Goodbye Ireland

It really feels like it was yesterday, but 4 years have gone by since my first visit to Ireland, and almost 2 years since I moved here. No that I´m leaving this lovely country, it´s time to say goodbye, but most certainly it is time to say thank you, thank you very much:

• Valerie. For you is a double bill, it´s thank you and sorry. Your amazing will power is an inspiration, you really deserve every bit you get. I´m sure we will meet at some crazy race.
  
• Moneena. The sweetest person I´ve met in Ireland. Being around happy people make us all feel happier, thanks to you I have felt very very happy. Never change please.
  
• Jen. You are much more than you pretend. I could tell you a thousand things that I like from you, but you already know.
  
• Camila. My little sweet Camila. I don´t have a clue of your whereabouts now, I hope you are in London studying fashion design, as you wanted.
• Fintan. I can tell this without fear to be mistaken, you are the best person I´ve ever met. Not only talented but also always ready to help, always with a word of encouragement on your mouth. You know I owe you a lot, and for that I will never tell you "thank you" enough.
  
• Donal. I have learnt and shared a lot with you. I know you have an amazing talent, and I´m sure I´ll see you shining in the near future. I´ll miss our cultural/philosophical chats.
  
• Stephen. You were the first person that believed in me, in Ireland. All my story in the country began in that small (and sometimes smelly) little office in Galway. Thank you.
• Luca. I hope you are really really happy in Italy, you deserve it. You helped me a lot to get integrated into Galway, and that made my stay there much better.
  
• Paul. My Limerick running buddy, and a good friend. I wish I could have some of your calm, jeje. I´ll miss our early morning runs, and our laughs in the office.
  
• Sean M. The most non-boss "boss" that I´ve ever had. Thanks for your understanding, I know it´s not always easy to work with me.

I´m sure there are lots and lots of people that I haven´t mentioned and that deserve to be here, sorry. All in all these two years in Ireland have been amazing. There have been good and bad moments, but the good ones outnumber the bad ones by far. I feel happy and I would recommend anyone this country (avoid Limerick though).

The Corrib river, Galway

The Corrib river crosses Galway. Actually Galway is the last place the river passes before reaching the ocean. This afternoon I gave a walk and took some pictures of the river. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the walk:



Then I continued walking and after approximately 30 minutes I arrived to the docks. This area of the city, as it´s name indicates, is where the ships "park". There are lots of warehouses, and industrial stuff scattered across the area. Among all this things I found this structure, that seems to be part of a crane:



Lovely afternoon indeed.

Cheers!

Streets of Galway 08

Next Saturday 8th August take place the major running event in Galway city, the Streets of Galway. This race is organized every year by the Galway City Harriers, and sponsored by Future Financial Services.

It´s is a 8K long race. My last 8K race was in Maree, and there I did a 4:20 per K average. Last Monday I did an 8K test at almost race pace, and it took me 34:27, which means that I can improve my result in Maree.

The anecdote of this race is that I was absolutely convinced that the race would take place the 1st of August. With this in my mind last week I planned a really soft training, and on Friday I called the organization because I hadn´t received the race pack (chip and t-shirt), only to discover that the race wasn´t that Saturday, but saturday week.

I hope this event doesn´t affect my performance, I´ll inform you soon.

Bye!!!