40 participants 25 marathons 200 sponsors £4,200 Read on… The Green Heart Runners has been operating as a virtual club since the first lockdown 8 months ago (8 months!), in March. Since then, save for one official get together over the summer, our members have been running individually and occasionally in very small groups, andContinue reading “Green Heart Runners’ Winter Challenge #GHRB30”
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Run of a Kind – a new way of exploring Brum
You’ve all heard of the city walking tour. I have been on many a walking tour in a new city – Edinburgh, York and New York spring to mind. They are generally inexpensive for the time you are informed and entertained, and are a great way of learning about a city, of getting access toContinue reading “Run of a Kind – a new way of exploring Brum”
Happy Birthday to us!
The Green Heart Runners social running club turns one on 4 June, exactly one year since our inaugural Tuesday evening run-meet took place with myself and two trusting souls to whom I remain indebted for their support. That day, as I recall, it threw it down with rain and had they not turned up itContinue reading “Happy Birthday to us!”
Run
Run.Keep running.Keep running forwards. Keep running even if you don’t feel like it. Run for the health of your mind, body and soul. Don’t listen to people who tell you shouldn’t; run because you want to. Help other people who want to get in to running but feel embarrassed and about their shape or speed.Continue reading “Run”
Social Running
Up and down the country, every day of the week, in every city and town, social running clubs are in action. I established a new, free social running club in June 2019, in Birmingham. We’re called the Green Heart Runners, named after the striking and beautiful new parkland at the heart of the University ofContinue reading “Social Running”
Combining the solitary with the social
Hasan Patel has been a huge champion and supporter of the Green Heart Runners, a great support to me personally, and has become a good friend. Hasan writes about his experiences of running and how he gets benefits from solitary running in a social setting. RR I have always enjoyed the solitary side of sport.Continue reading “Combining the solitary with the social”
The view from the back
This is a post from my first guest blogger, Sally Brooks. Quite simply, Sally is a joy to run with. A Green Heart Runners regular, she brings a positive attitude every time, has a great sense of humour, and, as you’ll see below, has achieved more with her running than she ever thought she would.Continue reading “The view from the back”
A typical Green Heart Runners session
So what does a typical Green Heart Runners session consist of, I hear you ask? Faintly. Arrival We all arrive just before 5.30pm on Tuesday evening and congregate outside the main library. When Old Joe* bongs we move to a wide path between two of the newest and sparkiest buildings on the Green Heart –Continue reading “A typical Green Heart Runners session”
