Another month has come and gone since I last posted! Work has been busy for both of us. A physiotherapist from one of the hospitals in Dublin and I have started a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation class in the area that I work in. The class is twice a week for 8 weeks and involves exercise and education for people with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). We have 13 participants, and the classes started this past week. So far, so good!
Today Paul did the one race of the season that he planned on doing. It was a non-championship race (so there were no points awarded), but it was for something called the Leinster trophy- probably the biggest award in Irish motorsport. In qualifying this morning the car had an electrical fault and caught fire, so he finished 16th in that. That meant he had to do another qualifying race to get into the main race for the trophy. In the qualifying race he started 5th, got up to the lead, then the race got red flagged (stopped). When the race restarted he got hit coming out of the first corner and dropped to 31st. He worked back up to 9th (the top 9 got to go into the main race) and got the fastest lap of the race. So, in the main race, he started 17th and got up to 6th. The safety car came out because two cars got in an accident, then they decided to end the race there. One of the other guys ahead of Paul had a jump start penalty, so Paul finished 5th. Hope that all made sense!
The weather here has been beautiful the past few days, so it was a great day to be out at the race track! We were in Louisburgh with Paul's parents last weekend. It rained nearly the whole weekend, so we took it easy- relaxed and I got some time to catch up on my reading. Time seems to move at a much slower pace down there- it's great!
Here are a few pictures from today!
Paul making some adjustments before the race
The car- borrowed from a friend for the weekend
All lined up to start the race
Paul speeding by!
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