Miscellanious

My name is Julie Creffield I am a runner…but it has been weeks since my last proper run. As we entered 2020, just 4 short months ago I was busy training for my 6th Marathon…and although a little behind, I was running a strongish 10K and had covered 13 miles a few times….plus I was […]

So it has been over a week now since the Corona Virus really started to impact on my life. Yes, things were a bit scary before that, but it was a week ago that I started homeschooling my 7-year-old Rose. And until yesterday it was much longer than a week of no running…a cancelled marathon

Hey you guys. It’s 6.30am here in East London, and I am at my desk cracking on with some work before the homeschooling of my 7-year-old Rose starts at 9am…we will be doing the Joe Wicks PE lesson first and then who knows ha ha So ladies… It is difficult to know what to write,

I just took Rose to school for the final time…which sounds so dramatic. But it kind of is. This afternoon we are going to get a kitten…trivial perhaps, but she has wanted one forever and I think if she is going to be stuck at home at least she should have a little friend to

Can you believe February is almost over? I know it’s a short month but OMG it feels like Xmas is just over. As you may already know I took a week off work and a week away from social media last week….AND I didn’t do any training, none whatsoever eeeekkk!!! I could feel myself needing

I am often told “You’re nuts” Yep completely un PC, along with “Crazy”, “Insane” and “You’ve got a screw loose” in relation to my marathon running antics. It seems like it’s the go-to response for anyone who doesn’t really get it. Along with the eye-rolling and shaking of the heads of course. Marathons are extreme,

You know what it’s like. The weather is grim. Your motivation is at an all time low. But you’re training plan says 8 miles, or 10…or perhaps you don’t have a plan but you know if you don’t get out the door soon you may never again. So you head out…but your legs feel like

I don’t do party politics. But I do, do politics. Politics is everywhere around us, our whole lives have been forged out of someone else’s political choices and vision for a better world. When I was a kid and was asked “what do you want to be when you grow up? I’d always answer “a

This time last year I was making a mad dash to the airport after getting my timings wrong for my flight to New York for my bucket list race…the New York City Marathon…an event I had been dreaming about for almost a decade. It was everything I expected it to be and more (you can