By admin , 10 July 2012

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By admin , 9 July 2012

9 minutes faster

So it's at least 15 degrees cooler than Saturday and that resulted in a 9 minute improvement in time.

I was also a little worried that I had pushed my left leg a little too much during Saturday's run, but today it felt okay. Not great but okay.

Run was awesome. I felt some much stronger in this temperature! I ran when Sasha came home from work.

By Guus , 7 July 2012

Well, at least I finished the run

Wow! It's so hot!

Yesterday evening I gave up after 1 mile when it was 93 degrees so today I tried again... at 97 degrees. It took my 8 minutes longer than my usual slowest run but I did complete the 4 miles.

I brought water and took several long breaks to cool off. The run shouldn't have been much longer otherwise I'd have to walk, and I'm proud that I completed it.

On my way home I saw a little girl who was running from the fountain straight to the traffic lanes on Wilson. The mother couldn't grab her on time so I stuck out my arm and stopped the child.

By Guus , 7 July 2012

Aborted run

I gave up at Virginia Square, after 1.1 miles. It was just too hot (over 100 degrees), it was a Friday afternoon and I was tired. Let's try again today.

Glad I brought a bottle of water.

By Guus , 5 July 2012

A Meetup in Euro Market

Tonight I attended my first meeting of the Bulgarian Meetup group in Arlington. It was great -- we were 5 people and spent 90 minutes talking in Bulgarian. There was one native speaker, somebody who had been in Bulgaria with the Peace Corps 10 years ago and two who are leaving for Bulgaria in a few weeks.

The location was very convenient; it was in the coffee shop "Euro Market" in our apartment building. Next week will be the last meetup before the summer.

Topic
Bulgaria
By Guus , 4 July 2012

Nora's first Fourth of July

Today was another very hot day -- the temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. We enjoyed a relaxing day off indoors with the AC and on our balcony. In the afternoon we went for a walk with Nora, whose stroller was decorated with two flags.

We fired up our grill for dinner and at 8.45 pm we went to the Iwo Jima Memorial in Rosslyn where we saw the fireworks. Well, Sasha and I did. Nora slept through the whole show. It's nice to be able to walk to those things.

Topic
dailylife
By Guus , 4 July 2012

3.75 miles

I didn't finish my run again! It is just too hot! Okay... I am a little out of shape. But expect for the earlier end, the run went pretty well and I felt stronger than during my previous runs.

In the first few hundred yards I felt my knees, a residue from the early morning run on Monday.