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Sarah
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Solo mum of 6, complex needs TA, jnr parkrun director. Run a bit, swim a bit, trying to stay sane whilst navigating SEND system. Neurodivergent family. Norwich #legorunbuddy
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Starting the week the right way. 9 easy miles to continue with the RunuptoChristmas. Even listened to Christmas tunes as I ran. #runuptochristmas #running2keepthecrazyaway #running #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #morningmiles #keepgoing
Garmin stats from my run with a Christmas tree sticker added. 14.5km or 9 miles. Just under 6 min a km average pace. Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten stood on a street sign at the end of my run. Its starting to get light, street lights on. Road to the right and bush and trees to the lleft. A tree with no leaves but sone big Christmas baubles, the closest one is red, another is silver. The sky is dusky morning blue behind and the house is dark with a light on in one window. Screenshot of my playlist... the best Christmas album in the world...
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Run up to Christmas day 7 done. 28 miles so far. Then on to run director duties. Followed by TEAMS meetings & admin whilst also parenting, joy! Going to get myself out for a walk before then getting on with dinner. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #keepgoing
Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten sat on a wall covered in ivy, there is a tree in the background and sun rising.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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A bit of parkrun tourism today with a friend. New years resolution of at least one parkrun a month complete in 2025 complete. Parkrun 120 run, almost at 250 volunteer credits so not a bad ratio there. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #parkrun #running
My parkrin finish token and legorunbuddy in the palm of my hand at the end of parkun, you can see my volunteer wristband too. Had to do a selfie with friends at the welcome sign as it was first time for us all running this course. I made my friend wear a tutu in honour of her 97th different parkrun location, she is trying to get to 100 different parkruns. I have only done 6? But it has inspired me to try and get to a few more Norfolk ones at least.
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Walk around the marshes this afternoon after hideous meeting. An evening of pizza, film, jigsaw building then dealing with cat poo,small child vomit because of the smell of cat poo & then managing to get the Elf set up. Small child is still awake.. I am beyond tired, he apparently is not. #keepgoing
View across the marshes. Blue skies, sun drawing low. The water level is high snd it has the look of winter drawing in. Simba the elf has brought a craft activity... he is hanging from paper chains. Behind you can see the birthday banner.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Chilly 5 miles. Still shorts weather but icy enough to make me nervous. Home to wake the birthday girl. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #eatonpark #tired #keepgoing #birthday
The view from top of the steps over the pond at Eaton park, looking to the left. Lights reflecting on the water. Dark morning sky, its very still. Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten at the top of the steps by the pond with the bandstand behind. The bandstand is lit against the dark sky. Half a selfie, looking down at my feet. In black shorts with neon stars and purple brooks though they are filthy. You can just make out a bit of my shadow. Our dining room table with presents ready for birthday girl the Elves are there too. There is a happy birthday banner behind the table and fairy lights are on.
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Little bits of joy, cinema with the Elves and Christmas lights. #smallchildlife #Christmas #elves
Small two walking through some Christmas lights in shape of a present. The forum and city hall looking lovely even in the rain. The only 'selfie' allowed by teen. Our hands with Christmas lights above. My coat is dark, so is M's but small has a fluffy pastel coloured fleece on. The Elves in cinema getting ready to watch the film. We saw Zootropolis 2. It was good but we are very excited by the advert we saw for the film of Faraway tree!
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Morning 5km.... run uo to Christmas day 4. Will probably run this evening with a friend so kept it nice and easy. Finish at a cool bauble tree. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #morningmiles #RunuptoChristmas #keepgoing
Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten on a garden wall, behind is a bare tree with no leaves but some lovely big Christmas baubles. Closer photo of the baubles on the tree. Two are ckear with gold stars inside and one is red.
