I wish they would all just get up and leave, talking loudly as they go. He's such a buffoon

The northern lights came to Totnes last night

Kinda funny that Trump thinks "asylum" means other countries send people from insane asylums, and a) this is real life, not a ham-handed Idiocracy-type satire, b) he has surely been corrected several times but is incapable of updating his priors, & c) most media politely agree not to mention it.

“I was naturally amazed by her extraordinary intelligence and thought how much we could learn from animals: patience, calmness, contentment, and gentleness.” Amen.

Before the world goes to pot, have to say I love this story about a cow. "Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist.” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

It's hard to believe this is all real sometimes ...

German Finance Minister

I know it will be a rocky ride (hopefully not too rocky!) but it gives me hope to see Europe finally standing up to Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.

This is how he treats allies. Why is anyone still acting like anything can be normal until democracy is restored in America.

Until the end of the month, Franco Manca - who do very nice pizzas - will give you £1 off for every kilometre you run (as long as your run is in the shape of a pizza). Ultra runners could be eating a lot of free pizza this January! www.francomanca.co.uk/stories-and-...

A very embarrassing day for the world

Interesting, last year "ekiden" was listed as a word in the Oxford English dictionary for the first time: www.oed.com/dictionary/e...

Surely he's not lying about doping even AFTER joining the doping Olympics!? It doesn't make much sense to sign up and then run completely clean. Surely the whole point is to try a few things, even if you keep it at a minimum www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

It's crazy how AI is so widely misunderstood. People think it can do anything, and trust it implicitly, when really it's just an amazing guessing machine www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Never in doubt

Bring on the running adventures, 2026 ... us20.campaign-archive.com?u=7a37ba1ddc...

Tis the season of cheap Kindle deals, and seems my books are all going for next-to-nothing right now (either 99p or £1.79). If there's one you haven't read yet, now might be the time. (I think this is probably UK only)

This is a really interesting article that makes a lot of sense … and I like his final point: “The obsession with comparing women to men actually diminishes what makes performances like Dauwalter's remarkable on their own terms.”

So predictable … no international events should be taking place in the US.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

I ran 1,400 miles around Ireland

This is a good, and I think accurate, picture of Ireland.

I ran 1,400 miles around Ireland (yep, I actually did) ... www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Spoiler! No. Absolutely none. And huge consequences for the whole world and all our security if US are allowed to get away with this... Come on Keir... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I'm shocked and sickened by the US bombing Venezuela and kidnapping their president. I used to live in Venezuela ... my heart goes out to everyone there. The US is a terrorist state. Trump is a criminal.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

My first piece on my Ireland run, in today’s Guardian …

Are you ready to start planning some 2026 running adventures? If so, check out what we've got on offer here: thewayoftherunner.com (featuring the likes of Damian Hall and Stephanie Case ... I'll be there on them all, too)

Panic buying welcome ...

My fastest 5K time of each year from 2010 (when I turned 36) until 2025 (when I turned 51): 2010 - 18:19 2011 - 17:15 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 17:10 2016 - 2017 - 17:48 2018 - 18:02 2019 - 18:28 2020 - 2021 - 18:27 2022 - 2023 - 18:35 2024 - 18:19 2025 - 18:00 Hoping to go sub-18 next year!

Happy St Patrick's Day! Last summer I ran 2,250km around Ireland. It was a total joy - I know it's a cliche, but it really is such a welcoming, warm-hearted country. Here's a map of the route I ran ...

Fantastic weekend! I've been to both the Jasmin Paris and Damian Hall retreats and would highly recommend it!

Love this picture of Faith Kipyegon with Japhet (from Running with the Kenyans) ...

I enjoyed the Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social podcast with Allie Bailey so much that I blogged about it: dialecticalrunning.blogspot.com/2025/12/can-...

Have you left it too late for that Christmas gift for that special runner in your life? We can take bookings on our 2026 running retreats right up to Christmas morning! We have weekends in Dartmoor, Chamonix and the south-west coast path, with Damian Hall, Stephanie Case … me! thewayoftherunner.com

I wrote about why runners should read before races, and I included a list of some of my favorite books from the past year. New column: www.irunfar.com/a-carb-load-...

I have to say, some great running book recommendations here ... www.irunfar.com/a-carb-load-...

“Swearing is literally a calorie neutral, drug free, low cost, readily available tool at our disposal for when we need a boost in performance.” Fuck me, that's where I've been going wrong ...

@adharanand.bsky.social so many sick bantz on the Way of the Runner Allie Bailey interview thewayoftherunner.com/podcast

A selection of my favourite reads from the year just about gone

A nuanced piece on Kenya's doping problem and how it is trying to do something about it ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Last call for anyone who wants to buy a signed book for Christmas ... I'm not sure what the last postage date will be, but it will be soon, so don't leave it too late ... thewayoftherunner.com/shop

I ran a trail half marathon at the weekend and amazingly I finished third. There’s life in the old dog yet. (Full story in my Monday Musings.) #racethelight #medalmonday🏅 p.s. that’s not me in the first picture

If you're thinking of buying one of our products as a Christmas present, just a note to say don't leave it too late - we're not Amazon, so these carefully curated items take a little while to put together and get sent out ...

Pretty cool to see my book in Spotify's top 10 most downloaded sports audiobooks of 2025 - just above Tiger Woods and Arnold Schwarzenegger frontofficesports.com/spotifys-top...

Every day more drivel ... is there no end? And people sit and stand there next to him nodding and smiling along like they're high or something

Who are the biggest personalities in ultra running right now? The real characters doing crazy things, shaking things up? People who should be getting more coverage.