Jacob Howe
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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
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Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Don't be like Liam, the miserable old bore sat counting his dynamically-price-gouged Oasis tour coin like Smaug the dragon on his mountain of gold – get stuck into the joy of the new in tQ's albums of 2025:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
Sessions for Tues Dec 2nd: 4-6 x 1600m or tempo 3miles, 2miles, 1 mile. #finsburyparktrack #running
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sessions for Tues Dec 2nd: 4-6 x 1600m or tempo 3miles, 2miles, 1 mile. #finsburyparktrack #running
Sessions for Tues Nov 25th: 4-7 x 1200m on the track, or tempo, 2 x 15min #finsburyparktrack #running
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sessions for Tues Nov 25th: 4-7 x 1200m on the track, or tempo, 2 x 15min #finsburyparktrack #running
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Sessions for Tues Nov 18th: 1600m, 8 x 400m, 1600m, or tempo: 3-4 x 10mins #finsburyparktrack #running
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sessions for Tues Nov 18th: 1600m, 8 x 400m, 1600m, or tempo: 3-4 x 10mins #finsburyparktrack #running
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
Sessions for Tues Nov 11th: : 2-3 x (1200m, 800m, 400m) or tempo: 3-4 x 12mins. #finsburyparktrack #running
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sessions for Tues Nov 11th: : 2-3 x (1200m, 800m, 400m) or tempo: 3-4 x 12mins. #finsburyparktrack #running
Another day, another field. Today Parliament Hill for the London XC Champs. Decent runs from the women's team for 4th, but the day belonged to the men with Seyfu winning and leading home a winning men's team with Barry, Andy and Chris. Great turnout all round too. #running #london
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM