Lyuba
@lyuba.bsky.social
muddy trails and zero-drop shoes | professional feminist | "kind & quite critical insights"
Have you given #birth in the UK in the past five years? We (incl. me!) do so much research on fetal monitoring, but rarely record the experiences of the women being monitored. My student Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez is addressing this gap: bristolmaternity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#maternity
#maternity
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Have you given #birth in the UK in the past five years? We (incl. me!) do so much research on fetal monitoring, but rarely record the experiences of the women being monitored. My student Verónica Blanco Gutiérrez is addressing this gap: bristolmaternity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#maternity
#maternity
I went and did another race! The main takeaway is that I am, in fact, a little competitive 😅. Also, the people at Cotswold Trail Events are ace folk and I recommend checking them out if you're local(-ish): cotswoldtrailevents.co.uk/broadway-mar.... #running #marathon
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I went and did another race! The main takeaway is that I am, in fact, a little competitive 😅. Also, the people at Cotswold Trail Events are ace folk and I recommend checking them out if you're local(-ish): cotswoldtrailevents.co.uk/broadway-mar.... #running #marathon
Reposted by Lyuba
"I need you to understand what this country feels like to those of us who look different, because only then might you glean what those flags going up signify to someone like me.
They are a preemptive claim over contested space." - writes @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/469g1Mz?
They are a preemptive claim over contested space." - writes @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/469g1Mz?
My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you
By Alex Andreou
bestforbritain.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"I need you to understand what this country feels like to those of us who look different, because only then might you glean what those flags going up signify to someone like me.
They are a preemptive claim over contested space." - writes @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/469g1Mz?
They are a preemptive claim over contested space." - writes @sturdyalex.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/469g1Mz?
Last week I responded to an anonymous hello on a whiteboard at work. I thought it would be cute if someone replied back. I honestly didn't expect the existential crisis though? #academicsky
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Last week I responded to an anonymous hello on a whiteboard at work. I thought it would be cute if someone replied back. I honestly didn't expect the existential crisis though? #academicsky
"You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese."
I love the race photos that make me look cool, but I'm really just here for the 5am snacks.
#runsky #ultramarathon
I love the race photos that make me look cool, but I'm really just here for the 5am snacks.
#runsky #ultramarathon
August 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese."
I love the race photos that make me look cool, but I'm really just here for the 5am snacks.
#runsky #ultramarathon
I love the race photos that make me look cool, but I'm really just here for the 5am snacks.
#runsky #ultramarathon
Both of these shoes have around 770k run in them. The left (Saucony Peregrine 13) has barely started fraying. The right (Altra Lone Peak 8) threatens to become more KT tape than original upper. Now, I love a good #pairups story, but wtf Altra.
July 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Both of these shoes have around 770k run in them. The left (Saucony Peregrine 13) has barely started fraying. The right (Altra Lone Peak 8) threatens to become more KT tape than original upper. Now, I love a good #pairups story, but wtf Altra.
The Beer Lovers' Marathon in Liege, Belgium, has a special place in my heart, and not just because it was my first and only #marathon race. It captures the best of a sport that I deeply love, but that can be pretty toxic at times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstD...
BEER LOVERS' MARATHON 2025 - Aftermovie
YouTube video by BeerLovers' Marathon
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Beer Lovers' Marathon in Liege, Belgium, has a special place in my heart, and not just because it was my first and only #marathon race. It captures the best of a sport that I deeply love, but that can be pretty toxic at times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstD...
Weekend achievements:
1. Happily DNF-ed the Suffolk Back Yard after 25 yards, #running my first ever 100mi and change (!) making it to the top 3 women (!!) and still having something left in the tank (!!!).
2. Managed to commute home (three trains!) and take a shower with minimal swearing.
1. Happily DNF-ed the Suffolk Back Yard after 25 yards, #running my first ever 100mi and change (!) making it to the top 3 women (!!) and still having something left in the tank (!!!).
2. Managed to commute home (three trains!) and take a shower with minimal swearing.
June 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Weekend achievements:
1. Happily DNF-ed the Suffolk Back Yard after 25 yards, #running my first ever 100mi and change (!) making it to the top 3 women (!!) and still having something left in the tank (!!!).
2. Managed to commute home (three trains!) and take a shower with minimal swearing.
1. Happily DNF-ed the Suffolk Back Yard after 25 yards, #running my first ever 100mi and change (!) making it to the top 3 women (!!) and still having something left in the tank (!!!).
