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Masters long distance running athlete (England Masters marathon international, 2019 V40 British 10,000m champion). NUFC fan and season ticket holder. Maths teacher. Currently on the comeback trail after hip resurfacing surgery for hip osteoarthritis.
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Howay Betis!!!!

Mitchell leaving #NUFC! There’s a bolt from the blue.

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Progress being made on day 26 of the run across the USA. New York ✅ New Jersey ✅ Pennsylvania ✅ West Virginia ✅ Ohio ✅ Indiana 👈 Please donate if you can. The charity fund is so close to £18,000 for St. Benedict’s Hospice Https://www.justgiving.com/page/rungeordierun2025 #AcrossTheUSA2025

I see Man U are closing in on their next expensive flop: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Slight dampener on CL qualification for me is that I’ll only be able to go to an away game if we are in one specific play off draw or one specific quarter final draw. I’m stuck to the school holiday dates, sadly. The final is on a Saturday in Budapest, so I should be able to make that 😜

We didn’t deserve to win today and didn’t. however we absolutely deserved to finish 5th after our performance over 38 games. Simple as that.

Pre-season I’d have been chuffed to bits with a cup run and a minor European place. To finish with a cup WIN and a Champions League place is way, way beyond what I thought realistic. An incredible season and the potential foundations for something even more spectacular. #NUFC

Glad Wilson got a good send off from the fans. He’s been extraordinary for us, but time (and all those injuries) have clearly caught up with him. When fit he was deadly, without him we’d have surely gone down under Bruce. I’m sure all #NUFC fans wish him well with whatever club comes next.

Can we use some of the Champions League cash to sort out a decent signal in St James’ Park, please? Second half was torture, with complete information black out and reliant on rumours circulating around the crowd being true. #NUFC

NEVER IN DOUBT! 😬⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️ In all the likely scenarios I ran through my head in the build up to the game, none of them included us losing and Man Utd getting us out of jail. Ah well, who gives a toss - 🎶is this the way to Barcelona…?🎶 #NUFC

ISAK PLAYS!!!!’ #NUFC

I thought I was confident about this afternoon’s match, but I did have to stop to vomit during my morning run thanks to nausea. So maybe subconsciously the ingrained fear of #NUFC ballsing it up at the final hurdle hasn’t been fully purged by the cup final. Roll on 4pm.

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Today the curtain falls on another remarkable season for #NUFC. One more win needed to put the icing on the cake. I’m confident that we’ll make results elsewhere irrelevant as far as CL qualification is concerned. It’s effectively a cup final for our lads and this lot turn up for those. HOWAY!!!!

Just suffered through the Lilo and Stitch remake. What an utter turd of a movie. One of the worst films I’ve seen in ages. My kids loved it, naturally.

Wondered where the FB posts from a Sunderland supporting former colleague were, then realised he’d unfriended me. By my calculations, some time around mid-March! 🤔 😂

Derby County fans will be looking forward to finally losing that record low points tally in 12 months time on that evidence.

Both of these teams are way, way off what it takes to survive in the PL. That’ll be the least of the Mackem’s worries tonight though. Tedious derby game build up twice next season it is.

Richly deserved. #NUFC player of the season for me.

Thanks @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social for using your one question in such a way. #nufc Https://www.justgiving.com/page/rungeordierun2025 Q

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Well, that was everything we thought it would be and less. Two absolutely honking football teams, one very slightly less useless than the other. Spurs fans won’t give a monkey’s tonight though, neither would I. #EuropaLeagueFinal2025

A fitting goal for a match with such little quality on show in it. At the end of this game one of these sets of incompetents will lift a European trophy and claim a Champions League place. Ghastly. #EuropaLeagueFinal2025

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Day 20 of the run across the USA is underway here in Zanesville, Ohio. Story so far www.rungeordierun.com Please donate www.justgiving.com/page/rungeor... #AcrossTheUSA2025

Day 19 is underway. I’ll smash through 500 miles by noon today. Catch up with the journey so far at www.rungeordierun.com Please donate at www.justgiving.com/page/rungeor... #AcrossTheUSA2025

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#NUFC can feel unfortunate overall, paying the price for not getting the ball past Raya first half. Arsenal improved 2nd half, but Pope still had very little to do. A draw would’ve been meaningless as far as CL qualification goes for us. The mission remains beat Everton, simple as that.

But for Raya we’d be winning here. #NUFC the better team, Arsenal only a threat at set pieces but they have gears to go through. Wilson been fairly anonymous leading the line, the odd layoff aside. Maybe an alternative approach will be needed - sub and moving Gordon central, or giving Osula a crack?

Isak out is undoubtedly a blow, but the past few weeks he’s been at the periphery of things and clearly struggling. Possibly the right call to pull him out, allow a bit more rest, then be nearer to 100% when it really matters. I imagine this was planned from earlier in the week. #NUFC

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Wildly optimistic to expect any assistance from those pair of knackas. The Europa final is shaping up to be a must miss. That’s why last Sunday’s result was so important. #NUFC just have to keep going about their business.

Villa’s game against Spurs is essentially done, so hopes pinned on Man U getting something at Chelsea. They’ve also made it to HT level, but Chelsea dominating after a decent start from Man Utd.

No faith in Spurs or Man U doing #NUFC any favours tonight, but Spurs have somehow held out for 45 mins so there’s a little hope.

Another tough one. Day 15 blog coming soon. Over 400 miles done now. Please sponsor in aid of St. Benedict’s Hospice at www.justgiving.com/page/rungeor.... #AcrossTheUSA2025

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Just finished the #Andor finale. What a phenomenal bit of telly. Deserves to be spoken of in the same terms as Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Wire, etc. Really has been that good.

Read all about day 12 of the run across the USA over at www.rungeordierun.com. *WARNING - Have your brekkie first - contains images of feet!* Thanks to those kind folk who have made a donation at www.justgiving.com/page/rungeor... #AcrossTheUSA2025