Welcome to my new blog, the Running Reporter.

Over the coming year, I will be posting thoughts, pictures and articles on sport in the community, including my own experiences in competition.

The inspiration for this blog comes from a personal frustration with celebrity dominated coverage of sport, particularly the recent saga surrounding multi-million pound transfer deals and celebrity gossip around the Football Premiership in Britain.

Like so many, I am interested in sports at the grassroots level, what it can do to improve individuals' lives, how it can bring community together and make a positive contribution to society as a whole.

Yesterday I attended the West Midlands Regional Premier League match between my local team Bilston Town FC and Pegasus Juniors.

A report will follow as well as an extended interview with the chairman at the earliest opportunity to look into what the club is doing the community.

Cheap tickets, decent standard of football and a good community atmosphere were just some of the highlights from yesterday's match, which unfortunately the Steel Men lost 4-2.

These under reported stories along with others will feature on this blog in the coming days and weeks as well as a few no doubt cutting and hopefully amusing comments about my own running exploits at the club and county levels.

Stay tuned and keep active!