Deri Thomas

Hating Bazball: it’s a cult theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov…

@tomwilliams1974 @wehttam57 Short course..........oh 🫠

@wehttam57 @Derithomas told you he was faster than you 😂

Fastest parkrun for a while at Waterworks

Amazing colours in the sky this Christmas morning. God Jul! 🎄

If only there was a suitable tagline they could use?

@dobssi My experience of working in different European countries is that everyone thinks: 1) they have the worst bureaucracy 2) their train system is awful Conversely every country's meat is packaged 'Made in X' as if every other country's meat was dodgy, but not theirs, oh no

I’m gonna call it. These German trains are almost as unreliable as British ones. 4/4 been late. Things I thought I’d never say. 8/

Been doing a bit of train travel this half term, between Stockholm-London and now back. Kind of an adventure! Route: Stockholm-Hamburg-Köln-Brussels-London ~24 hours each way sleeper train Stockholm-Hamburg 1/

In about two years time, we'll see the one-millionth @parkrun event delivered*, which is quite remarkable when you think about it. Not participant or finisher, but actual event. #loveparkrun *including juniors

Ein Meilenstein für parkrun Deutschland ✨ ⭐ 637 Helfer*innen (alter Rekord: 626) ⭐ 4.123 Walker*innen, Jogger*innen und Läufer*innen (alter Rekord: 3.450) ⭐ 4.760 Teilnehmende (alter Rekord: 4.076) #parkrundeutschland #deutschland5000 #5k #einmeilensteinfuerparkrun

@dobssi electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/userc… Ended up with a 174 Labour majority but still feels pretty volatile with 3 weeks (still!) to go

Friday election fun. A little prediction thread - feel free to add your own in same format. Will bookmark and revisit in 3 weeks time! Here is mine: Labour majority 208 from same vote share as 2019. Link: electoralcalculus.co.uk/userpoll.html

@tomwilliams1974 @killianbyrne IKEA's finest 😃 Maybe made in Hungary or somewhere? I'll treat you to some proper Swedish crispbread when I'm next over Killian!

@killianbyrne cc @Derithomas 😂

Swedish people, what's the story with these? Seriously, you've given the world so many things then produce a cracker that tastes like you're eating a used Amazon delivery box.

@Triboyster @tomwilliams1974 Think you have to do that bit twice as well 😬

@Derithomas @tomwilliams1974 Kullamanen has to be the most insane but yet incredible event I’ve ever seen. We hiked the toughest 10km section a while back, with around 750m of ascension it was tough. That was during a lovely summer’s day, they do it at night in autumn 🤟

Ultra advice needed … sitting with Helen, contemplating life over a post-parkrun coffee. With me turning 50 next month, and her in February, to celebrate that we’re thinking about doing a 100-mile race together next summer. Any recommendations for something fun, interesting, good to do in a pair, UK-based, and easy to get in to?

An incredible morning (with 100+ participants) at the prospective Monsanto parkrun in Portugal 🇵🇹 It's been amazing to meet David & Raquel and everyone involved in the team. We'll be working hard to make things happen here 🙏🤞#adoroparkrun

In Portugal and love parkrun? This Friday and Saturday @Derithomas will be in Lisbon, checking out venues, meeting prospective volunteers, and joining in with an existing 5k in Monsanto Park 🇵🇹 #loveparkrun #adoroparkrun Find out more here ⬇️ parkrun.com/blog/news/2024…

@parkrunhelen @peakdistrict Planning a hike there in September. Will have to pick your brains on some good routes!

Glorious in @peakdistrict today… ☀️ and a Penfold 📮 Perfect!

A joyous shout out for @parkrunUK - the most uplifting, accessible, everyone-welcome, non-intimidating, low hassle, free bit of community spirit, encouragement, sociability and exercise that you could wish for. 🧵...

@tomwilliams1974 welcome to my world 😅

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@mylfalk @CoachLN Not sure if shouting out your time at halfway counts? 😃

@Derithomas @CoachLN Waiting for the day when Parkrun starts with live tracking

The never-ending matter of the problems of athletics: The Seoul Marathon is a PLATINUM World Athletics Label Road Race...so why are the results still not avaible five days after the race?

Tonight we're sharing a very personal and hopefully inspiring story - Samantha's journey to #parkrun.

@ChristopherDB35 @LBC @mrjamesob i. i i o i. i-aj

@LBC @mrjamesob Hearing @mrjamesob on the radio in the morning, I can honestly say would be one of my worst nightmares. What a despicable presenter. I hope I never have to listen to him again.

"The scale of hypocrisy on display today is absolutely nuclear, but here we are." @mrjamesob gives his analysis of why more than 50 ‘furious’ MPs have called for Lindsay Hoyle to quit as Speaker after Gaza vote chaos.