I am usually the first to arrive at work in the morning, I get there about 1 1/2 hours before anyone else. This morning I was confronted with 2 things when I arrived. First we had a flood, the hot water heater had sprung a leak and there was about 1/2" of water all over the kitchen, office and part of the shop. Second we had a visitor in the shipping area where the cat usually hangs out, there was a young Racoon running about and the cat was not happy. After shooing off the racoon, and feeding the cat. I set about cleaning up the water with a shop vac'. What a morning!

I had quite a full morning. First I went for a 10k run, when I got back the Tour de France was happening, then the British grand Prix, followed by the Men's Final at Wimbledon.. Then it was time for lunch a short nap and back out for my second run. This was 5k but by now the temperature had risen to 90 F so it was a hard run. I can definitely see how I have improved since last week and hope that this will continue.

I woke up this morning with a sore right calf, so I quickly decided that I would not run the 2 mile race, which I feel would have made it worse. I did however run an easy 5k run instead. By the afternoon it was feeling a little better and I ran another 5k in keeping with my 2 a day philosophy on weekends.The weather is much warmer with temp's in the 80's F which helps to keep the muscles warm.

I am quite happy with how my first week of training has gone since I stopped the raw food. I have gained back between 4 and 5 lbs, I am feeling stronger and we will see tomorrow how my 2 mile race goes. I also bought a new pair of running shoes that I may take with me to Canada in 3 weeks time. It ha been nice to have a few days off from work and run in the mornings.

Just as the fireworks were getting going last night the rain came and sort of quietened everything down. I slept a little longer than I usually. When I went out for my run it was nice and fresh, though I felt a little sluggish I had a good run. I have an idea to but some new running shoes today so we will see what happens.

It's 4 th of July America's Birthday! Of course there is no work today, in fact I'm off the rest of the week. So this morning a went out for an early run, the weather was nice low 60's and overcast. I did a comfortable 5 K and now I am just relaxing today, though my friend is trying to set up a router to allow me to share my high speed internet and nothing seems to be working at the moment. Hopefully it will get resolved soon.

In the US I use a Kyocera cell phone which I have had for about 3 years or so, but when I am in Europe I use a Nokia 3510i which I like better. So now I just bought a Nokia 2115i it is also called the shorty. I fell in love with it the moment I took it out of the box.

Today I worked just a half day. When I got home I decided to go for my run almost right away. Because I ran twice yesterday my legs were really tired for the first mile but then loosened up a little. On the way back home I found a laptop computer that some one had put out for garbage collection tomorrow. Needless to say I picked it up and took it home, it needed a power supply and the one from my own laptop worked when I plugged it in and turned it on. It is a Compaq Presario 1200 with a 533 mhz processor and 4.5 gig hard drive but it works.

First of all I just realized that yesterday was my 666 Th post so I had to get today's in, not that I am superstitious . Since I decided to run the 24 hr race I have a new training plan and it involves run 2 a days on the weekends. So this morning I ran 6 miles at about a 75% to 80% effort, my legs were a little tired from the race yesterday. Then I went out again in the afternoon and ran another 4 miles. The idea is to give me a chance to get used to running with tired legs, which I will inevitably have to do in the 24 hr race.The day was great, with cool temp's and low humidity.

Apart from continuing to each raw food for most of the day yesterday I did eat a little cheese on my salad, a granola bar, a cranberry muffin and a half slice of whole grain bread. Well today I finally broke 15 minutes in the 2 mile race for the first time this year. With a blistering time ( for me ) of 14:52, The conditions were cool and sunny, my legs felt strong , breathing a little hard near the end. It is an improvement of 25 seconds on last week.

It's over! After 1 month ( 28 days ) I have finished my raw food diet. In the end I lost a total of 17 lbs but mainly I feel a lot better. I am entered to run in a 24 hour road race on the last weekend of July, so I decided I needed to change my diet and prepare for that.You will hear more about everything in the coming weeks.

Yesterday I wrote that there were rumblings but little rain, well an hour or so later we had the most awesome rain storm. There were swirling very high powered winds, T&L and so much rain there was flooding everywhere. The first 1 1/2 hours was the most intense with hailstones. The storm would stop momentarily and then go on again. The whole thing lasted about 5 hours, by the end of it there were trees and power lines down all over.

