Winter Racing....and Being Busy!

Good Gods- I never have time to post in here anymore. As soon as I got back after winter break, it was back to school and busy as a bee. I will not have a life until after I take and hopefully pass the science praxis in June. My principal asked me last month how I feel about taking over 7-12 science next yr and I was like ...I LOVE SCIENCE!!!! One of my biggest life regrets was not being able to finish up a biochem major years ago because I could not afford a 5th yr of University. 2 majors and 2 minors was all I could do. It was my 3rd year of course I totally got disinterested in Spanish and fell in love with ELL and science while continuing my Russian and Ed majors. If I hadn't chewed the early years on that Spanish minor and took more science instead....yeh I'd have had plenty and more for a major. Years later in Moscow I did quite a few scientific translations much on stem cell research. Hell, I even took marine bio because I wanted to. I've always been really interested in biochem (the ol' how stuff works) and environmental science. Yes, with a science credential and my Russian, I could have written my own ticket and gone on to be a lab nerd, and those nerds make damn good coin. So, I'm going to add a science endorsement....hopefully won't have to take the damn praxis a zillion times before passing.....and have fun playing with the kids in the lab. It will also make me more marketable since Russian in academia is dying on the vine and it seems the only thing one can use Russian for outside academia this side of the pond is to allow one's brain and skills to be weaponized to do harm. Anyone who knows me, knows I would NEVER ever sell my skills and soul to such horrid organizations....the kind that usually require a security clearance if you get my drift. So between training , studying, and teaching, I'm busy as a bee. I don't have time to be bored.

So, back to winter racing- I was in Moscowlast 2 weeks of December and over the January holidays. I ran the indoor mile and a half on Jan 1. I took the down time in between because I had implant surgery on 24 Dec. Now , I just wait 6 months for the implant to fuse to the bone and hopefully get the crown in June.

I ended up 4th in the indoor mile- my first race of any kind since the win in Kalskag at the mountiain 10k in September. I really miss this series and it's good to get back when I can. I can't believe I ended up is the fastest of the 4 heats even as an old geezer LOL.

I skipped the hour run on the 25th as it was the day after my surgery, but did do the half Jan 1 in Tushino. This is the same organization that puts on the summer half and they did a great job at this one too. I ended up 4th overall at this one. I am working out my summer schedule now and will be making some decisions soo. I am not happy that the Tushino Half is the same day as Arkhangelsk and Riga- Valmiera. 
Tushino-