ByJulia Chi
I am sitting in the crystal bar at Buxted park, it is cozy warm here… Outside the rain is pouring down; it has a winter feel to it… And yet this morning the day dawned fresh and clear, sunny bright over a sparkling sea. The tide coming in slowly of the wet black seaweed stones….
ByJulia Chi
The day was grey and a little chilly, rain hanging in the air… I didn’t feel much like leaving the cosiness of our cottage, but I remembered the techniques of going running ‘whatever whenever’, that I had adopted over years of living in the UK… Just step out of the door… Step over any resistance,…
ByJulia Chi
I have just eaten the most delightful delicious scrumptious piece of pecan and orange polenta cake, accompanied by a flat white made with organic coffee… I have also had a wonderful conversation with Louise, who brought me my cake and coffee… She is a counsellor and a photographer, and I loved sitting enjoying the deliciousness…
ByJulia Chi
What a brilliant day, rich with experience and fun, sisterhood and connection… I turned up at the gym to run, because it was raining again outside…! Anadi commented earlier today that we have become ‘sensitised’ again to English weather ? When we lived here we were more like other English people, and very accepting of…
ByJulia Chi
As I ran up the hill, with wet leafy trees heavily drooping over onto the wet shiny, bumpy, uneven Dorset lane – I reflected on my life and how all I have ever really wanted to do is go running… I love it, quite simply love it… I always have – and I love it…
ByJulia Chi
Here is my story of being barefoot for a year, in a page… I was walking along Famara beach in Lanzarote with my husband Anadi… I love that beach. It is sandy and expansive, with a backdrop of volcanic cliffs, magical in their colour and stature. The beach is 5k long when the tide is…
ByJulia Chi
I am aware that many of you know my story, but as I approach 3 years to the day – September 9th – since I shed my shoes, I thought I would tell the story again of… How it all began … In August 2016 – I was still a shod runner; but I was…
ByJulia Chi
Following making my vlog in the pouring rain, I was reflecting on all I said as I ran in the bright sunshine today… Blue skies, skudding clouds, bouncy green grass under my feet… Yesterday I ran fifteen miles on the same ground – the feel more of cold wetness and hard acorns! Today the warmth…
ByJulia Chi
I love running around Richmond Park, three times now I have set off to this new training ground, rather than the beach… I love the feeling of the grass, the wet patches, the slightly uneven earthy patches – and then the smooth road, the bumpy road… Instead of the beach, the sand, the cobbles… My…
ByJulia Chi
We have just arrived in Richmond, with the feel of a bank holiday weekend all about… The temperature is giving an impression of being warmer than Essaouira with the absence of a lively Atlantic coast wind whipping its way across the shores… People are gathered outside pubs and coffee shops, sipping on wine, lattes and…
ByJulia Chi
I have always lived a total lifestyle, one that feels like I am always on holiday… One that therefore I don’t need a break or a ‘holiday’ from… I have always worked and played at the same time, so play can be called work, and work can be play… There is no separation… I have always…
ByJulia Chi
I have just been caught in a strange position on the floor by Fatima our dueña! I am writing in the riad, with luscious plants and a solid, sandy coloured, font like water feature in front of me… It is very tranquil – I am sitting on a velvety golden chair, surrounded by more beautiful…