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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5 miles easy tired running this evening. Enjoying the much needed joy of Christmas lights. Misty kitten wondering what all the fuss is about after she spilt water on the advent jigsaw. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #Christmas #blackcats #keepgoing
A view up the road, on the right a bush covered in pretty lights. Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten on a garden wall. Behind there are lights wrapped around a tree and lights on fence behind that. The garden wall has moss growing. Legorunbuddy on another garden wall, with a bush to the left and stretching out behind. It is covered in Christmas lights. Misty kitten curled up in the dining room table. She is half on the advent jigsaw. Days 1-3 have been made but the jigsaw is now on a microfiber cloth as she spilt water on it. She is looking up at the camera as if to say "what"
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
chart of child mortality in history, roughly 48% for all societies across the globe…until the 20th century, where it plummets to 4%
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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10km including a km of hill repeats... sort of fun... it was beautiful at marshes at least. But running past a high school at school kick out time was not my best plan. Anyway RunuptoChristmas day 2 done. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #hillrepeats #keepgoing
View from the Broadwalk over the marshes the sun is beginning to set there is a dog walker in the distance. The hill on Marston lane. A bit slippy with all the leaves. Sort of enjoyed sprinting up.... I did beat a cyclist.. the path is muddy, trees either side and a car park go the right. A wall post painted as a snowman. This house near me does this every year, they have 4 of these wall post with round bits on top painted white and in December they paint snowperson faces and put scarves on them. Its brilliant. They also have an amazing yellow front door. Legorunbuddy between my thumb and forefinger cows behind slightly blurry on the marshes
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Better late than not at all. Steady 4 miles to look off Run up to Christmas... I have said it online so I have to do it now & tbh I need a bit of extra motivation at the moment. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #Christmaslights #runuptoChristmas #running #keepgoing
Garmin map stats of my run this evening r miles at 5:40min per km pace. There were also 45mph winds.. which were not my friend! Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten on a garden wall. Behind them Christmas lights on the house and in the garden. Looking in feom outside our living room window. New Christmas lights, 5 big stars and 6 rows of hanging little stars all lit up in primary colours. The advent jigsaw, day one built. A slightly creepy looking cat in a basket. Its on our dining room table. The jigsaw box and a bowl of Christmas chocolate behind.
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The Elf has arrived bringing new lights & Christmas breakfast treats & activities. The countdown begins. Each day Simba the Elf will bring a simple fun craft activity, treat or even a suprise trip. #December #Elf #activities #smallchildlife #lights #joy #Christmas #Advent
Simba the activity Elf, he is wearing a reindeer onsie and hanging on new star lights in living room window. Christmas activity and breakfast treats brought by the Elf. The type of things we dont have the rest of thd year, pop tarts and chocolate cereal plus waffles, croissants. A lego set and jigsaw to begin building. Plus chocolates of course. Fairy lights drapped on the goodies. Advent buckets hanging on the shelves in the living room. They are filled with chocolate and sweets one for each of the 4 kids. There are fault lights around the shelves. Each bucket has a peg clipped on with numbers 1-24. The living room, the sensory end. You can see the new Christmas lights in thd window, 5 big neon stars, and then 6 chains of stars hanging down. There is a swing and a rope ladder, plus climbing ladder on the wall. To the left built in shelves with fairy lights where the advent buckets are hung. On the floor a peanut ball and wobble board.
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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And in this week's most riddiculous suggestion. Apparently I should pay for the 'responsible adult' the LA are requiring to be available to supervise the education small receives. He is entitled to 18hrs a week at home. Its currently 2:1 so already 2 adults but LA still saying there has to be
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Who knows how to delete 'naps' from garmin. My new watch has an auto detect nap feature you cant turn off. But every time I sit down/am sedentary for too long it thinks I am sleeping. Am assuming its because my resting hr is low? #garmin #troubleshooting #help #naps #sleep
Garmin screenshot shot of hr, daily timeline. It shows a nap when I was not asleep just sitting down.
