Joe Rooney
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Seeing people jogging as I drove past them infuriated me.
Feck them and feck my stupid feet.
I came across advice to walk barefoot on rough ground as a cure.
So I took myself down to Beddystown Beach in Eastmeath a few minutes' drive from Drogheda, took off my shoes and went for a walk.
I loved the feel of my feet on the ground.
I felt I was going back to something I'd done as a child.
For the first few strides on Bettystown Beach, I'm sure this will be an easy run.
Just stretch out your legs and run.
But 30 seconds in, my body protests.
I have to open my mouth to inhale, suck it in as another breath rushes out.
My breathing is arrhythmic and scattered.
My strides are self-conscious.
All day sitting and now this?
A minute or two and the body recovers.