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Athens!

July 19, 2018 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

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Second run since I lost my shoes 6 ago. The first was in my roommate's shoes, which were too small. But now that I'm no longer in Nafplio, but Athens, a city with running shoe stores (or at least, an Adidas store) I managed to buy new shoes, on sale no less, and set out to get back into shape. Athens was hot, as I expected, but I loved exploring the hilly neighborhoods and parks near my Airbnb. The landscape in these parks is very dry, and I'm reminded a bit of Los Angeles or Haifa, especially with the architecture of the buildings from the last half-century. I ended my run at the archelogical museum.

Yesterday was the first day since arriving in Europe that I didn't do core strengthening. I wasn't crazy about breaking my streak, but I'd been up all of the previous night and I only remembered after I had showered and was about to go to bed that I'd forgotten. Hard to know if I'm actually getting stronger. I assume by 16-1/2 minutes a day I must be, but there are no clear metrics with which to measure my progress. Got back on it today with another 16-1/2 minute workout that left my arms and quads sore for the remainder of the run. The San-Francisco-like hills may have something to do with it.