As I write this post there are rumbling of thunder outside but very little rain. It was a sticky and hot day, once it does rain it should cool down somewhat. I have been making my own homus from some dried chick peas I soaked and some tahini, I have been adding it to my salads at lunch time
, it's another source of protein. i am almost at the end of my raw food diet.

So I had just woken up from one of my power naps, when the phone rings, I don't have caller ID on my current phone so I wait till someone starts to speak. It was a familiar voice my old mate Carl from school and back home. we haven't talked for about 7 months so we had some catching up to do, however it was late for him and he had been making calls all night. Well it gave me a lot to think about for the rest of the day. The weather here has become hot and sticky again.

Hey it's Wimbledon! starting today the lawn tennis championships is going on in London. I know my sister will be glued to the TV every chance she gets. When I lived in London many years ago I lived at one time in Twickenham which is not far from wimby but I never got to go to the championships.

It was a nice cool morning for my run. Utpal wanted to run a little longer, so when we got to the turnaround he carried on and I came back alone. I still ran 10 miles.

With cool conditions this week I ran the 2 mile race in my second best time this year so far of 15:17, just 1 second slower that 2 weeks ago. After 3 weeks on raw food I have lost 15 lbs and felt very light on my feet. I still need to get some race fitness and we will see how much I can improve as the summer goes on.

I don't know why but I felt that today was almost the perfect day. It didn't get too hot, it was bright and sunny and there was a strong breeze to make it feel cool when in the Sun.I set up my new computer, I now have to load it with all the applications I want. For some reason I had the idea to switch on my old one ( the one that stopped working in Feb') and guess what it works now. Maybe it's jealous of the new one. So now I will probably pass it on to someone else.

I came home from work today and there waiting for me was my new computer. It's a refurbished e machines desktop PC, with a 3 GHZ processor and 160 GB hard drive. I have been wanting to upgrade since my old desktop died in Feb', finally finding the one I wanted at the right price. I will wait until tomorrow to set everything up.

UEFA U 21 European Championships semi-finals, Holland beat England 13-12 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Serbia beat Belgium 2-0. Now I have to support Serbia in the final.

What becomes of me
at this moment in time

The child is cute
but not sublime

I cannot be serious
do not have the time.


-This is one of my new ones.

After I had recovered from running my half marathon and somehow survived the 90 degree weather. I was happy to see that the England U 21 team won their final group game in the UEFA championship to make it to the semi-final. Today is cooler, a little, I managed a short run in the afternoon, just to loosen things up.

My Marathon turned into a Half marathon, I just didn't have the stamina. It was quite humid and I think my body just doesn't have the reserves due to the raw food diet. I am happy that I did a Half Marathon and now need to adjust my food intake to help me build for future races.

first of all I just realized that I passed 650 posts on this blog 2 days ago. Since I am planning to run the marathon tomorrow I did not run the 2 mile race this morning. I went out and jogged an easy 2 miles earlier. I have never run a long race before when on some kind of diet, so I am interested to see how it goes. The weather has turned a little warmer but should be cool at the start. Sometime tomorrow I'll post what happens.

So 2 interesting things happened to me this morning, well at least I think they are interesting. While walking to work I came upon a large brown rooster, just walking happily around on the grass in front of an apartment building. When I got to work there was the cat waiting for me with a small rat, it was dead this time, she made a point of showing it to me. I threw it away and after some extensive petting gave her some Tuna and Shrimp cat food.

I arrived at work this morning to find our cat sitting, just outside one of the doors with a mouse in her mouth. When she dropped it the mouse started to run around, with her patting it from side to side like she was playing with a ball. Then she would catch it and hold it in her mouth again. This was repeated several times. Eventually we got the mouse away from her took it outside and let it go. She seems to like to show us how she can catch and control the movements of the mice.

The last few days have reminded me of one spring when I was at good old P C H ( Pershore College of Horticulture ). It used to rain every night and then during the day it would be hot, sunny and humid. Great for growing things and indeed that is what seems to be happening here now in New York. Today there is a change, this morning was raining and the day is quite cool.

