 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Despite a promisingly overcast start, the sun was blazing before too long once again. Not complaining too much though as it does make everything look sparkling and blue. Tunes from the often-overlooked Urge Overkill powering me around today 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. First run for nearly a week after being nearly steamrolled by a virus last Wednesday. Luckily it appears that I haven’t forgotten how to do it. Cheerful power-pop from The Middlenight Men - Issue 1 (plus a little Issue 2) fuelling my legs and mind 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Historical hobbies got in the way of weekend running, and the slog of unloading the car took all the energy yesterday, so this morning’s run felt like a treat just getting out there. Acoustic tunes from Frank Turner - Undefeated really fit my mood 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Nice and cool out there today and dry enough to take a slightly different route out across the trails. Tunes from Baby Chaos - Love Your Self Abuse 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. Wednesday is easygoing chatty social run night with the Dengie 100 Runners. Except when one of the really fast yet effortless runners turns up. Then it’s an earphones in, head-down chase. Still couldn’t catch the leader, despite tunes from The Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Nice and cool this morning. The town feels weirdly quiet now the school holidays have begun. Tunes from the incomparable Eureka Machines - Brain Waves 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunningClub Day #Runningpunks. Lovely easygoing trail with the Dengie 100 Runners this morning. Not much time for tunes as we were mostly chatting, but squeezed in a few from Ginger Wildheart’s GASS on shuffle on my solo sections 🤘

BoC ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Strava is evidently having one of its moments claiming that the course was too long, yet simultaneously claiming that I ran near PBs for 5k, 1 mile, and 2 mile despite the fact that the my splits are nowhere near that. The point was that I had fun 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Pics from midway along the long tree tunnel today, but otherwise no significant stops along my route. Honeycrack - Prozaic, plus assorted B-sides giving me a boost 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. Beautiful blue out there this morning, but crucially, not too hot, which meant a fairly pleasant 10k around the town. A bit of German pomp-rock from Gamma Ray zinging through my ears, because some days, you just have to…🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. About 6.5 miles with the Dengie 100 Runners (we got competitive in the second half again!) then an easy 5 or so cool-down. Tunes in the second half from Chris Catalyst - Kaleidoscopes 🤘

BoC ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Overnight heavy rain onto dry hot ground meant some pretty humid conditions, but the relative cool was very welcome. If the course was as long as Strava claimed, that would be a sub-22 apparently, but even if not, that felt good. Random shuffle tunes 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. Haven’t done a sunset run in ages, which is a real shame as it’s gorgeous! Positively bouncing along to Silver Ginger 5 - Black Leather Bonus Disc 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks. It’s been a while. Historical hobbies at the weekend severely impact my chances for a run. Much cooler this morning and noticeably windier, but quite glad for the change tbh. Tunes from The Wildhearts S/T boosting me along 🤘

Morning #RunningPunks and what a hot one it is yet again. Just a relaxed pace today. Back home after a few fabulous days in Glasgow for daughter 1’s graduation. Deckard - Stereodreamscene unwinding my mind after yesterday’s long drive home 🤘

Evening #RunningPunks. Up in Falkirk for a few days, so couldn’t resist a loop out to see the Falkirk Wheel. Beautiful evening for it. No tunes as I wanted to soak up the world around me. 🤘

Happy #VirtualRunClub Day #RunningPunks. Social chatty run with the Dengie 100 Runners, nice and easy pace until we were all warmed up for a competitive final mile 😁 Not much time for tunes, but squeezed in some Enter Shikari on the way home 🤘

BoC ParkRun time again #RunningPunks. Great turnout this morning, possibly now that the weather has dropped back into Average British Summer setting. Despite the bigger number of runners, the pack was quite spread out.

Morning #RunningPunks. Yet another beautiful morning for it. Definitely feeling able to push a little more now, so filled my ears with the short, sharp snarl of Therapy? Pleasure Death. Unfortunately that’s only about 23 minutes, so followed up with the follow-up, Nurse 🤘