sweet candies in the mountains ;)

Give Good

I spent last week between the mountains of the north of Portugal, doing my internship in comunity health. I think the image above explain one of the most important things I've been learning here... It's been great to be working here as my tutor allows me to do consultations by my own. People here are kind and the village is surrounded my great mountains, forests and small rivers. It smells nature:)
There's still one week left here in the mountains and then it will be time to take 3 days off :) I'll try to post the maps of last competitions and tell you more about the time spent here ;) see u.....

celebrating ;)

little gift to my super heroes ;)

[sooner I'll post maps]

Time to celebrate :)

Definitely I have a bunch of good thinks to be happy. During tha last two weeks many things happened...competitions, work, studying, end of my master teses, training... and between all, mixed with a big dosage of stress, I could manage it quite well.

First of all we had absolut national championship in Sesimbra. This is one of the most (maybe the most) competitive race we have in Portugal! After bad feelings during qualification, I could manage to refocus and performed good enough to be first :) In fact portuguese junior girls have their batteries on their top and they ran so great on this race! Also, it was held the universitary championship at the same time, which I get the gold medal too :)

Of course that after one weekend out of the library, it means twice of work during the week. These next two weeks passed on a rush and when I realize it was 4th june (last friday) and I was defending my master teses, on the Aula Magna of my faculty. I'm happy with my performance here too as I get 18 on 20 maximum possible. It was awesome feeling!

And to finish as best as possible, yesterday I managed to get the gold medal on long distance national championship, on such a technicaly and physicaly demanding terrain - whinch in fact I love. I must say I was a bit afraid of this race...I was tired but mainly it was so hard to change my concentration from my master teses to orienteering. It was kind a shock to my brain :)

But definitely the gold on today's relay was what tasted better :) We weren't the favourite team to win but my team mates run so very well that my job (as the third to start) was the easiest - I just ran a normal race till the end and celebrate it this talanted girls :):). I want to thank them so very much for this victory - it was my first ever victory on a relay during portuguese champs. Susana, still junior, and very young in orienteering -her calm, passion and total focus were incredible when she passed the spectators control as the first senior. And then Isabel, already veteran, managed the first place with such a confidence and great experience that my job was nothing compared to their. They were great! Thank you girls ;)

sooooooo......after this 2 weeks I think is time to celebrate :)