Training Log Archive: Charlie

Been dosing heavily with vitamin I, stretching and rolling. Thinking about a little jog attempt later today.

My back was about the best it has been this trip, so I went out to explore a bit. Took the passerella to cross the tracks to the north, ran around the soccer stadium where Fiorentina plays and explored the neighborhood a bit, coming back on a different passerella. A few tender spots, but not bad.

Another long walk with Alvaro and a succession of his dogs. Alvaro is a prodigious walker, taking each of the three dogs three or four times a day. Two of them only go around the block, but Desi seems to be happy going for hours. I go on these excursions for the sociability of it, and also because Alvaro is quite a font of historical information about Firenze. Or more like a fire hose. I don't say much, and don't really have to, but the discourses are pretty interesting. With all the concentrating I am doing, 5 hours a day of classes and talking with Alvaro so much, I am sleeping better than I have in years.