The fragrances of Linden and Ligustrum ( privet ) have joined the fragrance of Honeysuckle in the air of my daily walk. There is truly a cavalcade of wonderful smells to enjoy in Queens at the moment. The UEFA U 21 Championships are going on at the moment in Holland England drew their first game 0-0 after missing a penalty in the 88 minute against Czech Republic. Serbia beat Italy 1-0.

There is a strong smell of honeysuckle everywhere in queens, well almost everywhere. It makes the air smell so sweet when I am walking to and from work, or out running in the neighbourhood. I guess it is one of the benefits of the fairly wet, fairly cool spring that we are having. It's a beautiful day out there and I am enjoying it.

Overcast cool morning when we started our run. I was feeling a little tired from my race yesterday but knew that the pace would be easy. So we ended up running 10 miles and would you believe it when we got back, there was a smell of French toast in the air.

This week was a different story with regard to my 2 mile race. I am of course about 7 lbs lighter and I am managing to eat more protein this time around. I did feel some tiredness in my upper legs, not sure if that was a result of the diet or the 90% humidity. Anyway I ran 15:16 this week, which is my best time so far, with a marathon coming up in 8 days I think I am getting into shape.

Yesterday I had honeysuckle. today it was French toast wafting from someones breakfast table. It was quite cool but humid on my walk to work this morning, with the prospect of a hot day ahead. The forecast said 90 f but it barely managed to break 70 f, also the wind makes it feel cool when you are not in the Sun.

This morning there was a really strong smell of honeysuckle in the air, which made my walk to work even more pleasant. It is much cooler than earlier in the week and there are quite strong wind gusts. It has been just about a week since I started my raw food diet and I am really happy with the way things are going.

England won their European qualifier against Estonia 3-0 today with a fine performance from David Beckham, maybe now the England coach will realize he needs him in the team. I blended my lunch time salad today and it was so delicious and so filling that it took me 2 hours to eat it all, next time I'll only use half as much ingredients.

The grass around here in particular the lawns on peoples houses, had started to turn a little brown in a few places. Due to the hot dry weather we have been having. Well yesterdays rain brought 1.5 inches with it and soon everything will be green again.i am taking a little longer to walk home from work these days since I do some of my raw food shopping after work.Though I discovered that a mouse was eating some of my fruits in the place where I was storing them, so I had to find a new place. Maybe he's on a fruit diet.

It suddenly occurred to me that I had not posted yet today. Well it started with me walking to work in a light rain. By the time I was leaving to come home it was pouring. Of course I got wet, but it is washing day so everything went into the wash. I managed to put some of my house plants outside to reap the benefit of all that rain. When the rain finally stopped it became so peaceful, as though the world were taking a rest before beginning to grow again.

After a few hot days it has turned much cooler. I have a bit of a sore quad' muscle this morning and Utpal is happy to run slowly. We do however run about 6 miles and I don't feel the tiredness form the past week so much.Diet is continuing to go well.

After a tough week, starting with the 50k race and then the lumber delivery and starting my raw food diet. I wasn't expecting too much from my 2 mile race today. My legs were tired but I was quite happy to run 16:24, my splits were fairly even at 8:11 and 8:13. The detox this time has been mild, probably due to the fact that I have stopped drinking coffee since last year.I have dropped 3 lbs since yesterday.

Well it's June 1st and the first day of my raw food diet. At this point it has only been about 17 hours. I am much better organized than I was last year and have lots of different things to eat, I am sure I will come up with a few new creative items as the days go on.

I didn't feel sore this morning after the lumber delivery yesterday, but when I got home from work I could hardly keep my eyes open. So of course I took a nap. Just like last summer I am going to practice a raw food diet, since I am vegetarian that means lots of fruit, veggies and nuts etc. Today is my last day on regular food I begin tomorrow. You will hear how I am doing right here.

I was actually feeling a little sore in my upper legs this morning. Today was one of our twice yearly lumber deliveries at work. That involves us unloading 30 tons of wood boards from the back of a truck, 1 at a time. It took us about 5 hours, but we were luck that it was quite cool and for the most part in shade, with the Sun only filling the yard for the last 2 hours. I think I moved about 17 tons on my own and will probably feel it tomorrow.

