1000m in Mytshchi 6 June
The day after Arctic Valley, Leonid and I flew down to see my dad and his wife for a couple days in Sequim, WA before heading out to Moscow until August. We flew through Istanbul again just like last year and got into Moscow just before midnight on June 5. I had no issues at passport control entering again this year (whew) and got through in probably under a minute. The airport we come into has the reputation for being the most user friendly in that regard, however, many folks from "unfriendly" countries have had to go through basic questioning on arrival and wait around after the long haul to do that. This allowed me to get home and get to bed by 2AM and just sleep until noon the next day soooooo that I could head out to Mytischi for the 100m run in the evening! I do not recommend this for the faint of heart as it had barely been 5 days since Arctic Valley and just after the haul to Russia. Leonid joined me for this masochistic undertaking. My legs were heavy a F, but I managed to pull off a win in my division. My time was off by a good 10 seconds from the 1k time trial we did just before Arctic Valley, but between the heat and just being tired and underrecovered from Artcic Valley, I can't complain. They ran me in the 40+ age heat and I had company for the first lap, then it was very lonely. Natasha Terentyeva was my company for the first 400 and she's a world class race walker who still kicks ass in the masters as a walker. Leonid took 3rd. These races are so well organized I just didn't want to miss it. It was also an excuse to see friends and hang out
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