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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by Julie

Running in a time of corona-virus

Well it's a funny old world isn't it? Here we are thinking we are masters of the universe, making plans for ourselves and thinking we are in control of our lives, when boom, mother nature reasserts herself with a virus that spreads like lightening around the world and turns it upside down. It certainly has exposed a lot of fault lines in the way we have organised our society and who knows the long-term impact? I had planned to be having a lovely day in Malaga, Spain today, eating tapas and drinking sangria following my…
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by Julie

100 miles in a month – the halfway mark

I’ve been updating my progress on Facebook as part of this running challenge so my poor blog has been neglected. I’m running 5 days a week now so no one needs updates on that. I’ve done 55.75 miles out of 100, and at just over half way through the month I’m on target, about 1 mile behind my plan. The weather has been brutal here - we’ve had two named storms in a week, Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, so that has made things a bit tougher and led to lots of running around in…
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by Julie

February 2020 – #100miles1month

1st February - new month, new challenge. Run 100 miles over the month. It means running 5 days a week so it’s a definite step-up for me. But I’m happy to be able to do it and it keeps me occupied. I was asked to share my training plan so the link is attached: this plan combines my half-marathon training with the 100 miles. I got off to a good start, 7 miles yesterday and 3.75 today. I really want to avoid having to run too long in the dark of the evening, so hopefully…
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