by Julie

Running with purpose

I feel a bit weird writing this but am waiting for a lift back to the hospital. Dad is not good and it’s only a matter of time. I did a run this morning as I figured that I wouldn’t be able to go tonight. My coach Mary always says that each run should have a purpose. Mine today was hills and trying to keep my mind from racing too far into the future. It was a beautiful morning and I had a time deadline so I just did it. I don’t know what’s going…
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by Julie

Making the most of things

No hesitation about running tonight. My father was admitted to hospital again and he’s in a bad state mentally with the dementia, worse than he’s ever been. He’s also bad physically - turns out he has a broken rib. The people in hospital will earn their money looking after him tonight. So I was determined to go when I could. Never know when that might change. I suppose it was a class of a tempo run. It felt hard and I felt heavy initially, but I ran mile 2 under 10 mins and the third…
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by Julie

Running or gin

Two posts in one day - must be a record! I decided to do a quick run to try out my new gear and get my head sorted. My granny always used to say ‘don’t get old Julie’ and I tell you, it’s no joke. My poor dad is seriously declining and is falling and the whole thing is just a nightmare. Old age is not for wimps. So it was a gin and tonic at 5 pm or a run, so I thought the run was a better idea. Still having the gin though.…
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by Julie

A good half and new runners

After all my talk on Wednesday I didn’t run down to my parents on Thursday; I drove. My mother had some jobs for me to do so it wasn’t really right to go down in sweaty gear. So instead of feeling guilty about my parents I felt guilty about not running. Great. It’s a long weekend here so lots of people were away, but there was a small group of us who agreed to meet at 8 am on Saturday for 13 miles. It meant a 6.20 wake up but I got myself together and…
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