[Josh Kerr: Men’s Mile World Record, 3:42:66, July 18th, 2026, Olympic Stadium, London]

He said he’d dae it, an’ he DONE it!

Edinburgh born, Josh flew

around the track; the record’s smashed!          

For twenty-seven years it held;

since nineteen ninety-nine that time

stood still, but Josh Kerr moved it to

Three Forty-Two and Sixty-Six.

Split seconds ticked, the stad...

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Someday, I want to do more than just exist.
I want to live
without apologising for it
without begging for permission.
Perhaps some freedom from my own thoughts
and that constant mental battle of attrition. 
However, for now
I am just here.

I've been lost in waves of silence,
drowned beneath the weight of it all, 
I've stood toe to toe with the edge of cliffs
knowing just how far there...

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This ship that I’ve chosen to sail be proven swift and strong.

We’ve weathered much together, she and I.

So many days amidst the wind and storms we’ve travelled long

to cross this mighty ocean here beneath the endless sky.

Sometimes it seems that this will be how I spend all my days,

like being tossed at sea is all there is.

It’s hard to hold out faith that there be more...

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When you’ve had every chance and all resource in hand.

When you’ve been in good graces and known where you stand.

When you had God in Heaven reach down just to line it all up,

and you still found a way to fail. How could that be?

You look back in disbelief, regretfully

and feel like a failure, jinxed by a charm of bad luck.

Then you’re forced to ask yourself, “Should I ...

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