May #running recap: mileage rebounded 103.6 → 194.5mi, EG 4,252 → 7,057ft, time 21 → 35.5hrs.
It's my comeback month: I regained enough strength and started ramping up. The last 3 weeks' mileage: 48, 55, 60. VO2max recovered from 45.3 to 48.7 (all-time high was 54). This month also marked my #100 #Parkrun and #80 HM!
Now 150.3mi behind my 2,500mi yearly goal (883.8mi in). I'm waiting til the end of this month to decide if I want to revise down my yearly goal. But hopefully the worst is over.
Question for the runners here:
If you could give yourself some advice when you were just starting out to run, what would it be?
I'd tell myself to slow down (pace and KMs).
When we say that transphobes want to eliminate trans and non-binary people from public life, it's not hyperbole, it's backed up by their actions. Threatening legal action against #parkrun a free-to-attend, volunteer-run event which encourages people to move their bodies, and if they can't do that then to get outside and volunteer. All because, why? They have so much hate inside themselves that they can't stand it if a trans or non-binary person completes 5k. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/parkrun-threatened-with-legal-action-over-transgender-inclusion/ar-AA21yg1A
Morgen starte ich bei meinem ersten Parkrun hier in Köln am Aachener Weiher 🤗
Aufgrund der hohen Temperaturen 🥵 hat das Orgateam die Möglichkeit der Trinkpausen erhöht. Was ich für eine sehr gute Idee halte 👍
#runnersofmastodon #running #laufen #parkrun
I’ve never done an #Introduction post, so...
I’m Tim. I have #MultipleSclerosis, and although that’s only a part of me, it’s shaped my life hugely since diagnosis (in 2009, after 4 years of symptoms). I’m a much kinder person than I used to be and I’m grateful for that, even if the disease itself is a bastard. I used to run marathons, but #MS eventually put paid to that, so now I swim in a lake and row on a river instead. I try to focus on what I have and not what I’ve lost.
I have an MA in medieval history; I work as a PM for a large corporation, (but not very hard); I’m a trustee/director of a Nottingham-based charity combatting domestic violence. As a middle aged, white, CIS guy, this has been a real eye-opener; I’m a member of my local #parkrun core team; I’m a qualified running coach. I have loads of tattoos.
I’m interested in politics but try to focus on being a force for good myself. Nauseating, no?
❤️ animals (esp cats!)
❤️ music
❤️ books
Motto: don’t be a dick
July #running recap: my second-biggest month of the year. 277.6 → 251.4mi, EG 12,328 → 10,012ft, time 50.2 → 47.4hrs. Highlights: a trip to Pittsburgh and Cupertino: I ran my first Pittsburgh #parkrun in 90%+ humidity and got my fastest 5k in 2026 at 23:50, and revisited Carnegie Mellon after 20+ years!
VO₂max jumped to 54.2 (almost an all-time high), and I've run 1,413mi, only 39.2mi behind my yearly goal of 2,500!
Heavy training ahead – onward! 💪
https://benjaminhan.net/posts/20260801-july-running-recap/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
August #running recap: the same miles as July, 2hr49min faster. 251.4 → 251.7mi, time 47:26 → 44:37, avg pace 9'57" → 9'44"/mi.
I also closed a 5-month mileage deficit and stand at 1,665 of my 2,500mi yearly goal with 0mi behind. VO₂max reached an all-time high of 54.96, breaking a 412-day-old record, and my 113th #parkrun was my fastest of 2026 at 22:20.
Race season starts this month, onward! 💪
(#photo highlights in the link)
https://benjaminhan.net/posts/20260901-august-running-recap/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
