Day 80 - Mini marathon day

Today would have been the day of the Mini-marathon, and it would also have been the day of the Cork City Marathon, which me, Mum, Fiona and Anna were going to do as a relay. So, in lieu of this, our friend Olwyn organised a socially distanced 10km, with staggered starts, around Dun Laoghaire, for a small group of friends. Obviously I wasn’t able to join them, so the plan was for me to do my long run here at the Marina, while chatting on the phone to Fiona. Fiona ended up running the 10km with Olwyn, but she kept her phone on so that I could listen in to their conversation while I ran! The time passed quite quickly while I was listening to the two of them chat!

I started my run at 8.45am and it was already very warm. It’s probably just as well that we weren’t racing today! The atmosphere around the Marina was nice also, and I could sense that lots of people were running their marathon on their own today anyway. I could spot the marathon runners as they had gels, water bottles and one was even wearing their Cork Marathon pacer T-shirt! It felt like a bit of an event was happening.

I finished my run before 10.30am and I had an hour and a half to wait until I could collect my first brunch of the lockdown from Douglas (as you had to book your collection time in advance). I attempted to go to Woodies while I was waiting for brunch, but when I got there the queue had about fifty people in it, so I decided against it! I went and sat in my car and chilled in the sun in Douglas instead!

At the cafe, their outdoor seating area had been transformed into an outdoor queuing system, and it had a window that you could collect your order from. I was sitting, waiting for my order with a few others. A man arrived, looked at the arrows on the ground and asked loudly “is there a queue or what’s happening? It’s impossible to tell how anything works these days!” We all laughed, and I think that was because we all agreed with him!

When I got home, I sat outside in the sun and ate my brunch. Then I spent most of the rest of the day sitting outside in the sun, reading (trying to finish the Normal People book, in advance of the last television episode this week!) and chatting with Peter. The nice weather is meant to end on Wednesday, so we feel like we have to make the most of it!Читать далее