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Adharanand Finn

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Author of Running with the Kenyans, The Way of the Runner & The Rise of the Ultra Runners. That's a lot of running.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · Jul 14

We’re delighted to announce our autumn (fall) series of live online author Q&As, featuring Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Alex Hutchinson and Allie Bailey. Sign up (thewayoftherunner.com/talks) to talk to them live and to ask them about their writing, their books, or anything else.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 28m

Pretty much sticks to UK and North America

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 2h

Current reading pile

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks Gwilym. We’re back again in February - just saying. Info on thewayoftherunner.com

Gwilym Eades @gwilymeades.bsky.social · 6h

I was going through my downloads and came across these photos again. Such a great way to start off my running year @adharanand.bsky.social . Finished two 50km and one 50mile race. Only one DNF (did half a hundred miler). But this retreat with the highlight @ultradamo.bsky.social

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 19h

That's a good point - one Alex Hutchinson made when we had our live chat with him the other night

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 21h

I'd love to say "rubbish", but this is a real study ... still, all depends, right? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Running on empty: why are so many marathon runners so miserable?

One in four endurance runners displays ‘worryingly high’ levels of anxiety and depression, according to a study led by a man who has himself run more than 400 marathons. Isn’t exercise supposed to mak...

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.

We're just getting started.

This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 6d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 6d

We had a wonderful, wide-ranging chat with New York Times bestselling author and sports scientist Alex Hutchinson last night. Full video available now on Patreon, and coming soon on The Way of the Runner podcast ... www.patreon.com/posts/alex-h...

Alex Hutchinson - live author Q&A | Adharanand Finn

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 7d

This is tonight … last chance to sign up …

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 9d

Come and talk (online) with the brilliant author Alex Hutchinson this Wednesday. Full details here: thewayoftherunner.com/bookings/liv...

The Way of the Runner

New York Times bestselling author Alex Hutchinson answers questions from a live online audience

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 9d

Come and talk (online) with the brilliant author Alex Hutchinson this Wednesday. Full details here: thewayoftherunner.com/bookings/liv...

The Way of the Runner

New York Times bestselling author Alex Hutchinson answers questions from a live online audience

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 19d

If you're looking for a podcast this weekend and you like running, then I have something that may interest you: thewayoftherunner.com/podcast

thewayoftherunner.com

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 20d

Our next author Q&A is with the brilliant Alex Hutchinson. His book Endure is pretty much my favourite sports book of all time, so I'm super excited for this one ... sign up to take part in the event live online here: thewayoftherunner.com/talks

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 21d

Haha 😂

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 21d

Excited to share my latest podcast, a conversation with Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell - author of the brilliant These Heavy Black Bones, a beautiful memoir of her fledgling swimming career - the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain… on all podcast platforms or here: thewayoftherunner.com/podcast

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 24d

I've a sneaky feeling Georgia Hunter-Bell might nick it on the line

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 27d

Fred Kerley is the first track athlete set to compete at The Enhanced Games. Not a big shock. No way he's beating Bolt's world records though, whatever he takes

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 27d

Yeah, it's good for politics and news but not so much for running.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 27d

It was a real shame, for sure. I loved seeing Wightman hit the front with 200 to go ... pure power move. He was so close, oh man. The 1500m is a frenzied battle.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 27d

The steeplechase is always wild at the champs it seems

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 27d

The athletics world is all still over on Twitter, which makes me a little sad. I'll just keep talking to myself on here though. I can't go back.

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 28d

So far the winners of the men's distance events (800m up) at the World Athletics Champs have come from France, New Zealand, Portugal and Tanzania.

An unexpected mix. None yet from Kenya or Ethiopia.

The winners of the women's races, meanwhile, have all been from Kenya.

#worldathleticschamps

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · 28d

Two incredible athletes, but Kipyegon even took time out mid-career to have a baby, and then dominated even more afterwards #worldathleticschamps www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

McLaughlin-Levrone throws down gauntlet to Kipyegon in race to be greatest

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history to qualify for the women’s 400m final, while Faith Kipyegon underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m

www.theguardian.com

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · Sep 15

You won't believe me, but just before this race started, I thought to myself, 'I should have had a sneaky bet on Beamish winning this'. He's so fast at the finish ...

Travis Miller @travismillerx13.bsky.social · Sep 15

🇳🇿GEORDIE BEAMISH KICKS DOWN 🇲🇦SOUFIANE EL BAKKALI TO WIN THE STEEPLE TITLE!!! 😤 #WorldAthleticsChamps

🇳🇿GEORDIE BEAMISH KICKS DOWN 🇲🇦SOUFIANE EL BAKKALI TO WIN THE STEEPLE WORLD TITLE!!! 😤 #WorldAthleticsChamps

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · Sep 15

Oops. He sort of wriggled through rather than pushed his way, but still totally knocked two other runners off their stride. Hmmm ...

Travis Miller @travismillerx13.bsky.social · Sep 15

🚨BREAKING: Olympic 1500m champion 🇺🇸Cole Hocker DQed for "jostling" as he moved between runners on the homestretch in the semi. #WorldAthleticsChamps

Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · Sep 15

"I asked him - since we were there for a race - if he was a runner too. He nodded. He had run 2:06 for the marathon, he said. I nearly fell off my chair. Two-oh-six!?"

Late nights and Tokyo stories

It's day three at the World Athletics Championships, and what can I say ... I'm loving it already

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Adharanand Finn @adharanand.bsky.social · Sep 14

I think the picture sums it up - incredible last lap burn up in the 10,000m in Tokyo, and France's Jimmy Gressier comes out on top. He's been near challenging for medals and shaking things up in his own inimitable style for years, but that was a major shock

ici sport @sport.ici.fr · Sep 14

Mondiaux d'athlétisme : le Français Jimmy Gressier champion du monde du 10.000 mètres
➡️ https://l.ici.fr/Thk

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