find your why.

'Pam' means why in Welsh. Spam means "to bombard...with unsolicited and unwanted material over the internet". And, in reverse, it reads 'map'. These words describe what I share here quite well: thoughts on topics like running, the environment, meditation, technology, and sobriety.

Through my writing, I hope to start catalysing a shift in consciousness from ego- to eco-centric.

Through joyrun, I hope to shift the narrative around running from one where we're defined by our performances to one where we run simply to run.

Filthy clean

Lifestyle

The hidden harms

05 Mar 2026

A goal's goal

Running Lifestyle

What is the goal of a goal? Can a goal even have a goal? It’s been over half a year now since I ditched my running watch in an attempt...

22 Feb 2026

To paint with no pint

Lifestyle sober living

Eight hundred and fifty. That’s the number of days since I stopped drinking alcohol. Fittingly, today is also the end of January - a month where many people decide to...

31 Jan 2026

Untethering oneself: consciousness

Spirituality lifestyle meditation

Writing is something that I enjoy doing, but, like many things that bring joy, I often need to dig deep to find the motivation to write when I don’t feel...

25 Jan 2026

Feet first

Running

When we’re born, we’re given a pair of feet that are remarkably complex and that have evolved to allow us to do things that distinguish us from our fellow apes....

20 Jan 2026

Irreversible inertia?

Lifestyle simplicity

I’m currently reading a book called Waypoints by Robert Martineau. It’s about his pilgrimage on the West African coast, one he decided to take as he was afraid of falling...

05 Jan 2026