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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

[Photos of bruising.] Returned to the scene of the accident this morning (on my way back from junior parkrun), and once again glad to have landed on the grass but not in the nettles. The front of the shoulder that I landed on the back of is starting to develop nicely (still nothing on the back).

Photo of a caucasian upper chest showing a large yellow/green bruise across from the upper arm to the collarbone.

A grass verge next to a tarmac path. Further up are large quantities of nettles.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

[Strictly leaderboard] Lots of ties again, meaning the public vote will be decisive as the judges's scores have resulted in only a 7 point spread across the 12 couples. #Strictly

Strictly leaderboard (top), celeb names only: Cach 34, Jaime 34, Will 31, Lawrence 30, John 29, Tabby 29, Lacey 29, Shaun 28.

Strictly leaderboard (bottom) celeb names only: Graeme 28, Bethany 27, Dani 25, Sarah 21.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A glorious day to walk a #parkrun and there was even a small cupcake waiting for me at the finish (the son of our volunteer coordinator is getting married today). I've also signed up to volunteer at my local juniors event tomorrow as I won't be doing a long […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a trans flag bobble hat, sunglasses, hot pink pashmina and light blue parkwalker vest takes a selfie in front of a fenced off enclosure. Overlaid are stats: 5.03km distance, 54:59 activity time, 401kCal calories, 10'56"/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Lined myself up with my bike and it's the luggage rack mount that I landed on with my inner thigh. Yup, that'd do it.

A close up of a metal clasp mount for a luggage rack, around the seat post of a bicycle.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

[Photos of bruises.] 24 hours on and the bruises on my inner right leg (the top one that hit by bike frame (calf) and saddle (inner thigh)) are developing nicely. Still no sign of anything on my left shoulder which took the weight of me plus bike as we were […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A right caucasian inner leg. Brown bruises can be see mid-calf, and purpling bruises lower thigh just above the knee.

A woman in a black tube strapless top takes a photo whilst facing away from a mirror. You can see her back above the line of the top with tan lines from a sports bra and swelling over the left shoulder blade, but no bruising (yet).

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Latest book read: Playground by Richard Powers. Similar is structure to Overstory with multiple character arcs, this time focused on the ocean rather than forests. Enjoyed it until the twist at the end, which rather ruined the whole thing for me. #BooksOfMastodon

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Putting together something for halloween that I can wear to run direct parkrun in the morning, then go to watch rugby in the afternoon, from existing items. I had thought I might need a vest/tabard, but maybe not. The leggings are fleece-lined and have […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman stands in a garden wearing dark green leggings, long brown leather boots, a t-shirt decorated like brown overlapping armour, and a long dark green cloak.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

On run director duties (for the 80th time) at #parkrun today so did an easy 5k after the hordes had left (537 participants this morning) and the tokens had been sorted ready for next week. Still no bigots wishing to out themselves with their club membership. Good. #running #RunnersOfMastodon

A woman in a purple top with sunflowers, and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of a road sign. She points up towards a location listed as 'Epic' which points towards her head.

Overlaid are running stats: 5.01km, 25:10, 273 kCal, 5'01"/km.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

It looks like property developers are superstitious.

The central column of a high rise under construction. The different levels/floors are numbered but the number 13 is missing.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

And while I've got the sharpies out: corporate branding be gone! Somewhat worryingly when I sharpied over the branding it started peeling off, so I just ended up peeling it all off with tweezers.

A small black rectangular portable speaker with white LaSalle branding.

A small black rectangular portable speaker with black LaSalle branding (scribbled over with sharpie).

A small black rectangular portable speaker with no branding.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[Strictly leaderboard] First leaderboards, and I'd forgotten about the moveable judge's casting vote #Strictly

Strictly leaderboard top half, celeb names only: Delta (29+30) 50, Graeme (24+31) 55, Lacey (27+28) 55, John (31+23) 54, Bethany (26+27) 53, Tabby (22+28) 50, Cach (20+29) 49, Dani (22+23) 45.

