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.

flapping pockets

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic sprint	Dam Sprint	Pullups	Start time
12 Sept	Tirana	45	50.55	1:36.77	5,9,7,5	07:02

                I wrote the other day how the mind works in both ways. What I meant was that the mind can make you think that you are running slowly when you are running fast, and vice versa. Today, I felt like I was zipping along. We’ll see how that worked out.

gust of wind on the way to a tornado party

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic sprint	Dam Sprint	Pullups	Start time
10 Sept	Tirana	45	49.92	1:36.96	5,7,7,5	07:02

                After yesterday’s bounce over the handlebars, I made the final sprint in under 50 seconds. Yes, this will be my standard to determine if things are going well—under 50 seconds good, over 50 seconds needs work.

.03

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Classic sprint	Dam Sprint	Pull-ups	Start time
8 Sept	Tirana	47	50.67	1:38.56	5,7,9	07:05

                I thought I was running well today, and I was. I ran the dam sprint in only 3 one-hundredths of a second slower than my record. Then, when I finished the classic sprint, and saw that I was close to 50 seconds, and I was thrilled.

Fastest result of all time, and a symbol of failure

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Dewey sprint U	Dewey sprint D	Start time
25 July	Johnston	45	1:00.55 up	56.52	07:15

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Dewey sprint U	Start time
24 July	Johnston	37	57.45	08:17

                I have the feeling that the Dewey Sprint in one direction is ever so slightly in an upgrade fashion. I’m not sure about this. I have begun to experiment with running the sprint during the first part of my run. 

Guess the house

Date	Place of exercise	Duration (minutes)	Dewey sprint	Start time
21 July	Johnston	50	59.08	08:01

                I was told the street where my niece had moved into a house. I made a game out of it. “Which house is it?” At first, one might think they have no idea. But let’s think about this. It was easy to narrow it down. First off, she would not have a truck, or a jeep, or a van.