by Julie

No heroics

Nothing fancy tonight. 3 miles on the flat to see how my knees held up. I did 3 on Monday evening also and my knees weren’t too bad but not pain- free either. The right knee is worse and I felt a nice sharp pain in the knee-cap after a mile tonight which made me stop and turn around. I got another 2 out of it but I’d say any longer and it would have been worse. I came home and did some foam rolling and my quads are very sore in spots. I’m going…
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by Julie

Putting one foot in front of the other

So my poor dad passed away on Saturday 10 August 2019. I was lucky enough to be with him, with my sister, and we told him we loved him and that it was ok to go. I know he could hear us, even though he was on a lot of drugs at the end. It’s all still very sad and unreal and I really think it’s only starting to hit me now. Despite that I have been running in the last four weeks, sticking to the plan as best I can. I ran the morning…
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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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