2. Managed to commute home (three trains!) and take a shower with minimal swearing.
So, at work we've just been issued new guidance on travelling to the USA. It includes a warning about social media posts "criticising the current administration [...] even if the posts were made years prior", and suggests that pregnant travellers should avoid states with abortion bans.
June 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So, at work we've just been issued new guidance on travelling to the USA. It includes a warning about social media posts "criticising the current administration [...] even if the posts were made years prior", and suggests that pregnant travellers should avoid states with abortion bans.
Reposted by Lyuba
As ever I’m deeply impressed with Ukraine maintaining a “1 - will it work? 2 - is it funny?” strategy
June 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As ever I’m deeply impressed with Ukraine maintaining a “1 - will it work? 2 - is it funny?” strategy
This #MHAW we are celebrating community. We are also celebrating calling your GP, because sometimes all you need is a running buddy, and sometimes it takes therapy and/or meds.
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This #MHAW we are celebrating community. We are also celebrating calling your GP, because sometimes all you need is a running buddy, and sometimes it takes therapy and/or meds.
I'm genuinely a big believer in the peer review process, it's great! Still, my student's manuscript is somehow simultaneously "not punchy enough" (R1) and "incredibly insulting" (R2). #AcademicSky
May 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm genuinely a big believer in the peer review process, it's great! Still, my student's manuscript is somehow simultaneously "not punchy enough" (R1) and "incredibly insulting" (R2). #AcademicSky
I *love* that more young people are spending time outdoors. Rather than gatekeeping & berating them for using their phones, how about we teach them common sense navigation & safety?
Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts
Exclusive: Number of 18- to 24-year-olds needing help in England and Wales doubles in five years as services take calls every day in 2024
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I *love* that more young people are spending time outdoors. Rather than gatekeeping & berating them for using their phones, how about we teach them common sense navigation & safety?
Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Social media and map apps blamed for record rise in mountain rescue callouts www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
It’s World Autism Awareness Day! What are the chances that the same FKT would be set by two autistic women one after the other? It's in Oxfordshire, so perhaps higher than you’d think. Maria’s incredibly thoughtful story here: www.outtherepodcast.com/episodes/fkt
#running #runsky #ultramarathon
#running #runsky #ultramarathon
Out There — Running As Medicine
How a 55-mile run brought about a life-altering diagnosis
www.outtherepodcast.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s World Autism Awareness Day! What are the chances that the same FKT would be set by two autistic women one after the other? It's in Oxfordshire, so perhaps higher than you’d think. Maria’s incredibly thoughtful story here: www.outtherepodcast.com/episodes/fkt
#running #runsky #ultramarathon
#running #runsky #ultramarathon
Photographic evidence that I can run without a backpack full of snacks. #runreading25 #runsky
1. Final sprint
2. The boys are *done*
3. The first time I spot a race photographer... about 20k into a half marathon 🤦♀️
4. Herd animals
A strong and controlled sub 1h40m finish and now back to ultras 😊
1. Final sprint
2. The boys are *done*
3. The first time I spot a race photographer... about 20k into a half marathon 🤦♀️
4. Herd animals
A strong and controlled sub 1h40m finish and now back to ultras 😊
March 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Photographic evidence that I can run without a backpack full of snacks. #runreading25 #runsky
1. Final sprint
2. The boys are *done*
3. The first time I spot a race photographer... about 20k into a half marathon 🤦♀️
4. Herd animals
A strong and controlled sub 1h40m finish and now back to ultras 😊
1. Final sprint
2. The boys are *done*
3. The first time I spot a race photographer... about 20k into a half marathon 🤦♀️
4. Herd animals
A strong and controlled sub 1h40m finish and now back to ultras 😊
Reposted by Lyuba
A must watch film.
We are in awe of our co-founder Jasmin. Just watching this film brings back the emotions of waiting for Keith’s tweet in 2024.
The drive, tenacity and endurance 🤩
The wonderful trail running community also shines through 😍
#bm100
youtu.be/PgTEsybXw-4?...
We are in awe of our co-founder Jasmin. Just watching this film brings back the emotions of waiting for Keith’s tweet in 2024.
The drive, tenacity and endurance 🤩
The wonderful trail running community also shines through 😍
#bm100
youtu.be/PgTEsybXw-4?...
The Finisher: Jasmin Paris and the Barkley Marathons (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Singletrack
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A must watch film.
We are in awe of our co-founder Jasmin. Just watching this film brings back the emotions of waiting for Keith’s tweet in 2024.