Strictly leaderboard bottom half celeb names only: Jaime (21+21) 42, Shaun (15+25) 40, Lawrence (20+19) 39, Sarah (15+24) 39, Will (18+19) 37, Chris (16+17) 33, Melanie (15+15) 30.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Still feeling a bit wiped out by Tuesday's covid vaccine (yesterday's 5k felt like I'd never run in my life), but I wasn't about to let the bigots win, so cycled to my usual #parkrun in the drizzle (I'm a fair weather cyclist). No sign of any Reality Rules […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a pink, blue and white football top and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Ashton Court mansion and parkrun sign. Overlaid are running stats: 4.98km distance, 23:30 activity time, 287kcal, 4'43"/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Final race of my club's championships today: the Black Nore 10k in Portishead. A lot of up, some down, a rocky section on the beach, and lots of single file trail. Cautious on the descents (and very cautious on the rocks) so happy with my time and position […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a pink visor, sunglasses and light blue Great Western Runners vest holds up a medal whilst taking a selfie on a shoreline. Overlaid are stats for a run titled Black Nore 10k: 9.98km, 51:59, 5:12/km, 188m elevation gain. A trace of the elevation is also shown, with 1 large and 2 medium hills.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Artemis has tested my new t-shirt and judged it acceptable this #Caturday #TransRightsAreHumanRights

A black short sleeved t-shirt is laid out on some grass. A long haired black and white cat lies upon it, completely obscuring the slogan.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Nice and easy at #parkrun this morning, ahead of a race tomorrow. Allowed myself to push from easy to steady on the uphill, then coast on the way back down (with a pickup in the last 50m as I could hear someone behind). In retrospect still too warm for a t-shirt. #running #RunnersOfMastodon

A woman in a blue parkrun 500 t-shirt and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Ashton Court mansion and parkrun sign. Overlaid are running stats: 4.99km distance, 24:54 time, 289kCal, 5'00"/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Latest book read, picked up cheaply on the second hand market (it'd been on my wish list since before publication). A sweet read. #bookstodon

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Here's a little taster: the very first question.

Screenshot of the FAQs for Portishead Running Club's Black Nore
10km race 2026 - all you need to know.

Q: What? I never signed up for this!
A: Oh yes you did! It's The Black Nore multi-terrain 10km race hosted by Portishead Running Club (PRC).

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Not enough sleep and overdressed for the cycle (straight into a headwind) to #parkrun this morning. Felt awful so started nice and easy, running to feel. Felt better by the time I’d reached the plateau and then had a little bit of fun on the way back down […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a floral running vest and 500 parkrun neck tube takes a selfie in front of the Ashton Court parkrun sign. Overlaid are running stats: 4.99km, 23:50, 285kCal, 4’47”/km.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Classic Prom conditions for the first race of the new series: a strong onshore wind coating us with sand and even some rain at the start (I still have sand in my eyes and teeth). Very happy with the time given the conditions, I think it was 34 low when I […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a light blue hoodie takes a selfie on a beach with her hair being blown around. Overlaid are running stats: 8.07km distance, 33:59 time, 4:12/km average pace, 24m elevation gain.

5 mile splits: 6:50, 6:50, 6:46, 6:52, 6:41.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Prom's back! (A nine race series over the Winter months consisting of a 5 mile race on the promenade at Weston-super-mare where we question our life choices whilst being battered by wind, rain, sand and drunk people, including at least 4 deadturns to have to […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman runs along a tree-lined path whilst wearing colourful running gear. Overlaid are the stats for a run titled 'WU, 5 x 2mins, 5 x 1min @ threshold w/60s rec, CD': 148bpm average heart rate, 15km distance, 1:16:45 time, 5:06/km average pace, 61m elevation gain.

Screenshot of a running app showing the distance, time, average pace (in min/km) and average heart rate for a session of 5 x 2 mins, 5 x 1 min. Average paces vary from 4:05 to 4:12/km.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

On run director duties at #parkrun again, and opted to run there and back to give me a shorter run to do tomorrow. Left a few minutes later than planned, so had to push on a bit to arrive on time, then decided it would be a shame to ruin my numbers and kept […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman takes a selfie standing on a bridge over a river. She wears a maroon Great North Run 40 t-shirt, black visor and sunglasses, and blue hydration vest. Overlaid are running stats: 13.28km distance, 1:07:21 time, 733 kCal, 5'04"/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Working my way through my birthday books. A nice simplified neuroscience book, easy to read, but it would be interesting to see it updated for recent growth in LLMs. Disappointing to see it using the strippers' menstrual cycle 'study' (small sample size […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A paperback book titled The Brain (subtitled The story of you) by David Eagleman.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Sitting down to read my copy of the local community magazine and who do I see highlighted but our very own @wood5y #bristol

A photo of a full page article highlighting community volunteer Steve Woods focusing on his litter picking and IT troubleshooting.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

It's #parkrunTourism day and while my clubmates went to Severn Bridge (only for it to be cancelled due to graffiti artists in the finish tunnel), I took myself off to my NENDY of Shepton Mallet. The RD mentioned that they were running a skeleton crew of […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a blue parkrun 500 vest, pink visor, and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Shepton Mallet parkrun sign. Overlaid are running stats: 4.76km distance, 22:01 time, 260kCal calories, 4'38"/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Latest book read. Really remarkable, both the telling and the activities of the Terra Nova travellers in their scientific work as well as the attempt by Scott on the South Pole. It was only 115 years ago, and yet so much has changed in that time. I really […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

