run // fitness
the run
Running, lost and clawed back. Lockdown 5ks to a 50k ultra, three years of injury, and London 2026.
Running begins
2019. Manchester, 2019. I started running.
Lockdown miles
2020. Alone, sunny, music. 5ks became 10ks. A good time, honestly.
First 10k
2020. Lockdown miles adding up: the 5ks became 10ks.
Media City 10k
2021. First race
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
London Landmarks Half
2021. First half marathon
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
Sub-20 5K
2021. One week before leaving for Florida
- time
- TODO_YAMIN (19:xx)
University of Florida run club
Jerseys on. Trips to Tallahassee and North Carolina.
LifeSouth Half
2022.
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
Tomoka Marathon
2022. First marathon
- time
- 3:58
Greater Manchester Half
2022. The half, then the 10k an hour later
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
Greater Manchester 10k
2022.
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
Srinagar, summer
2022. Home. Learned to swim. A summer in the water.
Manchester Half
2022.
- result
- TODO_YAMIN
Ladybower Reservoir Ultra 50k
2022. First ultra, on my birthday. Rain, then sun, then rainbows.
- distance
- 50k
Manchester 24hr Run
2022. Against homelessness. Most 5k laps of anyone: 24.
- distance
- 120km in 24hrs
Wilmslow Festive 10k
2022. 10k PB
- time
- 38:46
Training for Manchester Marathon
Steady 4:30/km, tempos at 3:50, long runs 35km+. Twice, 42km for a Sunday long run. The peak: faster and with more endurance than ever before, or since.
Track sprints
Sprint sessions on the track at the Etihad, that winter.
Injury
2023. Posterior tibial tendonitis, left ankle. A niggle, then a tempo run through pain, then a 21km through worse. Then stop.
Manchester Marathon
2023. The tape the winter was pointed at. Never reached.
Physio
posterior tibial tendonitis
Still him
Ibiza Marathon
2023. The club trip happened. My friends raced. I did not run at all.
Manchester Marathon
2023. First time back. Last in my group. The pain returned.
Manchester Marathon
2024. Booked it, trained for it, broke again.
Back with the club
Welcomed back. New faces. The slow group now, having once led the fastest.
The verdict
Calisthenics
Staying in motion while I could not run. Upper body, bars, physio.
First bar muscle-up
2025. Three in a row. Then I lost interest: I wanted to run.
The drop
Right after the muscle-ups came the down. The lowest point of the three years.
London Marathon
2025.
Deferral
Stop, properly
Light
2026. Strength returning. Running alone, sometimes with a couple of friends.
21km, again
2026. First 21km since the injury. It held.
- date
- February 2026
The old me
London Marathon
2026. Run, walk, run. The heat. The hardest race of my life, and the one I am most proud of.
- time
- TODO_YAMIN (around 5:40)
Past the line
My friends were waiting.
Medal
The road on
Back to the grind. Legs, runs, 5-a-side again. Not as fast yet. The colour has not fully returned. He is out there ahead, waiting.