by Julie

Virtual marathon update

It’s been a long time since I updated my poor blog. I suppose it’s the times that are in it; some things are more important. The good news is I have been training all summer for my virtual marathon, and we are up to 18 miles, which I did yesterday. The plan is to do our marathon on Sunday 25 October, which is the original date of the Dublin marathon. The bad new is that levels of the virus are rapidly rising in Dublin again, and we have entered a 3-week period of additional restrictions.…
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by Julie

WFH

Two days into marathon training and I’m still enjoying it! What a sadser I am. Up early two days in a row. Did a bit of speed work this morning, pretty short which suits me. The only good thing to come out of the pandemic has been the ability to work from home, and proving to the big bosses that it can be done. It took a while to settle into, but it’s brilliant not to have to commute. Rest day on the plan for tomorrow so can set the alarm a bit later.
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by Julie

For the record

Quick post for the record. Did 7 miles yesterday down the canal again and felt pretty good during and after it. Did a few morning runs too during the week. Marathon training starts proper tomorrow and I’m ridiculously excited. Not sure why; maybe because every other thing in the world has gone pear-shaped, and this is something I can do for myself and have something to show for this accursed year.
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by Julie

Back to normal?

Included in the news reporting of the chief medical officer’s press conference today were statistics from Apple, showing that traffic volumes are almost back to pre-lockdown levels, public transport is down by 60% and walking down by 40%. While the less crowded footpaths are very welcome to me, I find it quite depressing that traffic is back to normal and lockdown is really only fully over today! So much for changing how we do things and living differently: looks like things are going straight back to normal. And of course that’s good in lots of…
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