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7.3 miles

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 2:20pm

I went for a slightly longer run today, 7.3 miles. This was the first time since last year's Cherry Blossom race that I ran more than 6.2 miles and it went well. I'm pretty tired but not extremely so.

The weather was terrible. Rain, cold streaming wind and only 40 degrees. The first mile, until I reached Custis, my arms were very cold but once on Custis the wind was less strong. At the final stretch, after having to wait for a green light at Fairfax Dr/I66, the wind blew very strongly on the Ballston Connector behind the Blue Goose and I even lost my breath for a moment.

Still, a great run. I ran for the very first time on the Bluemont Junction trail. So wonderful that that was spared from becoming yet another road, it is a gorgeous trail.

Once I got home I quickly took a shower to warm up. I had lots of big red spots on my skin from the cold but they disappeared after the shower. Much longer runs than this one, in this type of weather, would probably be unwise.

Distance: 
7 miles
Duration: 
76 minutes
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Getting slightly warmer

Thu, 03/27/2014 - 4:40pm

It's getting slightly warmer, most of the snow is gone already.

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5 miles
Duration: 
44 minutes
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Photos

Sun, 03/23/2014 - 2:19pm

Yesterday we bought nice picture frames for the long wall in our living room. They will arrive in a few days and we are picking out photographs to put in them, a fun project.

Last weekend I borrowed two books about the history of Arlington and we enjoyed watching those old pictures as well. Perhaps we'll put a few small frames in the basement with pictures of our immediate neighborhood. The picture that you see here is (apparently) from 1923, when Mr. Lyon was scouting out his land to build houses on. This is now Lyon Village.

Our own house is built on what used to be the Hayes Farm until our houses were built in the mid-1960's. I haven't been able to find a picture of that farm yet -- that would be a great find.

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Getting warmer

Sat, 03/22/2014 - 2:38pm

The weather is getting nicer. Again snow predicted for Tuesday/Wednesday but you wouldn't believe it today.

Went for a 6-mile run, just like last weekend. Felt good.

Distance: 
6 miles
Duration: 
61 minutes
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Duplo

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 9:33pm

This weekend a new box with Duplo arrived.

Being a father is a wonderful excuse to play with Duplo again.

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A Universe from Nothing

Tue, 03/18/2014 - 5:11pm

It has been a few years since I've been reading about physics and boy, a lot has happened since I read Hawkings popular books.

I'll be honest -- A Universe from Nothing was something hard to follow and I don't pretend to fully understand everything that the author explained. I sort of get the proof that we live in a flat universe, but the multi-verse and "creating something from nothing" are truly weird. Very interesting to read to.

On the last day I was reading the book, news broke that gravity waves were detected.

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Scanning old pictures

Sun, 03/16/2014 - 10:02pm

Today I scanned many of our older photographs.

It was a lot of fun going through these old pictures and it's great to have them digitally now.

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6 miles on a beautiful day

Sat, 03/15/2014 - 2:53pm

Three weeks ago I ran this route and injured myself -- it took a good week to recover. No pain so far, so I'm pretty optimistic.

The run was great -- gorgeous weather. I ran late, started at 1.00 pm and had a few nuts before the run, that went well.

Distance: 
6 miles
Duration: 
65 minutes
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First scooter

Tue, 03/11/2014 - 8:21pm

This weekend the weather was very nice and we went to the park. There were a lot of "big" girls with scooters and Nora was looking at them with interest. She had read about scooters in her books, in particular in Jip & Janneke.

Sunday evening we bought her a helmet and a beginner's scooter and we tried it out for the first time yesterday,

She's still learning that she will have to move her leg before the scooter moves, but she enjoyed practicing.

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Early morning run

Fri, 03/07/2014 - 8:04am

It was slower than 2 days ago but that's usual for my early morning runs. I went to bed at 10.30 pm and promptly woke up at 6.00 am.

Distance: 
4 miles
Duration: 
44 minutes
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