sunrise

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I ran with the long-sleeved t-shirt again today, so I didn’t sweat.  I have to undress right away so I don’t start sweating now.  I wore only one pair of gloves and my hands are still freezing.

Everything is covered with a thin layer of new fluff which made Rokossovskovo slippery; thus, my poor time in the sprint.  There is a small amount of big flakes falling—and this happens most every day; it was thus 20 years ago, too.
I keep telling myself I am going to check the sunrise/sunset times and figure out the latest time of the sunrise.  I know the days are supposed to be getting longer, but right now, at 9 am, it is as dark as ever out there.  There are enough street lights so I don’t have any problem running.
This is the first day back to work for many people.  The day I returned from Albania was Christmas Day here.  Russia uses a different calendar than in many parts of the world—Christmas is 12 days later.   Their biggest holiday of the season is New Year’s Day, which of course does not change.