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Stories and perspectives on walking, running, and the life around them.
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Belonging
The people, conversations, and welcome around walking and running.
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Why running matters to me
A return to parkrun, a walk by the river, and a friendship that lasted well beyond the training plans.
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Fast runners belong here too
There’s room for an ambitious goal and the pleasure of finding out what you can do.
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So you walked it then?
A small comment can take the shine off a good day. A little curiosity can open a better conversation.
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Why belonging still matters
The ordinary online conversations that helped shape the idea behind Runners Gateway.
Read articleChange & perspective
When your running, your circumstances, or your expectations shift.
If your best running is behind you, what still counts?
Making room for what matters now, even if an old personal best stays in the past.
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When you can’t run, you still belong
A weekend volunteering, and the pleasure of being part of something without running it.
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Why I took a break from training plans
A decision to keep moving while asking a little less of the schedule.
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Progress isn’t a competition
When somebody else’s activity changes how you feel about your own perfectly good walk.
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A closer look at the assumptions and choices we bring with us.
Everyone else looks like a runner. I don’t.
What my first event in Fremantle taught me about the picture of running I had in my head.
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Walking and running as a spiritual practice
On attention, connection, and leaving room for a walk to be an ordinary walk too.
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Couch to 5K and the difference between 30 minutes and 5 km
Why finishing a time-based programme may leave a distance goal still to come.
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