Chris B

@cmbainbridge.bsky.social

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Software engineer based in Birmingham, UK. I help drive machines that cut metal. Raised in Boro. Runner, coach, always trying to get better at it. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A black and white photo of William Hartnell with a long white wig, in a wing collar shirt with a frock coat.
A theatre program for the Birmingham rep production of Sweeney Todd. Sweeney is silhouetted in a door frame, razor in hand.
A group of runners by a parkrun sign saying "Edgbaston Reservoir". The reservoir is in the back, bright blue and the sky is very blue.
A picture of myself in a blue running vest in front of the bandstand at Cannon Hill Park, with lots of people in the background.
Me, in my running kit in front of the Arc de Triomphe. I'm wearing a blue vest with an orange stripe.
One Art, Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster. I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster. —Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident the art of losing’s not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
A book titled "Utterly Lazy and Inattentive: Martin Parr in Words and Pictures".
Selfie of a man in blue running kit on a bright blue running track.
Me in a blue running vest holding up a large gold coloured medal.
Two middle aged men wrapped up warm on a bus.
View of freedom Tower in the distance.
View of freedom Tower in the distance.
Program for Abigail's Party.
Me (middle aged man in glasses) in a blue running vest that says "Birmingham Swifts".
Me, posing with pudsey bear. I'm in running kit, swirly yellow shorts, white trainers, orange cap and maroon hoody.
Group of runners, mostly smiling.
Me, a man in glasses wearing a blue hoody and a pink hi viz vest. There's a reservoir in the background.
Screenshot of the 5k app, with a parkrun birthday of 4th April 2015.
Group of 11 runners sitting and standing by the Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham. It's a sunny day with blue skies.
A man with glasses with a beautiful black and white cat on his shoulder.
Two men in front of a Christmas tree. One is wearing a white shirt decorated with reindeer and snowmen, with a green bowtie.
Two men, one in Christmas shirt and gold bow tie, one in a blue sweater.
A group of around 20 runners sat along a long table.
Me, a middle aged man in a santa hat and a white shirt with Christmas motifs. Another man in a blue Christmas jumper. Both in front of a Christmas tree.
Curled up black and white cat.
A blue book cover, reading: Iain M Banks The Culture The Drawings
Graph of "stamina" against time. Stamina goes to zero at around 30 minutes, and stays there.
Four members of Birmingham swifts in club kit in front of Coventry Cathedral.
Statue of St Michael subduing Satan at Coventry Cathedral.