Eyeries 5 mile
2019年11月9日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Today I travelled out to Eyeries in West Cork for my first race with my adopted club, St. Finbarrs. It’s such a gorgeous part of the country and I was delighted to stop off in Castletownbere onもっと詳しく
Long run at the Marina
2019年11月10日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
The best (and pretty much only!) place in Cork city to do a long run is at the Marina. It’s nice at any time of year, but I really enjoyed the sunshine and the Autumn colours today. I was tiredもっと詳しく
Science Week in Cork
2019年11月11日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
It’s science week and there’s lots on in Cork! We decided to go to an event on climate change this evening in UCC. The lecture hall was packed out and the event operated as a panel discussion,もっと詳しく
Tuesday in chemistry class
2019年11月12日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
“Hello teacher! Have some traditional South Korean food!”
“Thank you Joel! Where did you get it?!”
“In the Asian supermarket Ms. Lisa!”
Glen River Parkrun
2019年11月16日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
It was cold and frosty out this morning, but it ended up being perfect running conditions down at Glen River parkrun. I met Mairead just before the start and the two of us ran together and had a niceもっと詳しく
Margo and John come to visit
2019年11月16日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Peters parents came to visit us this weekend and, while his Dad has been here before, it was his Mum’s first trip down in the three years that Peter has been living here! It was also only her secondもっと詳しく
Mad training in the rain!
2019年11月18日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I think all sense has left me! Last Friday, at Finbarrs, Marie suggested that I try out Monday evening training, and I agreed. High vis gear is compulsory on Monday nights, so I donned my oversizeもっと詳しく
Cafe Mexicana
2019年12月11日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Today started off with me invigilating the chemistry exam at college. I must have been asked about fifty questions during the exam, almost all of which were aiming to get me to give away the correctもっと詳しく
Exam corrections!
2019年12月12日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I started today with a forty minute run along the road out towards Blarney, then up to Hollyhill and then two laps of St Mary’s Health Complex grounds to finish. Usually there’s a few walkers outもっと詳しく
Christmas shopping
2019年12月13日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
There is a shop on Bridge Street where you can buy all the necessary bits and pieces to make your own hat! 😍 I have it in my head now to somehow get invited to an occasion that needs a hat and thenもっと詳しく
Sonia at Glen River parkrun
2019年12月14日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 5 °C
This morning I volunteered to do barcode scanning at Glen River parkrun. They are, as expected, a very friendly bunch. John, who seems to run the whole show, is particularly smiley and friendly. Heもっと詳しく
Christmas shopping is mad here too!
2019年12月19日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Today was my last day in Cork before driving up to Dublin for the Christmas holidays, and I had an idea that I’d spend it in a lovely relaxed way, wandering around some imaginary Christmas marketsもっと詳しく
General election!
2020年1月24日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Canvassing for the upcoming general election is well underway! We must have had about forty leaflets put through our door at this stage, and about ten people have called to the house. It’sもっと詳しく
Mallow Town Parkrun
2020年2月1日, アイルランド ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Headed to Mallow for their 1st birthday parkrun! The ting I liked most about this run was that the run directors briefing must have been the shortest I’ve come across yet! She said everything thatもっと詳しく
First day it feels like Spring!
2020年2月5日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
It was freezing this morning, and my car was iced over when I left for work at about 8.20am. It turned out to be a lovely, Spring day though when I emerged from exam supervision after lunch, so Iもっと詳しく
Dundalk parkrun
2020年2月8日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
Me and Mum have now done all parkruns within about an hour’s radius of Dublin (except Poppintree for me), so one of the next closest options was Dundalk parkrun.
It’s three laps of a reasonablyもっと詳しく
Midterm shopping
2020年2月19日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
I found a lovely little shop on Princes Street today that sells games, interesting books, art supplies, science sets and all sorts of other gifts. I actually bought Mia’s birthday present here, andもっと詳しく
Exam board
2020年2月24日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
Not feeling too sore today after the Kinsale 10 mile yesterday, which is surprising. Although I did try a 30 minute run,and the heart rate was higher than usual, so I cut it short to 3km instead. Itもっと詳しく
Pancake Tuesday
2020年2月25日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
It’s Pancake Tuesday! I made healthy pancakes again this year - porridge oats, eggs and yoghurt. Yum!
I also did lots of sorting out of stuff around the house and went to my strength andもっと詳しく
Crawford Art Gallery
2020年2月26日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
I’d the afternoon off so decided to walk into town to the Crawford Art Gallery. I’d heard it described as a “haven in the middle of the city” before, but I didn’t expect to enjoy it as muchもっと詳しく
Long run at the Marina with Mum
2020年3月1日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The weather was nice this morning, so we decided to do what I often do on a Sunday, which was to head to the Marina. I did a seventy minute run, and just about got to seventy minutes as I’ve lost aもっと詳しく
Rumours of college closure
2020年3月11日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Today I met Megan and baby Maura for the first time since November. I honestly don’t know where the time goes to?! We went to a lovely cafe called The Workshop. It is out in the middle of nowhereもっと詳しく
All schools and colleges closed!
2020年3月12日, アイルランド ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
I went in to teach today, as normal, but by early morning there was an update online that Leo Varadkar would be making an important announcement at 11am. I kept a web browser open on my computerもっと詳しく
Day 1 of working from home
2020年3月13日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
All schools and colleges are closed from today, so me and Peter started our first day of working from home.
At first I didn’t know where to start, and my mind felt a bit muddled, but after settingもっと詳しく
Day 2 in isolation
2020年3月14日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
It’s Saturday, so no work today. However, to facilitate an ordered mind for working from home on Monday, I’ve decided to deep clean the house.
I hoovered and cleaned the floors in every room,もっと詳しく



































































