by Julie

Grateful gardening

Back to work today after five lovely days off for Easter, where I didn’t run at all, but saved my energy for gardening. It’s a bit of a pandemic cliche at this stage, but I have never felt so motivated to clean and tidy our garden. I have spent many hours scrubbing 20 years of dirt off the patio with a wire brush, and derived more satisfaction from the results than I can believe! I planted every seed I had, repotted plants and planted up some bulbs my mother gave me. I am moving plants…
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by Julie

Another beautiful day in the pandemic

I woke up early enough and dozed till I got up to go out. In truth I didn’t think I could face a day at my desk without going for a run. Working from home is great in lots of ways - no commute being the best aspect - but it can sometimes be difficult to maintain momentum for the full day. Working by yourself all day can be tedious, especially when we are so confined to the house. But I’m lucky to have a job where I can work from home and hopefully keep…
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by Julie

New plan

I decided to use my lack of commute time more productively than lying on in bed, and got out for a short run before work. It also had the added benefit of avoiding all the pedestrians giving runners the evil eye these days. Runners are taking a lot of flak and I find it very annoying but doubtless some of it is warranted. I had a very pleasant run on a beautiful spring morning, and I only met a handful of people, so that’s the new plan: only run in the morning before everyone starts…
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by Julie

Pity about the pandemic

On Friday night our Taoiseach (head of government) went on tv to announce further restrictions on non-essential travel in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus in the community. That includes staying within 2km of home when exercising. It’s a good job I’m used to running in circles around my neighbourhood! I’m all set - bring it on. 3 socially distant miles yesterday and they were very nice. And quiet. There’s always an upside. I will try and do 3 miles as often as I can. Summer time started officially today so we…
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