by Julie

Happy birthday to me

My running fell by the wayside this week for numerous reasons - working late, going to the theatre, cold weather and preparing for a birthday do. My birthday today. I decided as I was finishing my 8 miles last week that I would invite my family over to our house, with my birthday as an excuse for getting together. During marathon training last year, months went by where I didn’t see my siblings or their children and I am not going to let that happen again. Some things are more important than running, important as…
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by Julie

First run of spring

8 miles on the agenda for Saturday. I woke early and had my usual running breakfast: 2 slices of toast and a banana. With coffee. It’s not a lot of calories but fine for this distance and sits well in the tummy. The only snag was that it had frozen hard on Friday night and the footpaths were very icy, so I decided to leave it a bit later to go out, till the sun had a chance to burn off the frost. That meant getting back into bed for a while. No arguments there.…
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by Julie

Making myself better

Tonight’s run should have happened yesterday but after the dentist I was taking it easy. And it was freezing. The dentist went better than expected, but there was still a lot of pulling and dragging so I was glad to stay in last night. The weather has turned very cold here - snow is threatened for tomorrow so I said I might as well go tonight while it’s still dry. I know it’s nothing like the polar vortex some parts of the US are getting, but it could be enough to make running difficult. So…
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