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Corona Run

8am Sunday morning, sun shining, all asleep, out the back door, ahh poor bliss.

What a morning, what a place; the west of Ireland countryside. To the left the lough; the swans, the sounds of the water and birds, to the right; the mountains, the beauty, the view, straight ahead; the bog, o but its outside my 2km; ok so its corona run.  

Hardly a sinner about except the farmer on his bike and the kid’s pet lamb; I can still hear him bleating in the background. The west sleeps soundly; where else would you want to be. Two swans fly overhead going home I imagine, I fly along my route as that’s how I feel, free, not a care in the world as my mind is at ease while out here, this is mindfulness at its best. You see we growing up in the Irish countryside had it all, running free in the fields or on the road, no phones, no speedy traffic. We had the space, our own fields or the neighbours, the animals, and heaps of time. Here’s the thing our kids have all that too we just need time and set them free, now we have it let’s make the most of it and make a promise to make more of it. Do we need to be going in the future? We really have it all right here, right now.

Mindfulness, gratitude, tulips, snowdrops, new roads, new flowers, birds, trees; life is simple, peaceful, quiet, beautiful.

11.5 miles within 2km corona route, morn run, morn sun, mammy fun. Looking forward to seeing hubby and the kids and starting the day, no rushing back out the door to kid’s football…. then Soccer…..then Big boys match….

I might to run the bog Tuesday, it’s within my 5km radius or I might stick to my corona run. You know this “corona run craic” could go on for a while…..

Paula Donnellan Walsh - Mayo AC

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