Today’s run was straight ahead with no turns or buildings. It has been like this for the past 10 days actually. Since being in Russia I have learned to master the 90 minute 10 mile run. I have gone from having 3 gears to 1 gear which is 9 minutes. Some days it is fast and other days it is slow. While running you have a lot of time to think if your not listening to music. Usually I will run with music every other day just to make sure that I don’t forget what it is like to run with out music. Today I mostly thought about how my team gets along great and we have had no problems with each other’s habits. We all know each other very well to the point we are guessing what the other team members will say when they enter the van after their run. Blue team amazingly has managed to stay intact with no substitutes too through the first 6 weeks. Because of this we have a bond that I think will last in one form or another through out the rest of our lives.

This mornings drive was 3 hours to the exchange point which was good for me because it gave me time to go back to sleep in the van while on route. Once arriving I decided that since it was cool that I should run first and try to get my part completed. Two miles into the run the sun came out which is exactly hat I was trying to avoid. I began sweating like crazy. When my team saw me at mile five they asked me how I was doing and I responded “ Hot!” By the time I got to mile nine the sun decided to go away and it was cool for the rest of my teams run. The only thing I can really say to that is, sometimes you think things are going to be one way and then “Bam!” you get a shock. Once I finished my run I was glad it was over but I decided to look on the bright side of things. I thought to myself “At least it’s not raining.” As Victor began his run 75 minutes later it began to rain.

Song of the day- “Run it” band Chris Brown