Even though I was tired after my run yesterday I found it hard to fall asleep, but I did and the next thing I knew it was time to get up. I didn't feel too bad and work went well until about 30 minutes before it was time to leave. Then I started to feel tired. I think the walk home helped to take a little of the tiredness out of my legs. But I must say there are no major problems after the race and I am happy that I seem to be back on track with my running.

So I had decided to run in this 50k race, but when I woke up this morning I still wasn't 100% sure. after eating breakfast and before going to the race, I heard that an old friend had died yesterday. This gave me running the race some purpose, so now I was determined to run it and finish. The race was a nice experience for me and I dedicated it to my friend. The time was not important but I managed to run 6 hrs 36 min's 32 sec for which I am grateful, my friends last name is Love, so it was appropriate I think.

In our local community we have a block watch patrol. 1 night a month we take it in turns to make sure everything is ok in the neighbourhood. Last night was my night I was required to be up from midnight to 5 am. After 3 1/2 hours of sleep I had a light breakfast and then went for my run. I ran on my own out to a local park where I bumped into a running friend of mine. He told me there was an Ultra race going on near by. So I decided to take a look and saw some old running friends I hadn't seen for about 20 years.It was the second in a series of races over 3 days. I kind of got talked into maybe running the race tomorrow, it's 50k so we will see.

Yesterday afternoon I had a problem with my sciatic nerve, which caused a lot pain in my left hip. I was not able to run after just a few steps and was worried I would not be able run the 2 mile race this morning. I did some excercises to try to help it and slept fairly well. I also concentrated on trying to relax the nerve. When I woke this morning there was still some soreness but it didn't seem to bother me when I ran. Not expecting too much I ran relaxed, it was also warm , which may have helped. Anyway I ran 7: 27 for the first mile and 7:55 for the second for a time of 15:27 which is almost 1 minute faster than last week. So you never know. Finally David Beckham has been added to the England squad for the next 2 games, I am really happy he is back.

Maybe summer is finally here. This morning the tamperature was already in the 60's f when I left for work with high humidity. It worked it's way up to 84 f ( 29 c ) by mid afternoon, though it did get dryer. It is memorial day weekend here, which is a long one including monday.

This morning started off with me feeling kind of bouncy. As I was walking to work someone came out of thier house and walked just in front of me, all the time whistling a very cheery tune. So that sort of set the tone for the day.

So I left work 1/2 an hour early and went to my local barber shop, to watch the Uefa Champions league final. It was a repeat of the 2005 final, well the same teams. This time however AC Milan beat Liverpool 2-1. It was no where near as exciting as the last game , but it was worth watching. Especially with a group of similar football ( soccer ) fans.

Let’s have fun
Let us play
And the serious
Of the world
Can come and go
As it may

What is most Important
For us every day
To be always
Moving forward
So let us play.

a poem from my soon to be printed collection called; Found.

Well I got everything planted up yesterday and a couple of hours later we had a thunderstorm pass through. Which was of course great because it watered everything in nicely. I did notice this morning that I was a little sore in a few places, guess I used a few muscles that I hadn't used for a while. Today is washing day and it is bright and sunny.

An overcast morning with me feeling a little sluggish, but managed to get out and run with Utpal. He wasn't feeling so great himself so we jogged our way through about 6 miles.. It looks like the day will improve and I have to plant up my friends mothers flower garden this afternoon, so that should be OK.

Today was the biggest day in the English footballing calender, The FA CUP Final. The first one at the new Wembley Stadium. It involved the 2 top teams in the Premiership, Manchester United and Chelsea, neither of them could score for almost 2 hours. Finally in the 116 th minute Chelsea scored and won 1-0. The last 2 cup finals have gone to penalties. it seems that the excitement of the big occasion is getting too much for the teams to win in regulation. Of course that's just my oppinion.Ran 2 miles this morning slower than last week but faster than I wanted to run last week. So of course I am happy. I need to get race fit and that will take some time after recovering from my injury.

This is Wisteria at the tennis courts nearby. 2 of my co workers and myself have been feeling really tired the last couple of days. We think it has something to do with the change in the weather, the pressure has been changing and the temp's have dropped from the 80's to the 50's. What a strange year.

This is a Clivia, I have about 15 of them, all but 3 I grew from seed. This is the only 1 that has flowered at the moment and this is the second time . I hope that someday more than 1 will flower at the same time so that maybe they will pollinate each other and I can get more seeds.

