Retired medical scientist. Half marathon on all 7 continents. Author and motivational speaker. Has now run further than the length of the equator. Cat lover.
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I know people who have stopped watching @SkySportsNews because of that nauseating Slick Gorilla advert, with its totally inappropriate pauses, in virtually every commercial break.
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Football as a form of entertainment is much better without VAR, but as a business and a personal passion, you want to get (most of) the decisions right. DR Worcs. #BBCFootball
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identibase.co.uk/lost-and-fo… I would appreciate any sightings of Honey in the Winyates Green area of Redditch. Thanks.
Dr Doug Richards retweeted
"Having recently bought a house to renovate, I have spent a lot of the past five weeks steaming wallpaper. Thanks to Brentford 0-0 Brighton, I now have a newfound appreciation of how fun and entertaining steaming wallpaper actually is" #BHAFC
wearebrighton.com/matchday/b… #bhafc
It's a sad indictment of @SkySportsNews that Taylor Swift gets more airtime than the late Kelvin Kiptum #RIP #athleticsisasport #marathon #legend
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Can we just go back to 45 min of fast-flowing action and if the ref makes a mistake, then we can all have a good moan after. The forensic analysis of every single action is killing Premier League football as a spectator sport. Doug. #BBCFootball
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Thank you @UKRunChat - a review full of insight 🙂 Not every run turns out as you might have hoped @PitchPublishing #oncearoundtheplanet #equator #running #travel
We review the new book by @drichards48, Once Around The Planet, which centres on his challenge to cover the distance of the Earth’s equatorial circumference in his lifetime #ukrunchat ukrunchat.co.uk/book-review-…
Chatting about the joys of a life full of running adventure😀🏃♂️🌍 @pitchpublishing #oncearoundtheplanet
Our latest podcast hosted by @mileswithshell with guest @drichards48 Doug Richards, author behind the books "Running Hot & Cold" and "Can We Run With You, Grandfather?,"
Dougs latest endeavor? Conquering a staggering distance of 24,902 miles, symbolizing the remarkable circumference of the Earth's equator.
Listen here:
Spotify: spoti.fi/2SeNDF7
Apple: apple.co/3fiJ0mJ
Podbean: ukrunchat.podbean.com
#ukrunchat
This is the first of a couple of podcasts that I've recorded in recent days to go along with the release of 'Once Around The Planet' 📷@pitchpublishing #ukrunchat #running #oncearoundtheplanet runningtales.podbean.com/e/d…
Always good to get a mention on the Athletics Weekly website 😀 @ukrunchat #ukrunchat @PitchPublishing #oncearoundtheplanet athleticsweekly.com/athletic…
You are never too old for a new running adventure 🏃♂️😀 redditchstandard.co.uk/news/… @PitchPublishing @UKRunChat #ukrunchat #oncearoundtheplanet #parkrun #running #travel
Dr Doug Richards retweeted
Full book review to follow. Thank you to @drichards48 for arranging a copy for me to read, this is published on Monday.
If you’d like to know more, I had the pleasure of interviewing Doug about his adventures for the @ukrunchat podcast which will be out next week.
And I thought hedgehogs were peaceful little characters 😲🦔🦔 #wildlife #gardenwildlife
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9 weeks today until the third and final book of my running adventures is published. What an amazing journey it has been, both running and writing!! @PitchPublishing #pitchpublishing @UKRunChat #ukrunchat #OnceAroundThePlanet pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/o…
Dr Doug Richards retweeted
RT this, and follow @BloomsburySport to be in the Sunday 9th April 9pm prize draw for your chance to copy of In The Spell of the Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen.
We will choose six winners. Good luck!
Find out more about the book here: bit.ly/3SvYK7y
#ad #ukrunchat
