by Julie

9 miles

9 miles on the plan for yesterday and it was the first group run with my training buddies. It was about 14 degrees and overcast and misty so ok conditions for running. We met at 9 am in the Phoenix Park: a mixed group of first time marathoners, improvers like me and people doing half marathons. Only 1 man among about 20 women - what’s new? One benefit of having done all this before was that I wasn’t nervous at all. I was always apprehensive last year starting out on the long runs because I…
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by Julie

And so it begins

Two runs to report today. Yesterday my marathon training proper started. I attended a workshop given by my running coach Mary Jennings on Thursday evening. Improvers marathon. So I’m officially an improver. Too right. The running plan is along the lines of last year. What I have to improve is myself. My two main objectives this year are to (i) improve my core strength, and (ii) not put on weight. The running will be fine; I would like to improve my time and the way to do it is to improve my core strength because…
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by Julie

On the road again

For numerous reasons (work, assignments, family events and illness) I haven’t run in over two weeks. Today was the first day things felt normal so I wanted to go and check that everything still worked. It was tea-time before I got out and about 17 degrees and sunny, but with a cool breeze that made it very pleasant. I took it very easy and just did two miles around the block. Marathon training proper is going to start in a month so I have a lot of work to do. But I am in a…
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by Julie

Thank you 2018

I haven’t run in a few weeks; I pulled something in my shoulder and that laid me up but I have also been lazy, and too full of food and drink to run. But I am not beating myself up. Tomorrow is New Years’ Day and I will try and start the new year with a run. I am running a half marathon in London in March and I did up my training plan for that today. So I will be back on the straight and narrow very soon. 2018 was all about the marathon,…
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