Oh well. Wolves lost 1-0 to the Albion in the second leg of the playoff semi to lose 4-2 on aggregate.
So they will have to wait another year to make it back into the Prem'. Sevilla retained their uefa cup crown with a 3-1 penalty win after drawing 2-2 in the final. Nice thunderstorms in the late afternoon here in New York.

Now that I am starting to run normally after my injury I am finding that my energy levels are good. As a result my work is going well and the day seems to go faster. It is also nice to go running in just a T shirt and shorts instead of all the extra clothes you need when it's colder. Well Derby made it into the Championship final after a 4-3 penalty win against Southampton. We will see who joins them tomorrow.

after a short working day for me, I went into the city to see some friends. It was a really nice day, and again I had a relaxing and peaceful time.

Mothers Day here in the US, what a beautiful day it was too. Has it happened it was my turn to be the guard at our local Tennis ground, so I got to sit and relax a bit, all day. I lost my mother in 1995 but it doesn't make me appreciate the day any less. I am sure there are many out there that took advantage of the great day. Wolves lost 3-2 to WBA in the 1st leg of thier play-off game, but it sounds like they played really well.

This morning I ran in the 2 mile race, it was the first time I had run a race in 2 months. also the first race since treating my injury. I am very happy, I was not concerned about the time but managed to run 15: 56, which I was delighted with. I was obviously not race fit but for me it was a great time. My first real test that the injury is getting better.

Nice thunderstorms this morning just after I arrived at work. So when I left for home it was nice fresh. Talked with 2 friends, 1 in England the other in Ukraine.

Sometimes the day starts off really well and then in the middle it changes a little. But life has a way of brightening things up just when you need it.

This is a muskrat, it's kinda like a beever without the flat tale. It was sitting on the bank grooming it self, when I tried to take it's picture it decided to go back into the water and swim into some reeds.I guess he was shy.

My nephew sent me an e mail today, regarding the fact that our teams play each other in the semi-finals of the championship playoffs. We have both expressed the sentiment " may the best team win ". So we will see, the first game is on Sunday.

These two guys came by everyday around the same time looking for and getting something to eat. It was something like this that was the start of my Dilly and Dally stories. The weather here in New York is great and the week has started well.

My friend Utpal has been sick with Bronchitis for the last 2 weeks, but this morning we finally got to go out and run together. It was cool and windy so we didn't run too far. I think he was really happy to get out and run.It is lokking like my Wolves will make the playoffs in the Championship, they are winning thier last game 4-1 and will finish in 5th place. Meaning that they will play WBA in the 1st round. So some family rivalry there.

When you hit spring time there is just something about weekends. This morning was so nice cool and bright and I went out for a run around 6:45. I have been running with a backpack for the last 10 days, so it was interesting to run without one for a change. I am still being patient about my injury and decided not to run our local 2 mile race.

It has been a strange week for me, I have been quite busy and here I am on friday and I'm feeling a little tired. Hopefully I will get a chance to rest a little on the weekend, though it is a big weekend for my favourite football team.

Well Man U got slammed 3-0 by Milan yesterday so the Champions League Final is a repeat of 2005, Liverpool v AC Milan. Should be a good game.

Liverpool beat Chelsea in the 2nd leg of the Champions league, the score was tied after both legs and extra time ,but Liverpool won 4-1 on penalties. My niece will be very happy. The Man U v Milan game is going on now with Milan winning 2-0 on the night ( 4-3 agg ) in the second half of the game. It could be a repeat of the 2005 final.

Nothing much to say, so just thought I'd post this.


It's May day!!!!

It's a warm one today, but with a stiff breeze it feels quite pleasant. For some reason it took me a little while to fall of to sleep last night, but I still woke with good energy. maybe it's a combination of the good weahter and my improving injury. I am practicing patience with my running and just trying not to push too much.

My friend Utpal has bronchitis so he 's been home sick all week. It was up to me to run alone today. I have been running for the last few days to a park near where I live, with a backpack. it means that I run with a few extra pounds, which is an interesting way to train. My injury seems to be slowly improving but I must be patient.

