Harry Styles on why he has ran marathons: It showed me that I could do difficult things by myself. Running wasn’t about being perfect, or the best, and it has been really rewarding.
Go Kylie go, good job Kylie u re doing amazing sweetie ♥️
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Running is just a very normal person’s thing to do right now lol. It’s not like it’s something obscure or reflective of an alternative lifestyle.
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For the same reason everyone else does?
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Runner here. He’s also an insanely good runner especially considering how new he is in the sport. He recorded a sub 3 hour marathon which puts him in the top 5 percent of all runners.
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Doing nothing is OK sometimes I suppose 🙃
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Love this for him but it’s interesting how different the conversation is when it’s a male entertainer versus a female entertainer taking time off and doing stuff like this. Men get praised so much more easily. Not that the running isn’t impressive in itself, but would a female singer get the same grace for taking all this time off and traveling the world?
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There are ea few interesting quotes about his time off in this article:
> This shoot happened at a time when I was really struggling with trying to be as private as possible. I felt like that was becoming increasingly difficult.
(…)
> At the end of the tour the idea of taking time out felt insane. I didn’t know if I could do it. But it was the right time for me — we’d finished the tour in July and I was turning 30 in February. It was time for me to stop for a bit and pay some attention to other parts of my life. (…) Italy became so important to me because I was so used to everything moving so quickly and being on the go, but then I remember going to a café and sitting and having a coffee and thinking, “I don’t remember the last time I sat down and had a coffee — if I’ve ever sat down and just had a coffee.” I was suddenly learning, through my friends, that eating a meal is more than just sitting down and refuelling. I realised the pleasure in just being in the moment of what you’re doing. The Romans are the best at that — that’s their speciality. The pace they’ve taught me has been so special.
(…)
> Also, in that time my sister [Gemma] had a baby — and at any other time in my life I would have missed a lot of that. To be there to get to know my niece as she’s growing up, it’s so obvious to me what’s real. It was really obvious that was where I wanted to be.
(…)
> I’d always thought, or hoped, that I was the kind of person who didn’t need the dopamine hits that doing this job often gives you. But I hadn’t actually removed myself from it and it’s hard to eliminate the doubt that maybe if it all went away, I’d really miss it. That’s always been a fear for me. So living my life in a way where I could really like who I am away from this world has been so powerful for me. Without question that has influenced the work I’m now making because it came from a place of pure freedom.
(…)
> It was important to get away from the image I had of myself. Since I was young I’d been seeing this version of me that other people see and that was constantly being mirrored back at me. That’s especially the case in the way we use social media now — for everyone — and I’m not immune to that. In having time away from everything, it’s allowed me to have conversations with myself on a deeper level that I didn’t have time to explore before.
(…)
> I’ve made small changes, like not having Instagram on my phone any more. I feel so much healthier in my relationship with this world that I’m stepping back into.
Harry seems really down to earth and grounded, and his approach to running- not being perfect or the best- is humble. Even though he’s actually a bloody good runner! Sub 3 hr marathon is *insanely* good.
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Go Kylie go, good job Kylie u re doing amazing sweetie ♥️
Running is just a very normal person’s thing to do right now lol. It’s not like it’s something obscure or reflective of an alternative lifestyle.
For the same reason everyone else does?
Runner here. He’s also an insanely good runner especially considering how new he is in the sport. He recorded a sub 3 hour marathon which puts him in the top 5 percent of all runners.
Doing nothing is OK sometimes I suppose 🙃
Love this for him but it’s interesting how different the conversation is when it’s a male entertainer versus a female entertainer taking time off and doing stuff like this. Men get praised so much more easily. Not that the running isn’t impressive in itself, but would a female singer get the same grace for taking all this time off and traveling the world?
There are ea few interesting quotes about his time off in this article:
> This shoot happened at a time when I was really struggling with trying to be as private as possible. I felt like that was becoming increasingly difficult.
(…)
> At the end of the tour the idea of taking time out felt insane. I didn’t know if I could do it. But it was the right time for me — we’d finished the tour in July and I was turning 30 in February. It was time for me to stop for a bit and pay some attention to other parts of my life. (…) Italy became so important to me because I was so used to everything moving so quickly and being on the go, but then I remember going to a café and sitting and having a coffee and thinking, “I don’t remember the last time I sat down and had a coffee — if I’ve ever sat down and just had a coffee.” I was suddenly learning, through my friends, that eating a meal is more than just sitting down and refuelling. I realised the pleasure in just being in the moment of what you’re doing. The Romans are the best at that — that’s their speciality. The pace they’ve taught me has been so special.
(…)
> Also, in that time my sister [Gemma] had a baby — and at any other time in my life I would have missed a lot of that. To be there to get to know my niece as she’s growing up, it’s so obvious to me what’s real. It was really obvious that was where I wanted to be.
(…)
> I’d always thought, or hoped, that I was the kind of person who didn’t need the dopamine hits that doing this job often gives you. But I hadn’t actually removed myself from it and it’s hard to eliminate the doubt that maybe if it all went away, I’d really miss it. That’s always been a fear for me. So living my life in a way where I could really like who I am away from this world has been so powerful for me. Without question that has influenced the work I’m now making because it came from a place of pure freedom.
(…)
> It was important to get away from the image I had of myself. Since I was young I’d been seeing this version of me that other people see and that was constantly being mirrored back at me. That’s especially the case in the way we use social media now — for everyone — and I’m not immune to that. In having time away from everything, it’s allowed me to have conversations with myself on a deeper level that I didn’t have time to explore before.
(…)
> I’ve made small changes, like not having Instagram on my phone any more. I feel so much healthier in my relationship with this world that I’m stepping back into.
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/harry-styles-martin-parr-interview-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-mkdcdzkkj
Harry seems really down to earth and grounded, and his approach to running- not being perfect or the best- is humble. Even though he’s actually a bloody good runner! Sub 3 hr marathon is *insanely* good.