My name is Julia Chi…
I have been running all of my life – it feels I was born to run.
In the running step I experienced freedom and my true expression.
I came to see that I needed to ‘get out of the way of myself’ and let my energy flow through the running step; allow it to express itself in the dance and the motion of running.
I have lived from a belief that all that is required is that I know myself, and that I am true to myself, and seek to become the master of my body and my mind… That from this place I allow my true nature to shine and reflect in my creative endeavours and within my relationships.
An ongoing journey…!
I knew from when I was young that all I needed to do was to ‘run free’. To let the running take me where it wanted to. To stay in the step. To be in the moment and so to experience running as a meditation on the move.
I ran for England and GB for some years. My first international was in 1979, a three mile cross country race; and I continued to run at international level until 1993. Two of my best results were first place in the Dublin City Marathon in 1985 and 7th place woman, 3rd British woman in the 1986 London Marathon in a time of 2.36.31, which gained me selection for the Commonwealth Games.
ByJulia Chi
The hotel breakfast had all manner of colourful juices, a green one, a pink one, and an orange one. I love healthy juices. I am easily pleased… A run in a sunny park, with bright blue skies, tranquility in the centre of a city at rush hour, and then home to colourful juices; what more…
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Anadi and I have just wandered back bathed in blue from above; such a vivid azul that the sky feels touchable, so bright and clear and expansive… Today we rose rather early as the race start was at 8.30am, and even two days back in the UK had adjusted my body clock somewhat, so it…
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Saturday… We are in Valencia, it has a lovely feel, wide streets and bright blue skies… We arrived and had our second breakfast in a traditional Spanish bar… Our first was Easy Jet porridge at early o clock, and then tostados con aceite y tomate at civilised Spanish breakfast o clock… I love the feel…
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Another plane blog… I am flying off to Lanzarote with Anadi for Christmas… Eighteen days in the UK has passed in a blink of an eye, and yet landing at Gatwick two and a half weeks ago, feels now like it might have been five years ago. And when I met up with my godbrother…
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I like my Hilton home; It is very comfortable indeed. I love my 24 hour gym, right on my doorstep. I love feeling warm all the time, the deep hot bath, and the huge bed with clean sheets. It feels almost like my ‘checking in’ point; where Anadi and I return to get further instructions…
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If I had wanted to draw attention to myself, I have certainly discovered the way! Especially as we woke to another wild wet day and therefore the people on the ferry were the first to look aghast, or interested and curious as I padded happily across the wet car deck – it wasn’t cold at…
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A rainy windy run today! In fact it was quite cold… Especially half way round when I was running into the wind, with the rain tumbling down… I gave myself the out to take the left hand road, that was coming soon at the bottom of the hill – if I wanted to – which…
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My perfect morning… We woke to blue skies and sunny warm; a complete change to yesterday… And at the top of a vista looking over to Ramla Bay, a glorious rainbow arced over us with magic in its beauteous curve. And after running around my 10k loop feeling relaxed and strong and chatting away to…
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Anadi hasn’t really slept for about thirty six hours, but he is looking very good on it… He does, he says, feel a bit spaced out, and is therefore saving having any alcohol until it doesn’t matter if he falls down…! The circle was completed at about 9am this morning… We had said goodbye to…
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Anadi and I were ‘running across Gozo’ to Xlendi, all of 6 miles away… But we had arrived somewhere in the middle of the island, and definitely did not know which way to turn. A friendly lady gave us very clear directions and then said… ‘You’re barefoot’! By way of explanation I said ‘Yes, I…
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The turquoise sea was our background music… The sound ever present, but ever soothing, gentle but wild… We sat the three of us on a terrace, the day warm, with only a slight chill from the grey clouds. But we were wrapped up warm and sat for three hours, eating talking sharing – enjoying the…
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Today was a very exciting day! Maricarmen said that as a student I have now officially transitioned to intermediate level… There are three levels beginner, intermediate and advanced.. She went on to say so we won’t speak any English now, all Spanish… ? The funny thing is that I belong to a Spanish speaking online…
