The Long Run Back to Fitness

Sunday 24 September . I'm starting to worry my write-ups on this blog are getting too large. I have just had my best week, covering a total of 41 miles, between jogging and walking, and I'm now beginning to believe I'm running as much as jogging. I'm also starting to speed up, but I may need to cut the volume of my blog. The local village camogie team played in the county final at The Athletic Ground in Armagh City today. They got beaten by another local team, Granemore, by 0-7 to 2-9 (that's 7 - 15). The girls won't be happy tonight, I decided to just go for a run today. I showered, stretched and was out by just after 5 pm. As usual, I had an apple for the horse, but as I walked past his field, he was nowhere to be seen. I just left the two halves by his gate and walked on. I jogged down into The Glen and over the river, then set off along the top path on my first lap. It was such a beautiful sunny day and I was hoping to cover many laps. The one thing I ...

Sunday 17 September 2017 . It was the first dry day in a week. It was also All Ireland Final Day. Dublin to play Mayo in the Gaelic Football Championship Final. Dublin have dominated for the last few years and were hot favourites, Mayo have not won the Championship since 1951. I watched some of the first half, by the time I went for a walk Mayo were leading by one point. Dublin v Mayo, All Ireland Gaelic Football in Croke Park I had a shower and was off walking by 4 pm. I stopped to give the horse his apple - it seemed like he was waiting for me. I walked around The Glen taking videos and collecting the odd piece of litter as I went. The sun was out and it was very pleasant. There were a few people walking their dogs, a teenage couple holding hands and a woman with six young children on tow. Some of them were wearing wellies and mucking about in the river. I first walked to the waterfall, then around The Glen twice. I diverted many times to go down to the river, or to pick u...