Joy Runs

You asked: We made 'em 👕 Run happy in the limited edition Joy Runs t-shirt. Designed for leisurely runs and epic general use. Screen printed on 100% cotton by an independent eco-concious screen printing studio. Buy indie, support good people 🩷💛 Link to get yours in comments 🔗

Who is running this weekend? The latest Joy Runs theme is... 🫐 BERRIES 🫐 Berries radiate joy. A burst of colour poking through a hedgerow, twitching in the wind. Their shades of red, blue and violet dancing in the sun. Consider it an invitation to swap grey pavements for the trails. To rewild your runs and re-engage and delight in the natural world.

If Carlsberg did community members... Forever amazed by the pics posted by Christine, a Joy Runner in Paris 📸 (@afrenchgirlinparis on instagram) Every week she goes out of her way to put her stamp on our running themes. A small number in response to 'Street Art', 'Landmarks' & 'Faces' below. Bravo, Christine!

Joy Run 7: The Joy of Faces 😃 When on the move, we’re constantly scanning our surroundings for faces. It could be real people or face-like entities, such as seeing a smiley face in random objects - something called ‘Pareidolia.’ Your smiley run could be: 🗿 the head of a statue 👥 faces in a crowd 🏠 a building’s face-like windows and doors 🤳 a selfie 📻 objects designed with a face on them ☁️ a face in the clouds 🐶 a snap of a friendly dog 🌳 a divine intervention in tree bark …or something else. Use your imagination to see more faces (and joy) in the wild. Don't forget to tag us in your discoveries on Instagram (@joyruns.co).

Joy Runs is almost exclusively powered by user-generated content 🤳 It never ceases to amaze me that people would care enough to craft such beautiful videos. Yesterday one runner even decided to run all 6 themes to date, in a single go - and then share a video about it! Thanks to Amee for the below. 'Trees' was our first ever theme 🌳

Joy Run #6: Landmarks 🗼⛲🏞️⛩️🗽 This Joy Run theme is all about taking yourself on a sightseeing tour and stopping for a moment to soak up the landmarks you might otherwise miss or take for granted. From must-see landmarks to places that evoke special memories. It could be: 🤳 touristy hotspots ❤️🔥 the location of your first date 🗽 built landmarks or parks 👼 where you played as a kid 🔭 your favourite viewpoints 🏞️ quiet places of reflection 🌅 the best spots to catch a sunset ...or something else. Just like that we're 6 weeks in, 6 themes, and almost 600 Joy Runners!

A new week = a new run theme. This week we're Joy Running together 🤝 Joy Runs will donate £1 to Mind for everybody running this theme and tagging us in a pic. As many as one in four people worldwide – or 1 billion people – are lonely. Taking the first step to cure this crisis in connection can often be the hardest. A run shared can be a wonderful tonic to the dizziness that comes with a fast-paced life. It can also be one of the most satisfying runs you can ever do. Your run with others could be: 🫂 completing a past Joy Run theme as a pair 🫂 tagging along to a local run group 🫂 grabbing a mate for a run or making a new one 🫂 doing a parkrun this saturday 🫂 a lunchtime jog with a colleague 🫂 meeting a pal halfway on your route 🫂 showering race volunteers in thanks Run whilst having a chat or run side-by-side in silence. Whatever feels right. Let's double the fun by running together.

This week's Joy Run theme is: Street Art Any excuse to run in one of my favorite cities, Lisbon 🇵🇹 https://lnkd.in/grsUFa7f

Did you see us in Daily Express this weekend? "Seven hobbies you can start on a budget" Running's beauty is its simplicity, all you need is a pair of trainers and enough motivation. Hopefully our weekly themes can give you that!

This week Joy Runners are #running to a theme of 'Water' 🌊 💦 Wonder where it'll take them. By bendy rivers, streams, sea, lake loops, rock pools, even embracing a cathartic run in the rain 🌧️ Here's a stunning double rainbow I saw on mine...