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- run 2.4 km; 30s sprint w/4 min walking rest x 4; run 2.1 km
peak speed 34.6 kph, pretty okay with that.

- stretch

right knee tweaked a little on the last interval.  whatever's been messed up in there for years still is. i should really find a good PT to talk with about that. also, my elbows (?!) are tired.

that sucks, but ultimately rules. glad to hear things are improving, finally. 

- run 9.3 km in 47:02
just spectacularly beautiful again today. ran along river lea and some side canals, got a wee bit lost again but not as bad as the other day. picked up pace a bit again for the final 1.5 km or so.

- stretch

do you lift and do yoga in the same place? or are the sessions done separately?

So she's kinda of grown up there, she's just gone back to live with her family - it is not the nicest area in London but it's kind of home for her I think. She feels fairly safe walking around at night and stuff I think. The area is a lot better than it was prior to the Olympics from what she tells me though and all in all a reasonable place to live.

London marathon I'm DOWN!

Cool, thanks. Yeah it seems like it's kind of gentrifying at the moment. We can't afford/wouldn't necessarily want to live anyway in the fancy neighborhoods. Leyton is bustling and super diverse feels very livable, at least so far. I really only get creeped out in places that feel empty or hollowed out and Leyton feels lived-in. Lots of families, lots of different languages and cuisines and styles. We put in an offer on a place last night, so now we pray that that owner accepts and that our references all clear. We'll find out about the former today, we hope. If he's cool with the offer -- and he should be, we offered what he was asking and were the first to do so -- then we'll find out about the latter early next week. Deep breaths.

BTW meant to say this before but I'm super down for some northern hikes (or fell running?). I have a buddy from Islamabad who's moving back here soon with his wife and is really into trekking and mountaineering; he attempted Aconcagua last January. He's also talked about putting together some long weekends in the hills. Let's do it.

having to take a dump mid-run is the worst.

- run 9.43 km in 52:59
first 4km with gf, extra slow because she was struggling on the back-to-back. explored olympic park, it's nice. about 1.5km in the other direction from where we're staying from the park we ran to yesterday, and more pleasant to get to (less time on busy roads).

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