What happens at parkrun, road races, local leagues and track meetings in England, plus practical ways for parents and newcomers to volunteer and help out.
How Saturday parkrun works in England, from free registration and barcodes to course etiquette, volunteering and bringing children or dogs along safely.
Coaching, leading, officiating and general help, and what to ask a club before you start.
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Sport beyond our own lane
Readers used to age groups and qualifying rounds will find on asenovec.com a Bulgarian handbook of dancesport, from ten dances across two programmes and tempo in bars per minute to dancesport competition classes running from E to S.
For readers who also read French, K2 TPS is a French blog about fitness and weight loss through physical activity, covering running to lose weight, running versus walking and the 12-5-30 treadmill workout.
Families new to school athletics can turn to The Activity Period, where a school track seasons guide explains season calendars, eligibility rules and physical requirements in plain terms.
Members who want a low-impact evening away from the track can look at First Counts, where first line dance steps are explained count by count, from the grapevine to reading a choreography sheet.
Amateur sport looks different on ice: Eiskante, a German ice hockey magazine, explains the rules, the leagues, the kit and the training that happen inside the rink.
Runners travelling to an away fixture on a tight budget can check budget stays in Tsim Sha Tsui, an independent guide to licensed guesthouses, airport buses and street costs around Nathan Road.
A runner sent for a scan after an injury can read on Inside the Scanner what an MRI scan is, how the appointment runs and what the radiation rules say.
Club volunteers who organise socials will recognise the same logistics behind fan gatherings: Kite & Common, a journal on Kate Bush's records, walks through booking a hall, licences and an eight-week plan.
How the guides are written
Third person, named sources, stated limits
Every guide on Lane Six describes clubs, governing bodies and events in the third person and names its public sources at the end of the text. When a rule varies by club or by county, the guide says so instead of guessing.
Corby appears now and then as a Northamptonshire example, because a concrete town makes county structure and travel easier to picture.