I started the day with a lot of energy but ny the middle of the afternoon that was gone.it was an interesting day in english football. In the premiership Man U won and Chelsea drew to once again open the gap for Man U. I the championship Both Wolves and and West Brom won and reamain in the playoff places, with 1 game to go. They must win their remaing game to be sure of the playoffs.

Late post today, I got caught up doing a ton of things. Plus it was a rainy friday, raining on and off till late afternoon. there is an expression," April showers bring May flowers", well we have had about 10" of rain this month so there should be a bumper crop on it's way. There are already so many vivid green colours around.

I just realised that yesterdays post was my 600th. This morning was one of those crisp spring mornings. I had a bit of a light step on my walk to work. Usually at this time of the year I am preparing to run in a 6 day race, but because of my injury I am not doing it this year. I will of course be going out to cheer on many of my friends who will be there.

I was walking to work this morning surrounded by the cacophony of sound known as the dawn chorus, the song of a multitude of birds. As I walked along enjoying the wonders of nature, I noticed 2 people in front of a building up ahead, as I got closer I could see they were wearing bullet proof vests with the letters FBI on them. I realised it was a dawn raid, they looked a little nervous as I walked by, but I remained quiet and walked on. A sudden reality check on life in NYC.

Once again a beautiful spring day well almost summer like. Tomorrow will be spring like. Man U managed to eek out a 3-2 win against Milan in thier Champions League semi-final 1st leg, so they are half way there.

It is wonderful to walk down a tree lined street like the ones in my neighbourhood at this time of the year.We have flowering pears now in full bloom and of course the grass is a bright green. There is a real sense of energy in the air, the nights are still cool but that's what makes them nice. Ah!! Spring!!

What a difference a week makes. Last sunday I was running in a very strong windy rain, this week it is in the 60's f and bright sunshine. It was also a chance for me to see the improvement of my injury, since I did the same run as last week. There is not as much discomfort in my foot so that is encouraging. Wolves lost 3-2 to Birmingham, missing a chance to tie with a penalty miss in injury time. They still have a chance for the playoffs with 2 games left. Finally the London Marathon was run in almost record heat, won by a Chinese woman and a Kenyan man, 2:20 and 2;07 respectively.

What an amazing day the temperature is up to 76 f ( 24 c ) and everything is bursting into bloom. It has been 3 days since I started my treatment and today when I ran i could feel a difference. Just have to be patient and it will all come together. ManU drew 1-1 with Middlesboro today and it means that thier game with Chelsea soon in the league will be very important.

Where does the time go, here it is after 5 in the afternoon and it seems like it was just a short time ago, that I was waking up. Some of it may be to do with the fact that it was such a beautiful day. The mornings are once again becoming light as I walk to work, with the temperature rising to a pleasant height.

A chiropractor friend of mine diagnosed the problem I have had with my foot since last summer. He told me 3 things I have to do to treat it. So now I have started on the road to recovery, it will not be a quick fix, but I am confident it will work. A nice day followed by a cool and windy night.

I ordered a computer part for a friend from a company in Michigan, when I recieved the tracking number for the package it seems it is coming from Hong Kong. So it will take 3 to 4 business days instead of the usual 2 to 3. Not only that, it is free shipping. What an amazing world we live in.

Still some rain but definately warmer, day seemed to go quickly at work. My run when I got home also went well, feels as though things are getting a little better.

That is the Pyramid of the moon I think, well at the moment it is just a hill that claims to be a pyramid, it has to reveal itself to be true. Anyway the rain continued today but nowhere near as bad as yesterday. I have given away about 20 copies of my latest poetry book and I am getting some nice comments, which are always nice to hear.
I kep hearing from friends in Europe that it is like summer there, while here we are having a delayed spring.

We are in the middle of what they call here a Nor'easter, which includes lots of heavy driving rain, with up to 50 mph winds. Wrapped up in my rain gear and went out for a 10 k run with Utpal. Dis -counting the pain I have had for sometime in my left foot, it was the best run I have had for a while. Somehow I enjoy running in the rain. Oh by the way Man U beat Watford 4-1 to reach the FA Cup final yseterday.

