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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations to Lucy, author of the recently-published "Up: a scientist's guide to the magic above us", on her nomination for a lifetime achievement award. 👏👏👏

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah, this was the thing you were about to do...

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A fascinating paper from @runyoung50.bsky.social about women asserting their right to run long distances in the 1970s. As with women cricketers, they were clearly impacted by second-wave feminism but mostly denied an explicitly “feminist” identity.

Women's voices
"You just wanted to prove you could do it and that was the end of it." -
Bridget Cushen
"I'm not political in that way. But I just felt...girls should have the chance to do these things. Of course, women can do these things." - Avril Lewis (née Jones)
"... whether or not we identified in that way, we were part of it /the Women's Liberation Movement], because that was the ethos of the age... Whether or not we were...consciously thinking, we're kind of liberated...actually we were, and we were thrilled by it." - Sandra
Brown

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you Bloomsbury for publishing an article about me and my book.

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Did you know that until April 1975 women in the UK were banned from all races longer than four miles? In the 1960s, women started to break the rules and 'crash' men's races. Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners by @runyoung50.bsky.social tells their incredible stories. Out now.

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Sterling Ladies FC ⚽️ DAGENHAM INVINCIBLES @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just got this Important book from my great friend @runyoung50.bsky.social 💜 "Ghost Runners" + Banned 4+ miles until 1975! @bssh.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social @fionaskillen.bsky.social @rafnicholson.bsky.social @conorheffernan.bsky.social Beautiful book - I will treasure

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Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New book alert: Rulebreakers & Ghost Runners by @runyoung50.bsky.social , out now with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Holmes explores the long history of women who 'broke the rules, broke records and broke barriers' when the athletics establishment barred them from distance events.

The front cover of a book. The book's title, in white block capitals, is 'Rulebreakers & Ghost Runners', with the subtitle in black, 'The British women who asserted their right to run'. The author's name, Katie Holmes, and the publisher, Bloomsbury, appear at the bottom. The cover image is a monochrome photograph of five white women in late 1960s/early 1970s clothing running a race towards the camera. The background of the cover is dark pink for the top half, and white for the bottom half.

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm a sports historian with Scottish heritage & I'm proud to say that my forthcoming book features two impressive Scottish women who opened up distance running for women.

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners includes chapters on two impressive Scottish women, Dale Greig and Leslie Watson, who broke the rules, ran in men's road races & changed women's athletics forever. #WomensHistory #SportsHistory #ScottishHistory

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This is the schedule for the 2026 BSSH annual conference, which will take place at the University of Edinburgh on the 27th and 28th of August. It is set to be one of the biggest yet. www.sportinhistory.com/pages/2026-b...

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2026 BSSH Conference Schedule | British Society of Sports History

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Looking forward to being there!

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Delighted to share that my book will be published on 13 August. #SportsHistory #WomensHistory #WomenInSport

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Fabulous to see my book Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners out in the wild on social media! #SportsHistory #WomensHistory #Skystorians

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

International Journal of the History of Sport call for abstracts on sports club history - Very timely for me as I'm on my way to @unibirmingham.bsky.social to look at the archives of a once-powerful, now fading athletics club. #sporthistory

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Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Probably not the drinkers this bowl of water was intended for. Two pigeons making the most of the on-platform facilities at Sheffield station this afternoon.

Two pigeons are drinking out of a bowl of water put out for dogs.

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dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk

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Sports History and Culture MA

Explore the process of sports development through a number of themes, including social and cultural history and the relationship between sport and politics.

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