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    Sonia at Glen River parkrun

    14 december 2019, Ierland ⋅ 🌬 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 told me that he puts his camera out on a tripod on the course every week and that it takes photos every two seconds. He then goes through thousands of photos to pick out the good ones. Now that’s dedication! My fellow barcode scanner, Donal, also seems quite dedicated. When I arrived, he asked me if I was related to the Fiona Shine from Crusaders that sometimes does the run!
    The real highlight of the morning, however, was an unexpected visit from Sonia O’Sullivan. It created such excitement and, as usual, she was more than happy to pose for photos with anyone who asked. News of her appearance even made it onto a local news website!    Meer informatie

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    Christmas shopping is mad here too!

    19 december 2019, Ierland ⋅ 🌧 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 in the Winter sun! Instead, it was lashing rain, so I ditched my plan to walk into town and ended up sitting in mad traffic for half the day as I headed off to Wilton shopping centre!
    A nice break from it all was my run out in Mahon that morning, even if I did get completely soaked! And the evening was nice - I went to yoga in Ballincollig, followed by Netflix and wrapping presents at home while Peter was out at his Christmas party. Look at the photos of this huge Christmas nativity scene that someone out in Ballincollig has outside their house!    Meer informatie

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    General election!

    24 januari 2020, Ierland ⋅ ⛅ 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 interesting, almost all of the callers have been before 5pm - I’m not sure who they’re trying to catch.

    It’s interesting how many of the leaflets mention something along the lines of “Ireland exists outside the M50.” It’s definitely a different type of massage to what I’m used to getting. I was told to vote for the guy on the leaflet below because he lives just down the road in Blarney, and that was pretty much the only reason given!

    A canvasser for Mick Barry has been the most recent person to call. I told him that my vote was in Dublin but he said that he wanted to talk to me anyway. In the course of our chat, he mentioned that he didn’t fully understand the teachers’ pay issue. Fifteen minutes later, I think he understood, which is just as well because he also told me that he’s heading out on the picket line to join the teachers tomorrow!    Meer informatie

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    Mallow Town Parkrun

    1 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☀️ 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 other run directors say, but it only took about three minutes - brilliant.

    This is a lovely run beside the river Blackwater. It starts on paths, then goes onto a more cross country course, before returning to the paths again. It ran it in 31:57, which was as much as I was able for today while trying to keep my heart rate in the “easy” zone. Recovery from my chest infection last week is slow!

    At the end, the barcode scanner scanned my athlete barcode but not my finishing token, so I emailed them my details just to be sure. I appeared in the results but I’m not sure if that was because of my email. He was using the volunteer app on his phone - maybe that works differently?!

    After the run, it was straight home to get ready to head to Killaloe for Peter’s aunt Margies 90th birthday!    Meer informatie

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    First day it feels like Spring!

    5 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ ⛅ 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 decided to go for a walk around Blackrock.

    I feel like I’m finally emerging from part 2 of my chest infection, but I don’t want to run just yet, so I went for an hour’s walk instead.

    When I got home, I washed my car and then, spontaneously, went mad cutting loads of stuff back in the garden and generally giving the outdoor areas around the house a tidy.

    Moment of the day, however, has to have been when I said “there’s nothing like a nice, real fire” to our neighbour whose house burnt down a few weeks ago. She was coming out to get coal and had been saying to me that she has to light a fire because her central heating is still not working since the fire damage. When I realised what I had said, I almost hastily added “....in a fireplace” but decided just to cut my losses instead!    Meer informatie

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    Dundalk parkrun

    8 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌬 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 flat course, set in the same place as the cross country events that have taken place in Dundalk IT recently. Still in recovery from my chest infection, and trying to be patient, I kept my heart rate below 150 and finished the run in 30:34. Mum went ahead after the first lap and finished in under 30 minutes. Because the sun was shining, we walked a lap and a half of the course before hopping in the car back to Dublin.
    That afternoon, it was off to the Ireland Wales rugby match for me, with Fiona, Paul and John Sheehan. Then we had a spontaneous catch up with Orlaith in Blackrock, before she drove me up to vote at about 9.30pm, just before the polls closed! I was very, very glad of the lift as storm Ciara was just getting underway!    Meer informatie

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    Midterm shopping

    19 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌧 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 it was a good feeling to have spent my money in such a nice, local shop!

    Afterwards, I went to see this years Oscar-winning film ‘Parasite.’ It’s a Korean film. Very entertaining and suspenseful, but I must do some googling to read about the meaning behind some parts of it!    Meer informatie

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    Exam board

    24 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌙 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 ended up being about twenty five minutes in total, out to the Blarney junction and back again.

    In the afternoon we had our exam board meeting for the end of semester one exams. We discussed results, predicted grades and the chances of each student getting their desired course for next year. I’m happy with how my chemistry classes got on, but disappointed at how many students are most likely going to miss out on great opportunities for next year. UCC have given us guaranteed places for things like nursing and medicine, but the students involved aren’t achieving the required minimum grades. I think that, somehow, some of the students don’t appreciate what’s at stake here, in terms of their career and life in general. Otherwise, they’d be putting in the necessary work.

    This evening, I had Irish class and we chatted about hobbies and free time. “Is liom dul ag rith!” Seachtain na Gaeilge is coming up so I must check out some activities for that.

    Right now though it’s off to bed to read a bit more of this great book which, coincidentally, is written by a guy that James Cottle went to college with. He informed me of this fact while I was reading the book on my sun lounger in La Santa!    Meer informatie

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    Pancake Tuesday

    25 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ 🌧 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 conditioning class for the second time since my chest infection. It’s good to be on the fitness comeback trail!

    Unfortunately, word is coming through this evening that the Ireland vs Italy rugby match, in two weeks time, might be cancelled as a result of the coronavirus. I hope this doesn’t happen, as we have tickets!    Meer informatie

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    Crawford Art Gallery

    26 februari 2020, Ierland ⋅ ☁️ 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 as I did.

    They are currently exhibiting work from the finalists in the Portrait Artist and Young Portrait Artist of the Year competition. It was so interesting, especially the descriptions below each painting which described why the artist chose the subject that they did. There are some seriously talented children out there too!

    This place really is a lovely, quiet spot. Once you’re inside the building, you could be anywhere in the world. I must keep an eye out for future exhibitions!    Meer informatie

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