Conchita Wurst Eurovision Champion

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time
27 May	≈ 20	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈35	05:49

Words: 178

            I ran along a river nearby.  I didn’t do any sprints because I want to give my legs and all some more healing. 

            99% of the time I’m running, I’m listening to something on my iPod.  Sometimes, I think that I am missing out on nature.  Today, while listening to Sarah Jones give a TED talk that sounds more like a stand-up routine.  I guess there were enough breaks in the talk that I heard the frogs and birds.  How lovely!  They were all around me, and their lustful exaltations were invigorating. 

            Sunday night in Gorky Park, I heard a bird singing and chattering.  He sounded like a teen ager trying to disrupt history class in the back of the room.

not a mistake, but motivation

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)
23 May	≈ 15	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈24	05:49	1:15.64	33.15

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)
25 May	≈ 21	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈8	06:49	1:15.35	36.78

Words: 178

            Quite a disappointment today. I went out for orange juice because I woke up with the beginnings of a sore throat or something.  I trotted to the 24-hour store and dropped the cartons some swings inside the loop.  I ran the same sprint as always—this time running on the toes at the beginning

visa troubles

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)
20 May	≈ 20	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈25	08:10	1:15.06	35.29

Words: 241

From the start, I ran on my toes and I threw my arms.  There is still small pain in several parts of my body, so I ran only 10 minutes out and 10 minutes back before sprinting and buying some bananas and yogurt. You can see above that I came within a fraction of a second of a new record for the loop. 

just buy fruit, you grubby foreigner

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)
19 May	≈ 18	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈36	07:47	1:17.64	35.88

Words:  364

            Good run today.  You will see from the time of the loop that I achieved a fine finish.  Last night, I wrote  how I was not running on my toes when I thought about throwing my arms.  About halfway around, I remembered to run on the toes.  I think it really helped. I’ll try to do better next time.  Maybe I will break the record of 1:14.xx.

Muscle memory

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)	Escalator (sec)
17 May	≈ 13	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈34	06:49	1:20.10	34.22	48.21

Words:  178

            As I ran the final loop, I consciously swung my arms back and forth.  But at the same time, I have no memory of running on my toes.  It takes practice to bring it all together.  I think I have to specifically THINK about doing something often enough until it becomes habit, then I’ll do it by muscle memory like playing the guitar (which I know a bit about), or typing (which I can do very well).

Jack Russell attack

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)
15 May	≈ 10	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈29	07:29	1:18.51	33.83

Words:  396

A pleasantly cool morning today.  I ran through an area that could be called a park, along a river.  Birds singing, a light breeze, white blossoms in all their glory—an idyllic scene. 

At one point, I was accosted by an 8-inch high Jack Russell Terrier.  He began at the top of the hill and charged at me as I was running along the bottom.

Czech-eating monster...attack cat

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)	Sets of 11 pull-ups	Sets of 25 push-ups
14 May	≈ 10	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈ 35	07:24	1:16.87	34.61	3	2

            Today was a fantastic run.  Almost painless.  The time for the inside loop gives me that idea that my record of 1:14.87 on 16 March, may not be a mistake.  I was still weary enough when I got ‘round to the steps that I didn’t achieve the 32 seconds and change of late.

another event at the airport

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)	Sets of 11 pull-ups	Sets of 25 push-ups
12 May	≈ 8	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈ 25	07:43	1:22.17	32.47	3	2

            I’m nearly completely healthy.  Stomach, head, nose and all or fine; only the knees and hips are giving me small problems. My runs are not long lately because of niggling pains and discomfort.  The times for the sprints around the loop and up the stairs are remarkably consistent—gives me hope that when these little pains disappear, I may set some new records. 

Moscow Cat Theater

Date	Celsius ° (C*9/5)+32=F	Place of run	Duration (min)	start time	One inside loop	9 flights (sec)	Sets of 11 pull-ups	Sets of 25 push-ups
8 May	≈ 7	Nizhenskaya,Moscow,	≈ 25	07:55	1:22.65	32.53	3	3

            I ran for a short time today because my hip started to give me trouble.  It’s not serious so I think I will be able to run through it soon.