Jacob Howe
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You have to feel for Jacob Kiplimo here, he was just running as fast as he could, he couldn't help where the car was driving. (His world record has been invalidated because he was running too close to the lead car.) runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/wo...
World Athletics denies Jacob Kiplimo’s half-marathon world record - Canadian Running Magazine
Kiplimo’s world‑record time of 56:42 was ruled invalid due to assistance from a lead pace car
runningmagazine.ca
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
You have to feel for Jacob Kiplimo here, he was just running as fast as he could, he couldn't help where the car was driving. (His world record has been invalidated because he was running too close to the lead car.) runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/wo...
Sessions fot Tues Feb 3rd: 2 x 1600m + 8 x 400m, or tempo, 20mins, 10mins, 5mins. Nudging the marathoners to the latter.
February 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Sessions fot Tues Feb 3rd: 2 x 1600m + 8 x 400m, or tempo, 20mins, 10mins, 5mins. Nudging the marathoners to the latter.
Sessions for Tues Jan 27th: 4-6 x 1600m or 3-4 x 10mins tempo. #finsburyparktrack #running
January 27, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Sessions for Tues Jan 27th: 4-6 x 1600m or 3-4 x 10mins tempo. #finsburyparktrack #running
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[A spoof advert for a life management app. It opens with a glossy, sorted-looking person smugly addressing us]
Hey there.
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Feeling the January panic already?
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[Title panel]
Then sign up for Stressifyly today.
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[Show the app on a phone]
Stressifyly
(We couldn't decide between ‘Stressly' and ‘Stressify')
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Stressifyly is the cute stress-management app that has given up pretending it's all ok.
[the rest of the advert depicts on-screen app tools a la Headspace / Liven / Grammarly etc]
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Complete your daily freak-out rings
'You've nearly been anxious all day!'
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Get daily reminders to your devices
[A woman jogging, her watch saying to her: "Hey! You should’ve met the right guy by now."]
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Use innovative visualisation tools
[Show a visualisation of a mountain of work: ‘your work mountain / you’ next to a tiny person]
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Delve into our ambient sound library
[Listening to a recording called ‘The background hum of global decline’ illustrated with an image of trump, putin, a robot, flames etc]
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Chat to our AI Berater Buddy to start manifesting failure
[AI person on phone]:
You’re gonna cock this up
[Person holding phone, eyes closed]
I’m gonna cock this up
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Do some journaling thing as if that will somehow help
[person typing a journal entry on phone: "Today I had too many difficult things to do"
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And generally pay us to tell you that adult life will go away if you just fiddle around with your phone some more
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[Advert ending image]:
Stressifyly:
Stay underwater.
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Sessions for Tues Jan 20th: 4 x 1200m + 5 x 300m, or tempo: 3miles, 2miles, 1miles. #finsburyparktrack #running
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Sessions for Tues Jan 20th: 4 x 1200m + 5 x 300m, or tempo: 3miles, 2miles, 1miles. #finsburyparktrack #running
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The UK Government’s decision to include Berwick Bank in the Contracts for Difference scheme is a disaster for Scotland’s seabirds.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The UK Government’s decision to include Berwick Bank in the Contracts for Difference scheme is a disaster for Scotland’s seabirds.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
Killing tens of thousands of these incredible birds isn’t just reckless, it could push many species towards extinction.
Sessions for Tues Jan 13th: 4-7 x 1200m or 2 x 15mins tempo at #finsburyparktrack #running
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Sessions for Tues Jan 13th: 4-7 x 1200m or 2 x 15mins tempo at #finsburyparktrack #running
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Unloved by the masses, shunned by most elites, but thriving among club runners.
A look at the current state of cross-country running and where it might go in the future (including some major events potentially coming to Britain...).
A look at the current state of cross-country running and where it might go in the future (including some major events potentially coming to Britain...).
World Cross Country Championships 2026: Megan Keith leads British hopes
Cross country evokes miserable school memories for many, while top athletes focus on Olympic disciplines instead - what is its future?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Unloved by the masses, shunned by most elites, but thriving among club runners.
A look at the current state of cross-country running and where it might go in the future (including some major events potentially coming to Britain...).
A look at the current state of cross-country running and where it might go in the future (including some major events potentially coming to Britain...).
