{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreibb3p3mpsvrolfwhn7s2vhnguz2ieb3deotypa2cujcb37aau5afe",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:sq7xtqx2pkzfq2kjzcb5fj25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc7zouderb2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreidctitbp3cy6qfy7v442xnczctenewbhiukot5san7lyv2hnrl5yq"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/png",
    "size": 36349
  },
  "path": "/i-am-a-runner",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T06:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://mark.hysted.com",
  "tags": [
    "running"
  ],
  "textContent": "If I go running a couple of times a week am I a runner?\n\nI’ve started running again. It fell away to zero when we moved into our new house. I would run 5km once a week for a bit, then it would fade for a while then I’d come back to it. This has been the longest break for quite a while and I’m declaring myself as starting from a non-runner.\n\nGetting back into something like running takes time, I am starting from scratch and building back up – down at 2km and slowly building by running 3 times a week. The aim is to be able to run 10km by 1st Sept 2026 (the year seems important here 😆).\n\nIn true consumerist fashion I’ve bought some new trainers and a new Apple Watch. My old trainers were, to be honest, very very old and my new ones are way more comfier. The Apple Watch is a cellular version so I can run without having to find a home for my phone, I have never found a good way to carry it.\n\nI’m going to call myself a runner when I am looking forward to going on my next run, at the moment it is slightly too much like hard work. Give it a couple of weeks and see if my body has stopped fighting the run and enjoys it instead.",
  "title": "i am a runner"
}