Cool but bright sunny morning. We had close to 300 runners in the 2 mile race this morning, so it was quite a task to monitor the race. Everything seemed to go well, later a sat and had breakfast with a friend. The semi-finals of thr FA Cup are this weekend, with Man U playing Watford today, I will give you results tomorrow.

Today a very good friend of mine here in New York is celebrating an anniversary, myself and a few of my friends are helping him to celebrate. So there was no work for me today. Although there is bright sunshine at times, there is a very strong wind and it feels quite cold. It is Friday the 13th but it is also for me a very special day.

A rainy day in old New York. It seemed to go quite quickly at work, however it was one of those days when I decided to take a 1 hour nap. It made me feel a whole lot better. In this photo underneath all that snow is supposed to be the Pyramid of the Sun.

So Liverpool play Chelsea in one Champions league semi-final after beating PSV 1-0 ( 4-0 agg ), Man U will play Milan after they beat B Munich 2-0 ( 4-2 agg ). It's a little warmer but there is rain on the way here in New York.

champions League 1/4 final 2nd legs, Man U beat Roma 7-1 at home to go through 8-3 agg. Chelsea score a last minute goal to beat Valencia 2-1, 3-2 agg to also go through.. It's getting warmer and my cold is getting better, so maybe things are looking up.

Winter once again returned this weekend, but this morning it began to fel a little different. Today feels like a cool spring day. When I went for my run this afternoon I actually felt like I was running for the first time in a few days, instead of struggling to run. Maybe the longer run I did yesterday has got me back on track, or maybe I'm recovering from all that traveling. There were some easter monday football games and in the Championship my Wolves won and moved back into the playoff places. Let us see if they can keep it up for a few more weeks.

Ran early as usual on a sunday morning Utpal and I were joined by a friend of ours from Scotland.The temperature was right around freezing, but didn't feel so bad. It's easter sunday and since I have this cold it just became a recovery day, which involved a lot of sleeping. I am happy that I have managed to run every day so far this month even if it has been a bit of a struggle. My Wolves have dropped out of the playoff spots in the Championship, on goal difference with 5 games to play so we will see what happens in the next few weeks.

The cold weather continues here in New York, with the temperature barely rising above freezing.
It is however heating up in the English Premiership, with Man U losing 2-1 to Pompey and Chelsea beating Spurs 1-0. The gap is only 3 points with 6 games to go. One of those games is against each other. My cough is still annoying but I am living with it.

Last year in March I got a cough that was kind of involuntary, it would just come from nowhere and lasted as long as the weather was cold. well I have it now in April of this year. My energy levels are good but my running is not so great. If it is like last year it will improve as the weather improves.

As I was walking to work this morning under an almost full moon, I had the storng feeling of an autumn morning. Then later I heard that it tried to snow. Today Utpal was not feeling like ha wanted to go for a run and it was my turn to help him out. Spurs lost 2-1 to Sevilla in Spain 1st leg uefa Cup 1/4 final. They have an away goal.

Today in New York was very much like it was in Sarajevo 2 weeks ago, cold and rainy. However in Sarajevo it turned to snow, which will not happen here. In the Champions League Man U lost 2-1 to Roma in Rome, so a vital away goal. Chelsea drew 1-1 with Valencia at home so likewise for Valencia with the away goal. These are 1/4 final first leg games. Yesterday Liverpool beat PSV 3-0 in eindhoven.

first full day at work and it went quite well, though I did feel a little tired when I went for my tonight. I have a really good appetite at the moment and I think it is because of the mild flu that I have. Spoke early this morning with one of my friends in Bulgaria, then this afternoon with one from Sarajevo.. it is so easy when you use Skype. I am thinking to gat myself a wifi phone sometime.

Tis is the old bridge in Mostar ( Stari Most ).
Today it feels like spring there is that feeling in the air. It is though I get to experience it for a second time, since spring had already really sprung while I was in Europe. I still have mild flu symptoms but seem to be fighting them and we will see how things go through the week.

Wasn't feeling so great when I got up this morning, some flu symptoms. Did however go out for a run with my friend Utpal, about 6 miles
( 10 k ). Which was further than I thought I would go. It'sgoing to be a cool overcast maybe rainy day. The photo is of the falls in Jajce, Bosnia. I think it was called Yalta during WWII. I have through there a few times on a bus, but this was the first time I got a chance to take a photo.