10/09/2026
Today is R U OK? Day.
We see a lot of people at a strange moment — the week their season ended, or the month they realised the ni**le wasn’t going away. And we’ve learned that the hardest part often isn’t the injury.
Sport takes up more room than people realise. It’s the routine, the group you train with, the thing you’re known for. An injury can take all of that at once, and there’s no scan for that part.
If someone you train with has gone quiet, or stopped turning up, or answers “fine” a bit too quickly — ask them again. You don’t need the right words and you don’t need to fix anything. Asking twice is usually enough to get a real answer.
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