30 minutes. That’s all I ran yesterday. It was an easy, comfortable run with mostly level 1 effort. The weather is quite perfect these days with calm winds, bright sunshine and temperatures into the mid-70s. Rest week is going nicely! The cricket worldcup is in full swing. Only a few game have been played but […]
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The amazing Tour de France athletes
Alberto Contador Le Tour de France is in full swing. Every morning, I watch amazing bicyclists ride at ungodly speeds and climb up mountains with more than 15% grades with amazing ease through the French countryside. I am usually up around 5:30AM admiring Nibali and Contador (who I am rooting for) and Froome (who crashed […]
Ouch! That’s gotta hurt Brasil
Tears for Brasil fans As a fan of football (aka soccer in the USA), even when I expected Germany to win against Brasil, I didn’t expect the embarrassingly one-sided game that we saw. Germany 7, Brasil 1 was sad to see. Brasil has been a perennial football powerhouse for as long as I can remember. […]
Lionel Messi is a treat to watch
Today was a most relaxed day with not much on the agenda. B was on call and working in the morning; I lazed around and watched Argentina beat Iran 1-0 in the World Cup. Lionel Messi’s goal was a treat to watch. One simple move an then BAM!In the afternoon, we went to Lifetime Fitness […]
Shakira and Pitbull sing the World Cup 2014 anthem
The World Cup started today. As expected, Brasil beat Croatia 3-1. It is an exciting time for most sports fans unless of course you are one of those who think that football is a sport that you play with a ball that is not round and you barely use your foot to advance the ball. […]
FIFA World Cup 2014 starts in 2 days
The Football World Cup starts in a couple of days in Brasil. Most analysts are favoring Brasil to win, but I pick a European team may take the trophy (Netherlands or Spain). Of course don’t count Argentina out either. I barely had any motivation today but ended up going for a mile-long swim at Lifetime […]