.5 seconds faster, concrete--hard as rock

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic Sprint	Pull-ups	Dam Sprint	Start time
13 May	park	29	50.70			07:31

          More than ½ second faster on the classic sprint today! Breaking these records quite exhilarating and fun—even if they are not true records. It gives me a sense of accomplishment that I have done something significant.
Maybe I should do this every other year or so—become injured, so I have to recover.  Then I can document the pace and simply the very existence of improvement. 

          I did some running AND walking today because the ground was totally wet and muddy. Therefore, I was running on the yellow brick road all the time, and that is damaging to the knees. Hard surfaces are not good for our joints.

          Last weekend, I forced the boys to go on a walk with me. Maxim claimed that the hard packed dirt was just as hard as the concrete. I tried to make him understand that it was not. The prime idea that I used as evidence was that if you take your finger, you can dent the dirt somewhat—especially after a rain.  Even dirt that is absolutely dry and “hard as a rock” can be dug up with a shovel; something that cannot be done when working with concrete.