The book The Worst Journey In The World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. The cover is mostly white with a man picked out in black setting a trail moving away from the viewer, with a large crack cutting across the path perpendicular to it.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

On run director duties at #parkrun today, so did a recovery 4 miles afterwards, keeping heart rate low (for me). Just the thing after doing a Moose fartlek yesterday (5 reps of 3mins @ 10k pace, 1 min @ 5k pace, all off 60s recovery). Nice to be out in the […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a light blue running vest with multi-coloured mandalas, and a blue parkrun 500 hat takes a selfie on a bridge. Overlaid are the stats for a run titled 'Recovery 4 miles post RD duties': 133bpm average heart rate, 6.47km distance, 39:41 time, 6:08/km average pace, 75m elevation gain.

A screenshot from the parkrun app congratulating on volunteering at 186th parkrun (176th time at Ashton Court). 79th time as Results Processor and 78th time as Run Director. 186 volunteer credits across 292 roles.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

I have no wall space, but I finally got the photos printed from my last 3 marathons and shoved them in some frames. I'll go through and see what I can pull together for my six-star certificate #running #RunnersOfMastodon

A selection of photos and the certificate from the London 2025 marathon in a black frame.

A selection of photos and the certificate from the Tokyo 2025 marathon in a black frame.

A selection of photos and the certificate from the London 2024 marathon in a black frame.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Very much feeling too old for this shit this morning for #TrackTuesday whilst also working through the 5 stages of grief throughout the run: denial that I'd be able to do it; anger at myself for choosing to do it; bargaining to do at least half the reps and […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a rainbow gradient top, black shorts & visor runs past trees on a tarmac path. Overlaid is a trace of the paces for a run showing 8 peaks in the middle. Stats are included: 17.02km distance, 3'45"/km fastest speed, 5'10/km average pace.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

A classic case of #ParkLikeAWanker this afternoon (reposted because I couldn't just delete the photo off the original post and replace it with a more securely hidden number plate, thanks for letting me know it wasn't opaque enough the first time).

A shiny white BMW car is parked straddling the parking bay line, taking up both or a two bay parking section. The number plate has been obscured for privacy by the photographer.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Another steady run up and down the hill at #parkrun today, with a nice fresh breeze for the cycle in and back. #running #RunnersOfMastodon

A woman in a purple and blue marbled running vest and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Ashton Court parkrun sign. Overlaid are running stats and the title 'Ashton Court parkrun'. Details include: 166bpm average heart rate, 4.99km distance, 22:39 time, 4:32/km average pace, 103m elevation gain.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

And here we see what happens when you don't refold your fabric perpendicular to how you cut it: some sort of baggy short sleeved scrubs top, vs a long sleeved cropped top. Zoey by Fibre Mood (from issue 38). #sewing #SewistsOfMastodon

A woman stands in a garden wearing blue and white floral barrel-legged trousers and a pink and white gingham hip length short-sleeved top with narrow u-shaped neckline - front view.

A woman stands in a garden wearing blue and white floral barrel-legged trousers and a pink and white gingham cropped to high waist long-sleeved top with wide boat neckline - front view.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

It's supposed to be cooler, but still feels pretty warm out there. 12 reps of 400m on the railway path today, aiming for somewhere between 5k and 10k pace. A tailwind for the odds and a headwind for the evens. Got a call part way through rep something (an […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a black visor & sunglasses, and mottled purple green and black sports bra takes a selfie in front of a sign saying 'Staple Hill'. Overlaid is the title 'WU, 12 x 400m w/ 400m rec, CD', today's date, location (Bristol) and running stats: 145bpm average heart rate, 18.52km distance, 1:35:02 time, 5:07/km average pace, 90m elevation. Also overlaid are the laps with the 400m rep paces coming in per km at: 3:56, 4:09, 4:03, 3:57, 4:01, 4:02, 3:58, 4:02, 4:03, 4:05, 3:51, 4:05.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Back to the hill after a week away to let the balloons do their thing. I'll take squeaking over the 70% age category. Again progressive in mile, but not km splits, but it's a lot easier to do when you spend the first half going up and the second half coming […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Sabotaged myself by not getting out early enough so it was too hot to run at the faster end of my threshold range. Settled for around 10 mile pace rather than 10k pace for 3 reps of 5 minutes at threshold. #running #RunnersOfMastodon

A woman in a purple and blue marbled top, black visor, and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of a brick sculpture of a fish on its nose. Overlaid is the title 'WU, 3 x (5mins @ threshold w/ 3 mins rec), CD' and running stats: 146bpm average heart rate, 16.12km distance, 1:11:53 time, 5:04/km average pace, 59m elevation. Also shown are pace bars showing average pace per km for warm up (5:26), 1st rep (4:18), 1st recovery (5:08), 2nd rep (4:17), 2nd recovery (5:12), 3rd rep (4:18), 3rd recovery (5:16), cool down (5:13).

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Managed to make it out to Gatcombe Farm Shop for an ice cream without having to go on any scary roads (there were roads, but they were quiet). #cycling #BikeTooter

A selfie of a woman in a love hearts cycling top, sunglasses, and cycling helmet, holding up a small tub of strawberry ice cream.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Trusty grandfather's binoculars on a tripod. The little binoculars did OK too. #SolarEclipse

The silhouette of a woman holding a pair of binoculars on a tripod against a white brick wall. In the centre of her body's shadow is a crescent of light as the moon transits the sun.

The shadow of a man on a white wall. Inside the shadow is a crescent of light looking like a smile.

The silhouette of a woman holding up a pair of binoculars. In the middle of the shadow of the hand holding the binoculars is a crescent of white: the projection of the sun as the moon passes in between the sun and the Earth.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Short on time and locations this morning after a week resting my achilles from workouts and just easy running. It was back to where my #running journey started doing couch25k round my local park, but this time for a Mona fartlek (2x90s, 4x60s, 4x30s, 4x15s) […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a pale blue sports bra, bright red visor, and sunglasses takes a selfie in a dried out park. Overlaid is the title 'WU, Mona fartlek, CD' and the running stats: 151bpm average heart rate, 11.3km distance, 56:31 time, 5:00/km average pace, 31m elevation.

A screenshot of splits from a Mona fartlek session with km paces of (90s) 3:45, 3:53, (60s) 3:52, 3:57, 3:44, 3:57, (30s) 3:29, 3:47, 3:46, 3:52, (15s) 3:31, 3:37, 3:38, 3:51.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

The BBC are presenting the information about their #EuropeanAthletics coverage in the most ridiculous way. For the evening sessions they have split the events into finals and other (qualifying events) which is fair. But they are listing the finals in reverse […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A screenshot of the BBC sport app showing an example evening session with Finals listed first in reverse chronological order, then Other Events listed chronologically.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

If you look at my mile splits (and not the km ones) a nicely progressive #parkrun effort at my NENDY of Southwick Country Park. Almost 3 laps on rocky mostly flat trail, managed to drag myself up to 14th place overall and 1st lady. 82nd different location […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

A woman in a blue 500 vest, pink visor, and sunglasses takes a selfie in front of the Southwick Country Park parkrun sign, and runner sculpture. The run is titled 'Southwick Country Park parkrun - 14th overall, 1st lady' and stats include: 164bpm heart rate, 4.99km distance, 21:58 time, 4:23/km average pace, 38m elevation gain.

Miles splits for a 3.1 mile run: 7:20, 7:05, 6:55, (0.1) 6:15.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Taking the seated approach and waiting for them to come to me this evening #BristolBalloonFiesta #bristol

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Relocated to the footbridge over the Portway which is sunny (if noisy) #BristolBalloonFiesta

A view from a footbridge of a blue sky slowly filling with hot air balloons.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

It's Tuesday, it's the Bristol to Bath railway path, that means #TrackTuesday intervals. I had 12 reps of 400m on my plan (which I write, so had decided on around Friday last week). Normally I would aim to do these flat out, but I'd only managed around 3 hours […] [Original post on toot.community]

A woman in colourful athletic wear runs along a tree-lined path. Overlaid are running stats: 17.73km distance, 1:30:10 time, 5:05/km average pace, 57m elevation gain, 146bpm average heart rate. The run is titled WU, 12 x 400m @ LT2 w/90s rec, CD.

A screen shot of 12 reps of 400m. Times are 1:38.47, 1:39.59, 1:39.19, 1:39.51, 1:38.18, 1:39.87, 1:40.12, 1:29.85, 1:38.75, 1:38.29, 1:39.93, 1:40.51.

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Finishing touches for day 21: skeining up the merino/silk/llama blend (and giving it a soak to set the twist). 1,360 yards and 201g. #spinning #TDF2026 #TourDeFleece #SpinnersOfMastodon

A niddy noddy wound with purple variegated yarn on a grey slatted table. In yellow text in the top left corner 'Day 21' and in the bottom right corner 'TDF2026'. The image is bordered in pale yellow.

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