A race for the pandemic age

This newsletter was originally published on Patreon on 25 January 2021, after a weird weekend with Jim Walmsley and Eddie Izzard

It was a bit of a discombobulating weekend for me in some ways. When I went out for my long run on Sunday morning, I couldn't tell if it was ice or snow everywhere, and whether I'd be better off on the roads or the trails. I opted for the trails and headed for two laps of my regular loop of the Dartington Estate. The whole pace was covered in a layer of…