Reruns from hell

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          It’s a great feeling to be done with a workout.  Exhaustion is a welcome respite from the indecision that is rampant in the world. 

          Yesterday and last night, the temp was above freezing so everything was quite wet.  I figured that all would be slippery, so I planned to do

Wait, Wait, the sky is falling!

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          Another trip on the stairs.  Last night, the earth here was hit with another layer of snow.  With the temp. right at freezing, there is bound to be some water out there and incredibly slippery spots.  I am going to visit my ailing friend in Pokrov this morning, so that best way to handle it was to stay near the apt and run up the stairs. 

2 seconds!!

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          I started the swim at 10:34.  I thought, “Hmmm…if I do this is under 26 minutes, I will finish before 11:00.  Always good to have round numbers involved.  During the first 50 meters, I needed to stop and adjust my goggles because they were leaking.  

squat machine

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          Today was a great run.  Very cold, but good traction and not much water.  I ran the sprint with gusto.  I was thinking that those records I made a few weeks ago were flukes—like I had not pushed the buttons correctly. 

Snowy stairs

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          Today was is the first day all winter that I have allowed the weather to keep me from running outside.  It’s been snowing nearly constantly for 36 hours.   One of my students said this is the most snow that Moscow has received in March for over 100 years. Sounds a little inflammatory, but there

body heat controls the iPod

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          I made a discovery.  Probably not an earth-shattering discovery to those of you who think about things, but interesting to me, nonetheless.   Today, it is more windy than I have seen in Moscow.  There is a bit of snow coming down, too.  I’m running along and the Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me podcast finishes (because I can play podcasts a double speed—really convenient).  I try to switch to my ‘running’ playlist. Pull out the iPod, gloves off, fingers freezing. 

coincidence: Iowa in Moscow

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          Steam was everywhere at the pool today and the ladders were covered with the most frost I’ve seen.  Of course, the amount of frost on the ladders doesn’t matter a bit because we enter from a tunnel that goes into the building.