by Julie

A plank a day

I hadn’t ran since last Wednesday and I could feel the lack of activity so it was time to get out again. Not that I’ve been entirely idle; my running coach is doing a ‘Plank a Day’ challenge for the month of May on Facebook and to my great surprise I have done all the required exercises every day. Front plank, side planks and some push-ups. I’m pretty pathetic at the push-ups but no point in wasting the lack-of-commute time that the pandemic has provided. Hopefully doing planks will become a habit and I will…
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by Julie

Back to work

I didn’t run at all last week. I actually thought I was getting corona virus last Sunday - had a pain in my chest and felt a bit fluey so I put in a few worried hours praying it wouldn’t get worse. It didn’t thankfully, but I decided I should look after myself last week just in case, so I didn’t run. I didn’t go out much at all, only for shopping and up and down to my mother. And I’m fine with that. So a new working week and back to my new routine.…
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by Julie

A good start

Another two quiet miles before work this morning. I did feel I was huffing and puffing a bit, but it’s probably to be expected when my running has been a bit erratic between one thing and another. Not to mention the pandemic and associated carbohydrates. But I like going before work, gets me up and showered and ready for the day. Not a bad start.
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