Date
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Celsius °
(C*9/5)+32=F
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Place of run
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Duration (min)
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start time
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One inside loop
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9 flights (sec)
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Sets of 11 pull-ups
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Sets of 25 push-ups
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14 May
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≈ 10
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Nizhenskaya,Moscow,
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≈ 35
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07:24
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1:16.87
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34.61
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3
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2
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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.
Monday,
my retirees told me that I looked like I had lost weight. I didn’t think so. They told me to go to the scale. 80 kilos (176 pounds). Rather than lose weight, it seems that I have
gained weight. Sixteen years ago, I
weighed 75 kilos (165 pounds). I stayed
at that weight for 15 years. I think the
weight GAIN has appeared only recently.
They rain, they nagging injuries, laziness—have all combined to see me
spend less time on the road. We’ll
see. My coming schedule is such that
tomorrow, I need to run even though I ran today. I can do this because tomorrow
mornings clients cancelled our meeting. Bad, but distressingly common.
Recently, I've gone to an English
conversation group a couple times where the major activity involves board
games. We sit around a table and play Taboo or modified Apples to Apples. In
all honesty, we mostly chit chat about topics that in some obscure way relate
to the topic on the card. For instance, one card read CUTE. Someone
suggested Al Pacino is a good match for CUTE. My mind must have wandered
for a minute because the next thing I heard was the crowd talking about the
Sopranos. "Why are you talking about the Sopranos?"
"Because they are Italians."
I didn't see the connection. "Did Al Pacino appear in
the Sopranos?" I asked.
"No, but he’s Italian.”
“Isn’t he American?”
“Well, with a name like that, he must be Italian by ancestry.”
On another card, was written, "Bright and Shiny".
One person chose Los Angeles because the people there are bright and
shiny and smiling. I asked if anyone had heard of the REM song, Shiny, Happy, People.
The careful reader of this blog (his name is Vinny
Testeverde) will remember that in the room is a computer attached to a
projector. Someone sat down and under my correction, typed in the word Shunny,
then shinny, then shiny. She easily entered 'happy' and the title magically
appeared. It was the first time I'd seen the amateurish, uncomplicated video
and we all enjoyed it. About halfway through, Ms. LA-is-full-of-bright-shiny-people
said the video, with its juvenile decoration, and simple theme reminded her of
a video she had seen of a Czech group singing about a swamp monster that eats
citizens of Prague. So we called that one up, too. Remarkably similar and
mirthful. Below are links to both videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s&feature=kp
Shiny, Happy, People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_uxoV5FuQ Jozin Z Bazin
The Czech monster video is unforgettable because of the
delightful conservation of movement displayed by the members of the ensemble.
Without the ability comprehend to Czech it may become wearisome, and in today's
hurry, hurry, no-one-has-time-for-anything environment, the viewer may be
tempted to turn it off before the end. BUT the best part begins at the 1:59
point. The dry, just-another-day-at-the-office attitude of the actor is
priceless. Don't miss it.
I can’t pass up sending this video of a wonderful,
ferocious cat.
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