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After travelling around 13 hrs and then spending 5.5 hrs with my father in hospital I was pretty exhausted and didn't run at all. I was and am physically and mentally pretty exhausted in general. Today I ran the same 6.2 mile loop which I just to ran daily 15-20 years ago. It was a nice feeling. I also gave up my plans for training and will proceed after things are more stable.
Keep on running, guys!
Since we were staying at Jason's, the opportunity to run around Lake Centennial one more time was unavoidable. So we ran an easy 4 miler in nice crispy weather. Lots of squirrels were enjoying the same weather.
Now I'm again packing and at the same I hope that I might see some bits of the NCAA I XC Champs. Then it's time set my watch to Finnish time.
Today is the last day of my vacation. And the last one in Finland for awhile. I can feel that weather changes from sunny to rainy, so it's decent time to leave the country. Hmmm... poor sweetie. Tomorrow and maybe on Thursday (when I'm in Wellesley, MA) I won't run at all. I'll be too tired for that due all the travelling and just for being a researcher. This morning I ran 15km (6.52/mile) on my usual (during 1989-1997) route. No familiar faces were noticed. Things change, but not me...?
This is great. To do almost nothing. On the other hand our daily schedule has been quite busy. At the moment I'm sitting outside, sun is shining, temp is around 80s, birds are singing and daily job - what comes to running - is done. Life is good! We are now in Somerniemi, a small village close to small city called Somero (they haven't updated their pages lately, sorry for that...). Yesterday morning we fartleked 14 km with Jukka in Sauvo. It was such a joy. Last month was only 200 miles.
Yesterday we sneaked out for short run (4 miles + strides) in the morning. For today I originally had planned to do double, but our schedule offered no room for that. Therefore, I did moderate tempo run (8km, 5.52/mile) with 4 km warm up and cool down, and that's about it. In the evening, after busy schedule, we had nice get-together with friend in sunny but slightly too windy Naantali.
Due to several reasons, my running sucks at the moment (more than usual).
Easy morning jog - 6.2 miles. Nice Finnish weather on the verge of rain added with wind. We planned to race on Sunday, but let's be honest... why...
Dude! Yesterday flew by like nothing. I slept 13 hrs, almost my PR, and didn't run at all. Instead, I ate like a hippopotamus assuming that it eats a lot. I think that it does. Today we ran with Mika, and in the evening we are going to join triathletes. They are planning to do 5-20-5k duathlon workout. Therefore, I think that my workout is 2*5 km with 30 minutes rest... Hah.
Afternoon's mysterious event produced 1x~5km (~5.35/mile) and 1x~4km (5.36/mile) tempo run with weird warm up/cool down. I didn't wait for 30 minutes to run the second one. During the tempos we also had to face the mighty headwind...
Today I had time to run only shortly (3.5 miles) in the morning. After that I've been following sweetie's conferment of degrees (PhD) ceremony. In a sunny weather. I like this.
After visiting our homes in Turku and Lieto, we are now in Jyväskylä in Central Finland. Just after arriving here I ran really joyful ~7 miler (6.35/mile) around the city. Felt so good that I took a priviledge to also enjoy these hills with 10 x short steep hill sprints. Jyväskylä's track (opened 1926) is on a huge hill called Harju. It provides mighty views over the city and lake as well. Nice!
We are now in Helsinki, Finland. After leaving the US on Tuesday and travelling 1.5 days, today's easy run felt really relaxing. I slept 13 hrs, but couple of more hours wouldn't bother me. First familiar Finnish notion was that nobody says hello when you run across other runners. Too busy?
