Less is more in running

If you already have 8 pairs of sneakers, you pretty much have to bow to the inevitable. And buy a ninth. #runners #running

High Summer should also be Peak Shirtless if logic does not fail us. #runners #running

Barbecues past-run and a swim/shower are fun enough. But my appetite tends to stay depressed until too much of the choice food is gone. #runners #running

It is stirring to come across a #running group of all shapes, sizes and colours - where everyone has stripped to the waist to run. The shared confidence and purpose, washing away all other insecurities, is something the world could learn from. #runners

Running caps vs visors... Does there need to be a reckoning? Is it all in the head? #runners #runchat

Snacking is unwise. Who said #runners needed to be wise?

I am all about being decently-dressed but for #running the decent thing to do is strip for comfort as weather dictates. #runshirtless #sportsbrasquad

Running in rain on a hot day- more proof that there is a God. #runners #runchat

Let me try to spell indulgence. F. R. I. E. D. C. H. I. C. K. E. N. #running #runners

This is no math equation but Day 2 of a typical #running camp sees a 50 per cent jump in #runners going shirtless from the get-go. The #sportabrasquad always starts strong. Barechester numbers among the boys rise strongly as Day 1 inhibitions are burned off

Nothing like a sticky summer night to remind me of why #shirtless running rules. #runners #runchat

Comedy night recharges the soul. Sort of like #running with your feet up on the sofa. #runners #humor

The point is not to run shirtless. It is to do so if you so wish. #runners #running #sportsbrasquad

#Running with your dog is one joy you could never have enjoyed with your cat. #runners

For me, 'late at night' is for ruminating and coffee (or tea). Midnight workouts? Not my beverage. #running #runners

Mass conversion: My own embracing of shirtless #running was a stop-start and solitary affair. I sometimes wonder what it would been like to 'be reborn a as bare chested sportsman' in a group setting, like in a revival tent. Can anyone share? #runners

Mass conversion: I've read of (#CrossFit ?) gyms where everyone auto-strips to the waist as the workout begins. Never been! I wonder if, before my own conversion, I might have been intimidated if this suddenly happened on my first visit. #runners

Mass conversion: I have also seen it when, even before a run, one #runner takes off his top; the others look at each other and then almost all go bare too. It happens in mixed groups too: Solidarity in shirtlessness transcends all barriers.

Mass conversion is when many sportsmen remove their tops without being made to. I've seen it in a soccer match, which began as 'shirts vs skins' but ended with all of us stripped to the waist. An extra powerful instance of shirtless solidarity! #runners

I know someone who talks to himself as he runs. He literally frames thoughts and vocalises ideas, finding it clarifying. He is NOT in a run club -- more of a solitary soul anyway. #running #runchat