Anson Mackay 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@ans
non-binary geographer || ultra runner || managed by @davidadger.bsky.social || cancer blog
Stunning run round Balnakeil & Durness this morning #runsky #trailrun #sutherland
Lovely 50km run up through Epping Forest & back today. Got a bit incensed by the golf course watering the green during peak temp and evaporation! The law needs to be changed! #runsky
10s of thousands attended London trans+ pride today for an afternoon of love & rage 🏳️⚧️ Loved to see so many non-binary people as well 💛🤍💜🖤 #transpride #nonbinary
Not weird, but currently a record card of a line drawing I made of a diatom from Lesotho!
Like a ritual, before I start counting #diatoms from a new core, I always draw my own library of images of key taxa from that site. It makes research really slow going at first, but I find it quite cathartic. These are diatoms from a Lesotho wetland 🧪 🦠
Not part of #lawnflowers challenge, but not the less interesting for it - Orobanche hederae, or ivy broomrape, growing amongst, well ivy, on an unmown verge in east London! #wildflowerhour
Second ultramarathon in 2 weeks - The Queen of the Suburbs (50km)! This time though I was a welfare runner, staying at back of pack to make sure other runners were doing ok in London’s heatwave 🥵 #runsky
Gorgeous wildflower meadow as seen on my ultramarathon in west london this afternoon, with contrasting red poppies, white ox eye daisies & blue cornflowers ❤️🤍💙 #wildflowerhour
The London100km #ultramarathon on Saturday did not disappoint 🤩 Managed knee osteoarthritis pain successfully which was a huge relief as pounding those pavements for almost 14h was not kind 😅 *runsky
Going for an unplanned long long run on the hottest day of the year so far may not have been my best idea, but my, I loved every tired kilometre of it 🤩 #runsky
Camino Ultra organised a fantastic 50km #ultramarathon along the Lea Valley canal. The sun shone, and there was a party-like atmosphere at the end. I even managed to win the trophy for fastest non-binary runner 🥹 #runsky #lgbtq 📷 Dr Helen Farebrother-Naylor
Long run today in what felt like the first day of spring ☀️ #runsky #ultramarathontraining
New blog post up on my @spinerace.bsky.social DNF. My post sits alongside one by the phenomenal Ruden Bhutia. Thank you to Camino Ultra for hosting these. #runsky #ultramarathon #spinerace www.caminoultra.com/post/spine-2...
Glorious run in the sun today. Managed not to cross my own path 😅 #runsky #nonbinaryrunner
After Spine DNF, time to get back on the saddle, so to speak 😅 #runsky
As if it couldn’t get any worse, I shrunk my favourite woolly hat (in photo) in the wash last night 😭😂
My @spinerace.bsky.social didn’t quite go according to plan with my second ever DNF 😭 Taking the positives, I got to the start line, I have a new appreciation for how tough the race is, and for how tough the runners are who make it to the end!! #runsky 2nd 📸 credit: @andrewhendryphotographer
Kit-check done & registered! Chomping at the bit now to get started on my @spinerace.bsky.social adventure ❄️ 🌧️ 🧊 ⛰️ You can track my 🔵 here for the next 6-7 days #195 live.opentracking.co.uk/spinerace26/ #nonbinaryrunner #runsky #ultramarathon
Packing an extensive mandatory kit for @spinerace.bsky.social becomes its own art from! #ultramarathon #spinerace
Just finished my Xmas Eve reading, “Don’t Burn Anyone At The Stake Today” by @naomialderman.bsky.social Really thoughtful insight as to whether humanity has entered our 3rd information crisis era… Highly recommended! #booksky
Last strength-training session for 2025 & @spinerace.bsky.social. Now just to focus on gentler plyometrics, flexibility, and much shorter runs & cycles. Race day T-23 days 😬 #runsky
Making lino-cut Xmas cards with the Badger @davidadger.bsky.social #crafting #christmascards
Did something super scary as part of my training for 268 mile @spinerace.bsky.social - my first solo hike / run through the night. Loved every second: 🦉 , the 💫 , clear 🌌& even the mud! #runsky I’m also raising money for Oracle Head & Neck cancer 🙏 #cansky www.justgiving.com/page/anson-m...
Went out for a cheeky 50km run through Epping Forest. The rain & the mud made it a bit treacherous by the end, but my, did I enjoy that! It’s all training for my @spinerace.bsky.social adventure! And raising money for a head & neck cancer charity! #runsky www.justgiving.com/page/anson-m...
I’ve read a fair few #scifi books this year, but Toward Eternity by @antonhur.com was one of the best #booksky