The drive, tenacity and endurance 🤩
The wonderful trail running community also shines through 😍
#bm100
youtu.be/PgTEsybXw-4?...
We are in awe of our co-founder Jasmin. Just watching this film brings back the emotions of waiting for Keith’s tweet in 2024.
The drive, tenacity and endurance 🤩
The wonderful trail running community also shines through 😍
#bm100
youtu.be/PgTEsybXw-4?...
We need a German compound noun for the unsettled feeling you get when #BM100 is on but you also have everyday life and work responsibilities.
The first runner has returned to camp on quitters road and faced the bugler. (He was not the human sacrifice.) #BM100
March 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We need a German compound noun for the unsettled feeling you get when #BM100 is on but you also have everyday life and work responsibilities.
The Eastern European #IWD experience is half the texts I get being "yeah! feminism 💪" while the other half are "you're such a precious delicate flower, you 💐"
March 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Eastern European #IWD experience is half the texts I get being "yeah! feminism 💪" while the other half are "you're such a precious delicate flower, you 💐"
I want to keep my account on here 🦋 personal and not professional, but then again my work is pretty personal. I won't be doing tweetorials, etc., I just want to say that being part of this project is really, really special.
Can we make labour safer? 🤰 Prof Antoniya Georgieva at NDWRH tells us all about the Fit4Labour app in our new video.
Watch the full version on YouTube ➡️ https://buff.ly/4ahDF9U
#labour #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #childbirth #Fit4Labour #HealthcareApp #CTG #LabourMonitoring
Watch the full version on YouTube ➡️ https://buff.ly/4ahDF9U
#labour #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth #childbirth #Fit4Labour #HealthcareApp #CTG #LabourMonitoring
Supporting Birth with the 'Fit4Labour' Decision Support Tool
When complications arise during labour, doctors and midwives may need to intervene to avoid tragic outcomes. However, it is very difficult to monitor the hea...
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I want to keep my account on here 🦋 personal and not professional, but then again my work is pretty personal. I won't be doing tweetorials, etc., I just want to say that being part of this project is really, really special.
Me in Jan 2021: "Running is the cheapest way to get a bit healthier, I'll download Couch to 5k."
Me in Aug 2024: "Sure I can buy a second pair of Lekis to stash at my mum's for whenever I race in Bulgaria."
#ultrarunning #ultramarathon
Me in Aug 2024: "Sure I can buy a second pair of Lekis to stash at my mum's for whenever I race in Bulgaria."
#ultrarunning #ultramarathon
September 11, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Me in Jan 2021: "Running is the cheapest way to get a bit healthier, I'll download Couch to 5k."
Me in Aug 2024: "Sure I can buy a second pair of Lekis to stash at my mum's for whenever I race in Bulgaria."
#ultrarunning #ultramarathon
Me in Aug 2024: "Sure I can buy a second pair of Lekis to stash at my mum's for whenever I race in Bulgaria."
#ultrarunning #ultramarathon
Why #ultrarunning is for girls:
1) so. many. shoes.
2) carefully chosen outfits
3) all the accessories
4) running fuel is basically girl dinner
5) you become a feral mountain witch
1) so. many. shoes.
2) carefully chosen outfits
3) all the accessories
4) running fuel is basically girl dinner
5) you become a feral mountain witch
May 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Why #ultrarunning is for girls:
1) so. many. shoes.
2) carefully chosen outfits
3) all the accessories
4) running fuel is basically girl dinner
5) you become a feral mountain witch
1) so. many. shoes.
2) carefully chosen outfits
3) all the accessories
4) running fuel is basically girl dinner
5) you become a feral mountain witch
In very embarrassing personal news, I've started a running Substack. Things I'm currently noodling on include sex and age in ultra running, ultras more generally, race training, public right of way, silly heart rate metrics, and snacks. Probably a bunch of other things too.
I run too much
By which I mean “I run so much I think about it all the time”. I’m training for a race right now, and for the first time ever I feel like I’m not hitting new milestones. I know how to do every trainin...
open.substack.com
April 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
In very embarrassing personal news, I've started a running Substack. Things I'm currently noodling on include sex and age in ultra running, ultras more generally, race training, public right of way, silly heart rate metrics, and snacks. Probably a bunch of other things too.
After years of rebelling against it, I've adopted my mother's hiking obsession. Except I call it "trail running" to try and convince myself it's somehow different.
February 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
After years of rebelling against it, I've adopted my mother's hiking obsession. Except I call it "trail running" to try and convince myself it's somehow different.