Trampo flip

Date	Place of run	Duration (min)	Long Sprint Uphill	Pushups	Pull-ups	Long Sprint Downhill	4 flights	Start time
3-Jan	Rruga Kavaja	39	1:05.64	25,25	15,15	59.35	20.34	7:01
Date	Place of run	Duration (min)	Long Sprint Uphill	Pushups	Pull-ups	Long Sprint Downhill	4 flights	Start time
4-Jan	Rruga Kavaja	39	1:07.69	25,25	15,15	59.52	20.27	6:43

              These two runs were completed in somewhat colder weather, but I will not dwell on this fact.  The locations of everyone else who might be reading this blog seem to be much colder.  Suffice it to say that yesterday, I wore a couple socks on my hands (that worked out nicely), and today I wore a pair of hand knitted mittens (they ended up in my pocket because they were too warm). 

            Yesterday, I was worried that I wouldn’t make my goal of 60 seconds for the final sprint.  My mind and body were quite sluggish.  I ended up giving just the right amount of effort, though, and succeeded by 65 one-hundredths of a second. Alternatively, today, I thought I was running with the wind.  I was even toying with the possibility that I might make a record.  Oh, how our mind can play games with us!  Not only no record, but I finished more poorly than yesterday, less than half a second better than my goal. 

            During the middle of the run during the last two days, I completed the first set of 15 pull-ups and then ran to “the university” and ran up and down the steps.  Good exercise. 

           Oskar has been working on a trampoline flip.  I grew up with a trampoline, and I don’t think I was able to do a flip until after high school.  I’ve tried to give hints to him and to his brother—bend your knees, etc.  I don’t know if I have been of any help.  Today, he succeeded!  See the 1 min. 51 sec. video below: