by Julie

No hospitals today

It was another beautiful morning in Dublin, enhanced by the fact that my dad was ok overnight and wasn’t in hospital - yet. He’s not great and I think he will be admitted tomorrow. I hope we haven’t left it too late to bring him to hospital, but we have been there over bank holiday weekends before and it’s very unsatisfactory. At least it’s a full working day tomorrow. So I took my chance and went out into 19 degree sunshine. There was a nice breeze which kept me cool, so that was very welcome.…
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by Julie

Running visible

Yesterday morning was beautiful, like a summers morning. Total aberration but welcome all the same. I am sick and tired of running the route around my house so drove down to the Phoenix Park and started from there. It was 18 degrees C and felt like it. I realised on the way down that I had forgotten my running hat. I normally never run without it but I didn’t want to return home so I started without it. I always joke that my hat makes me invisible, and I did feel a bit exposed but…
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by Julie

A holy Thursday

My aunt, uncle and cousins were coming from New York for a visit on Holy Thursday, so I took a half day from work to go meet them for dinner with my parents. I worked the morning from home, which I absolutely love doing. It meant a bit of a lie-on and then the chance for a daytime run. Of course the boss got in touch just as I was hoping to finish up, but I was only a bit delayed in the end. It was allegedly 16 degrees C though it felt a bit…
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by Julie

Win win

I am determined to keep my fitness up till marathon training starts (everything going to plan that is), and want to make my Saturday runs 6 miles. I wanted to do 4 miles yesterday, to work my way back up to 6, and would have if the gale force winds hadn’t come back. I drove down to my parents’ house, left the car and headed down to the canal. It was all fine till I turned onto the canal itself, then I realised I was running into a strong breeze again. It blew in my…
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