Some of you will meet up in the Conradh tomorrow just after noon (from 12:15) to run/walk the Mini Marathon for Padraig. You’ll pick up a special t-shirt there that Eileen has organised for you and you’ll get ready for the start at 2pm. You’ll start at Bagoot Street, just off Fitzwilliam St, and return back via Nutley Lane and the Stillorgan Rd to Fitzwilliam St Upper. After the race, back to the Conradh – and some refreshments to look forward to!

We’ll make this the first truly Pan-national Euro Dublin-Hamburg Flora Women’s Marathon and join you, a thousand miles away, walking and running the distance, with you in spirit!

Pádraig was good today, almost three hours on the Speech Valve without any trouble whatsoever, and almost 40 minutes on the MOTOMed2. Great oxygen saturation, without any additional oxygen in all of the afternoon. Great swallowing too. If he continues this way, he should be able to get on without additional oxygen help some day, and without the tracheostomy. And with the physical well-being will come a continued recovery of his level of alertness. No doubt.

I just checked the Facebook page Run the Mini Marathon For Pádraig where Carmel left a really important comment: Don’t forget suncream! – which reminded me of Baz Luhrmann’s song, in which he agrees, addressing the class of ’99:

Wear sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it
The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists

He continues:

Don’t worry about the future
Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can
Don’t be afraid of it or what other people think of it
It’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own

Dance

Even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room

He doesn’t say anything about running of walking – but I am sure he’d agree that it is a great way to keep fit and enjoy life, as long as you don’t forget the sunscreen! 🙂 And, I am also sure, there’ll be an opportunity to dance, you won’t have to do it in your own living room, there’ll be plenty of space in the Conradh!

I’d like to thank all who organised the ‘run for Pádraig’ event and all who participate; and I’d like to join Eileen Kennedy when she says on the FB page for the event: “I hope you all enjoy the Day!”

Today’s German Music Tip
Achim Reichel – Aloha Heja He (1991). Achim Reichel is a singer/songwriter from Hamburg and played with “The Rattles” who were opening for The Beatles on their last European Tour in 1966. When I found the song, I kind of liked it until I saw a live version of it (starts at around 2:05m)… “Hab die ganze Welt gesehn von Singapur bis Aberdeen” – that only rhymes in German.
What’s hot
Running and Dancing
What’s cold
Sunburn
The German word/phrase/verse of the day
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