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So predictable … no international events should be taking place in the US.
And it sounds like Ethiopia is not the only country that's had visa issues heading into Saturday's World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida.
www.letsrun.com/news/2026/01...
www.letsrun.com/news/2026/01...
World Cross Country Champs rocked by visa rejections - US denies visas for 14 Ethiopian athletes
The general secretary of the Ethiopian Athletics federation told LetsRun.com at least 14 have been affected in total, mostly from the U20 ranks. As a result, Ethiopia has only entered one U20 man and ...
www.letsrun.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
So predictable … no international events should be taking place in the US.
Sessions for Tuesday Jan 6th: well... the set track session is 2 x 1600m + 8x400m, but #finsburyparktrack does tend to hold ice on the home straight, so we may be looking at alternatives. Hill reps from Finsbury Park gate or tempo: 3 x 10mins. #running
January 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Sessions for Tuesday Jan 6th: well... the set track session is 2 x 1600m + 8x400m, but #finsburyparktrack does tend to hold ice on the home straight, so we may be looking at alternatives. Hill reps from Finsbury Park gate or tempo: 3 x 10mins. #running
New paper, Sandamali Wickramasinghe's position paper on learning WFA from trained RNNs.
ceur-ws.org/Vol-4142/pap...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-4142/pap...
ceur-ws.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New paper, Sandamali Wickramasinghe's position paper on learning WFA from trained RNNs.
ceur-ws.org/Vol-4142/pap...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-4142/pap...
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Sinister or reassuring message viewed from the bus yesterday.
you are content
you are content
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sinister or reassuring message viewed from the bus yesterday.
you are content
you are content
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Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
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I’ve dreamt about a swift brick win & front pages of newspapers but this is a nightmare. It’s not a win. This is a meaningless policy with no legal requirement, no enforcement & no transparency inviting housebuilders who’ve bragged about blocking swift bricks to do it themselves
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ve dreamt about a swift brick win & front pages of newspapers but this is a nightmare. It’s not a win. This is a meaningless policy with no legal requirement, no enforcement & no transparency inviting housebuilders who’ve bragged about blocking swift bricks to do it themselves
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Let's get one thing straight.
What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods.
*Nobody* else is to blame.
share.google/CCiKK8WnQTCz...
What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods.
*Nobody* else is to blame.
share.google/CCiKK8WnQTCz...
EU quota deal putting 2,300 jobs at risk - fishing groups
Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley has said that the outcome of an EU fishing quota agreement for next year will present a "very real challenge" for fishermen as fishing organisations say th...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Let's get one thing straight.
What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods.
*Nobody* else is to blame.
share.google/CCiKK8WnQTCz...
What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods.
*Nobody* else is to blame.
share.google/CCiKK8WnQTCz...
Sessions for Tues Dec 16th: 8-10 x 800m, or tempo: 20mins, 10mins, 5mins. #finsburyparktrack #running
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sessions for Tues Dec 16th: 8-10 x 800m, or tempo: 20mins, 10mins, 5mins. #finsburyparktrack #running
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This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise.
And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.
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A win for Swifts!
Thanks to your support, Scotland might become the first UK country to require Swift nesting bricks in all new buildings.
Today MSPs voted to include this in the Natural Environment Bill – now we must make sure it stays in the Bill through the final stage.
Thanks to your support, Scotland might become the first UK country to require Swift nesting bricks in all new buildings.
Today MSPs voted to include this in the Natural Environment Bill – now we must make sure it stays in the Bill through the final stage.
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A win for Swifts!
Thanks to your support, Scotland might become the first UK country to require Swift nesting bricks in all new buildings.
Today MSPs voted to include this in the Natural Environment Bill – now we must make sure it stays in the Bill through the final stage.
Thanks to your support, Scotland might become the first UK country to require Swift nesting bricks in all new buildings.
Today MSPs voted to include this in the Natural Environment Bill – now we must make sure it stays in the Bill through the final stage.
Sessions for Tues Dec 9th: 4 x 1200m + 5 x 300m, or tempo: 3 x 10mins #running #finsburyparktrack
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sessions for Tues Dec 9th: 4 x 1200m + 5 x 300m, or tempo: 3 x 10mins #running #finsburyparktrack
