Giacomo
@gos75.bsky.social
Made in Sheffield, exported worldwide.
Blades | Springsteen | every day runner, parkrun to ultras | parkrun Run Director and Talk Club Captain | just trying to be kind
Blades | Springsteen | every day runner, parkrun to ultras | parkrun Run Director and Talk Club Captain | just trying to be kind
In the age of hotel keycards, I take a photo of my room number as there’s no way I’ll remember it otherwise.
In the age of Timehop and Memories, I am destined for photos of hotel doors to appear on my feed forevermore.
🤣
In the age of Timehop and Memories, I am destined for photos of hotel doors to appear on my feed forevermore.
🤣
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In the age of hotel keycards, I take a photo of my room number as there’s no way I’ll remember it otherwise.
In the age of Timehop and Memories, I am destined for photos of hotel doors to appear on my feed forevermore.
🤣
In the age of Timehop and Memories, I am destined for photos of hotel doors to appear on my feed forevermore.
🤣
I can’t make out whether that’s meant to mark my latest completion of a lap of the sun (last week, old news) or remind me of the scoreline I expected from United (well, our opponents, anyway) in 2023/24…
December 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I can’t make out whether that’s meant to mark my latest completion of a lap of the sun (last week, old news) or remind me of the scoreline I expected from United (well, our opponents, anyway) in 2023/24…
If my wife has her way (and she will), the goatee will be gone by the next time I’m up. Indeed, by next week. I just figured I ought to look my age for my 50th. 🙃
December 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If my wife has her way (and she will), the goatee will be gone by the next time I’m up. Indeed, by next week. I just figured I ought to look my age for my 50th. 🙃
Four years ago, I got there early as I was RD. A birthday treat.
Today’s birthday treat was a 50-miler for my 50th including a stop at “the parkrun café” where I was met by friends. Took the selfie below once I’d finally dragged myself away from the comfort…
Today’s birthday treat was a 50-miler for my 50th including a stop at “the parkrun café” where I was met by friends. Took the selfie below once I’d finally dragged myself away from the comfort…
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Four years ago, I got there early as I was RD. A birthday treat.
Today’s birthday treat was a 50-miler for my 50th including a stop at “the parkrun café” where I was met by friends. Took the selfie below once I’d finally dragged myself away from the comfort…
Today’s birthday treat was a 50-miler for my 50th including a stop at “the parkrun café” where I was met by friends. Took the selfie below once I’d finally dragged myself away from the comfort…
Should have looked at my watch earlier… I was up at 03:30… though no idea why I was up that early last year!!! 😂
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Should have looked at my watch earlier… I was up at 03:30… though no idea why I was up that early last year!!! 😂
I never realised they were German?
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I never realised they were German?
How convenient that it had a recovery firm’s number plastered all over it… not that numbers on sides of buses are renowned for their accuracy, of course…
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How convenient that it had a recovery firm’s number plastered all over it… not that numbers on sides of buses are renowned for their accuracy, of course…
I suspect it won’t be the case when all matches have been played, but I can’t recall a leading scorer netting more goals than the next two players combined in any such table…
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I suspect it won’t be the case when all matches have been played, but I can’t recall a leading scorer netting more goals than the next two players combined in any such table…
Not tricky at all, with hindsight… still carrying on with this malarkey… now 4,777 days in… 🙃
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Not tricky at all, with hindsight… still carrying on with this malarkey… now 4,777 days in… 🙃
Visited my parents in the town in Italy where I grew up.
Should have told the staff in a local bar that abbreviating ‘analcolico’ (“alcohol-free”) in a touristy town is not a good idea.
Couldn’t quite find the right words so didn’t.
Should have told the staff in a local bar that abbreviating ‘analcolico’ (“alcohol-free”) in a touristy town is not a good idea.
Couldn’t quite find the right words so didn’t.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Visited my parents in the town in Italy where I grew up.
Should have told the staff in a local bar that abbreviating ‘analcolico’ (“alcohol-free”) in a touristy town is not a good idea.
Couldn’t quite find the right words so didn’t.
Should have told the staff in a local bar that abbreviating ‘analcolico’ (“alcohol-free”) in a touristy town is not a good idea.
Couldn’t quite find the right words so didn’t.
Every Saturday the same question, especially if I was RD at parkrun because then I leave even earlier to get there (and it’s a 20-mi run)…
…then again, to be fair, I am in bed reading. But that’s just to not interfere with Mrs S’ enjoyment of the dancing tellybox thing.
…then again, to be fair, I am in bed reading. But that’s just to not interfere with Mrs S’ enjoyment of the dancing tellybox thing.
October 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every Saturday the same question, especially if I was RD at parkrun because then I leave even earlier to get there (and it’s a 20-mi run)…
…then again, to be fair, I am in bed reading. But that’s just to not interfere with Mrs S’ enjoyment of the dancing tellybox thing.
…then again, to be fair, I am in bed reading. But that’s just to not interfere with Mrs S’ enjoyment of the dancing tellybox thing.
It would be unfair to label Moonchild Sanelly & @nadineshah.bsky.social as “opening acts” for Self Esteem. Absolutely phenomenal performances all round last night. Shah’s voice in particular shone far more than on record…
…as for RLT, her attire triggered me somewhat. Just as well they’d lost 5-0. 😉
…as for RLT, her attire triggered me somewhat. Just as well they’d lost 5-0. 😉
October 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It would be unfair to label Moonchild Sanelly & @nadineshah.bsky.social as “opening acts” for Self Esteem. Absolutely phenomenal performances all round last night. Shah’s voice in particular shone far more than on record…
…as for RLT, her attire triggered me somewhat. Just as well they’d lost 5-0. 😉
…as for RLT, her attire triggered me somewhat. Just as well they’d lost 5-0. 😉
It definitely did… Was just trying to validate my feeling that it had been their first shot…
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It definitely did… Was just trying to validate my feeling that it had been their first shot…
Two of my favourite cities. But, on balance, Sheffield wins every time. As long as football isn’t involved.
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Two of my favourite cities. But, on balance, Sheffield wins every time. As long as football isn’t involved.
Gutted for her. Looks like she was planning on traveling as someone’s carry-on luggage…
October 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Gutted for her. Looks like she was planning on traveling as someone’s carry-on luggage…
A Yorskhireman’s reaction to this:
“Weren’t going fast enough!”
“Weren’t going fast enough!”
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A Yorskhireman’s reaction to this:
“Weren’t going fast enough!”
“Weren’t going fast enough!”
@baldyrunner.bsky.social : not my work… honest…
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@baldyrunner.bsky.social : not my work… honest…
I see your hh inside another hh, and I raise you a treble wheat shred…
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I see your hh inside another hh, and I raise you a treble wheat shred…
Funniest spam e-mail ever?!?
September 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Funniest spam e-mail ever?!?
Looks like Zuckerberg has enabled Irony mode…
September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Looks like Zuckerberg has enabled Irony mode…
September 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A former colleague reminded me of when everyone outside my close circle was butchering my name on conference calls, so I just gave up and changed my name on Zoom to…
September 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A former colleague reminded me of when everyone outside my close circle was butchering my name on conference calls, so I just gave up and changed my name on Zoom to…
Call me old fashioned but I don’t think the team finishing in eighth place should have the chance of being in the EPL five games later - no matter how well they play in them.
September 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Call me old fashioned but I don’t think the team finishing in eighth place should have the chance of being in the EPL five games later - no matter how well they play in them.