Apprentice

It’s reflection time so I decided to blog a little. I’ve been at Encounter now since Sunday. Encounter is a fantastic experience but it does tend to shake you up (in a good way). My naturally introverted ways are really standing out while I get used to all these strangers who I’ll soon come to [...]

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Weird day running wise. Weird but good. I hadn’t run since Monday and since then I’ve done a lot of travelling. Also, today I was considering not running either because I was going to give blood. Later in the day I found out that the mobile blood transfusion clinic had moved on from Clonmel so [...]

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Ran the 5K again today. This should have been my day for cross-training or rest but I thought I had to go to Dublin tomorrow for another Encounter Summer Staff training day. I wasn’t thinking and got my days mixed up, the training days are Wednesday and Thursday. Thinking that I wouldn’t get to run [...]

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No running yesterday because I had to go to Dun Laoghaire for an Encounter Summer Staff training day. It was a good day but I was feeling rough because I didn’t get much sleep and all the travelling lately is taking its toll on me. My tiredness and initial uneasiness around crowds made me kind [...]

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First day back running after three days off today. I figured it would be tough and was prepared to even have to walk a bit so I chose the nice 5K that starts and ends with my home, the one with the nice scenery. I managed to make it all the way around, running all [...]

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Hello! I’m still alive. Hurrah! I’ve been a bit busy, far busier than I thought I’d be this week. I imagined things would slow down after last Wednesday, which is when I handed in the last of my assignments at the IBI but I was wrong. Everything seems to be happening this week. I have [...]

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