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    EXERCISE YOUR MIND

    Jul 21, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS: Anna Blewett

    Most of us fall in and out of love with exercise, but when life gets tough, could a workout be the balm we need? For on-off runner Ellie Grogan, it was an unprecedented tsunami of work stress that encouraged her to pull her trainers back on. A consultant and lecturer in palliative medicine, Ellie (known to colleagues as Dr Eleanor Grogan) had struggled with injury and motivation before the pandemic changed everything. ‘In 2019, I ran The Great North Run for charity,’ she starts. ‘I had plantar fasciitis, so it was horrible. I hobbled around saying, “never again”. But when the pandemic started, I found I got back into running. My job involves palliative care on a ward and in the community – and when

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