Friends and an unknown ability

Date	Place of exercise	Classic sprint	Dam Sprint	Pullups	Start time
15 Oct	Park	47.76	1:28.75	5,11, 9,7,5	06:45

The mind is powerful. It can slow us down; it can put barriers in our way. If we think we can’t do something, you can bet that we can’t. Today, I saw the mind work in the opposite direction—those barriers were lifted. Competition is the thing. Oh, yes, we all can SAY we don’t care about winning. We can maintain that we don’t have a competitive bone in our body. But it’s there.

I fell flat and lived

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic sprint	Dam Sprint	Pullups	Start time
13 Sept 14 Sept 16 Sept 20 Sept 23 Sept	Tirana	≈ 45	51.87 51.50 56.25 55.77 55.97	1:07.95 (lake sprint) 1:37.25 1:42.46 1:43.31 1:42.34	5,9,7,5 5,11,9,5 5,9,7,5 5,9,7,5	06:42 07:38 07:07 08:00 08:25

                There was nothing to deflect my concentration from picking up my toes, picking up the knees and whisking across the broken pavement.  I had given my phone and my keys and my head phones to Jerry before I began the sprint. I felt free. I imagined Jerry seeing me charging away like a bull toward the red door of the cow house. The half a pound that was the phone must have given me subliminal boost of speed—I was running like mad.