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A run to & then tail duties at junior parkrun hitting my weekly mileage just. All the tired and slightly grumpy today. Enjoying this song & rest of the album when doing yoga/pilates at the moment. Really needing to let go. #running2keepthecrazyaway #forgotlegorunbuddy #tailwalking #juniorparkrun
Me in running shorts, long sleeve top and orange high vis vest for junior parkrun. Also wearing a pink and purple tail. I am stood on field by the parkrun flag. The sun is shining, bright blue skies but its actually REALLY cold. 3° feels like -1° still shorts weather... 🤣 Screenshot of the cover of album loosen by Aly Halpert
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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10km in the drizzle, a chatty, moany run, rather last minute but much needed. And I have hit 1000 running miles for the year. ##running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #1000miles #runwithfriends #runningintherain #uea #keepgoing
Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten in front of a bridge at UEA broad. Its grey and wet. Silly selfie with running friend in front of UEA broad. Running friend posing with the mirage 1 and mirage 2 the sculptures by the broad. I think they look like ostriches without heads or brains on legs... anyway they are cool. The broad behind and friend stood in between them. Strave running stats the year to today. 1610.2km so just over 1000 miles. Happy with that. Spot where i have had injuries/annoying asthma/been ill.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Fighting the overwhelm and feeling like I want to curl up and hide by going for a dip in the river. That was cold! When I feel like shutting the world out what I actually NEED to do is get out, a walk, run or swim. The cold head rush was needed today. #wildswim #swimtounwind #livelife
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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From about 7:30am the morning turned into a sh*tshow BUT before then it was all good, a run, a walk AND a strength workout...so let's focus on the wins 😂 also I have less than 10km to run to reach 1000 miles for the year. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #morningmiles
Garmin screenshot of early morning activity. Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten at the end of my run in a little free library. They are stood on shelf, books behind.
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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5.5 miles as thats all I had time for. That run was horrible, a real life feels hard, running feels hard run or maybe not hard but just bleurgh. Anyway still glad I got out. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #morningmiles #keepgoing #getitdone
View of the bandstand from the playpark side of Eatonpark. This is the finish funnel for Eaton junior parkrun. We are so lucky to have this. Same view with legorunbuddy and legorunkitten. They are on the path and in background is bandstand and rotunda its all lit up against the early morning ink blue sky.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Cold! Water temp 6° today. Lobster tan temperatures! Not so good coming back to a cold house with no hot water so I cant shower, but so glad I got out and did something for myself. #swimtounwind #wildswim #meadow #cold #livelife
The meadow looking along to the bridge reflections in the river. Pretty and peaceful. Post swim selfie with friend. Both buzzing after our swim. I have on a black bikini with white trim, she has a black swimming costume and we both have woolly hats, hers is green, mine is purple.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Junior parkrun whatever the weather we always get a hardy band of runners and volunteers. Still drying out 😂 #juniorparkrun #loveparkrun #running #highvisheroes #rundirector #runintherain #raindoesntstopfun #leabridges
Getting ready to do briefing. Run director and some volunteers huddling under tree and with umbrellas. Me run directing with lovely friend who came to volunteer. Marshall point one. I have on a dry robe and run director vest. She is in full waterproofs and yellow high vis vest. More volunteers at our meeting point by the zip slide. The trolley full of equipment sort of under the platform of the zip slide in a vain attempt at keeping it dry 😂 Some of the parkrun vests and flag drip drying hung on an airer over my bath. At this point, though its not going to get dry quickly as we have no heating. Misty kitten has come to have a look.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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When the boiler breaks again less than 24hrs after it was fixed the choices are cry or go for a run. So 5.5 run miles in the rain it was. Gently as still recovering from the 🤮🤢 on thursday. #running2keepthecrazyaway #legorunbuddy #legorunkitten #running #keepgoing
The view from bandstand over the pond towards the bridge at Eaton park. Its grey, its raining. The park is still always soothing though. Legorunbuddy and legorunkitten with the pond at Eaton park behind.
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I like this.
handle.invalid Susie Dent @handle.invalid · 17d
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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So no one else seems to have got it, yay but we still have no heating or hot water and I am totally wiped. My head desperately needs a run, my body wants a hot bath & sleep, but sadly I still have to adult. Going to at least go for a gentle walk/jog later hopefully. #tired #notrunning #bitgrumpy
running2staysane.bsky.social Sarah @running2staysane.bsky.social · 18d
Yay a 🤢🤮💩 bug, that's just what we need when we have no hot water or heating. So far its just me, so small blessings. Please dont let any of the children get it. The joys of 2 hrs repeat 🤮💩 and then bleaching bathroom, door handles etc to try not to share germs. #poorly #winterbugs #soloparent
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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The government is in danger of overlooking the importance of what is taught in special schools and needs to focus more on students who cannot access the national curriculum, special-school leaders have warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Special schools fear being an ‘afterthought’ on curriculum
In response to the curriculum review, leaders in the specialist sector urge the DfE to focus more on what is taught in special schools and how best practice can be shared
www.tes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM