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      • Hiccup
        03/18/10
        A day out of the water for me. I kept blowing blood out of my nose last night and still this morning. I was packing up my bag to go to the blue, including in it my suit and weights hoping somewhere in the back of my mind that I could do just one dive today. I walked over to the sink and blow blood o

      • Blood
        03/17/10
        I have to say that it is never a good dive when I see blood, it means that I have hurt myself, and this year my goal was to dive without blood. I will be descriptive about body fluids in this blog, so consider this your warning if that makes you uncomfortable, stop reading.

        Blood is one s

      • Lesson Learned
        03/16/10
        My diving in Dahab has not been going well at all. Despite my best efforts to clear up my sinuses. This thing I picked up is running it's course, and making diving very uncomfortable. I am finding it painful to have my head in the water at 2M, I am able to equalize my sinuses and get farther, b

      • Day two of Training 41M FIM
        03/12/10
        I am very happy to report that my training is going well, despite my sinuses, although today they were much better. No pain leaving the surface and just slight irritation past 25M. I was pleasantly surprised to do a free immersion to 41M. I was very relaxed and stopped because I could not equalize a

      • Airplane sniffles
        03/11/10
        The tragedy of flying is getting on the plane feeling healthy, then getting off the plane feeling and within 24 hours you feel the germs overtaking your body. Ok well I speak for myself here, usually it is my sinuses that fall victim to airplane sickness. I will also preface this by saying when I ge

      • My Last Day in Russia
        03/09/10
        Day 2 without caffeine. Ahhhh I really wanted coffee this morning. The alarm started to go off at 7:45am and since I did not get to bed until almost 3, that is very early. I hit snooze until about 8:30 then I finally rolled out of bed to do my exercises before we said our final goodbyes to our lovel

      • Women's Day
        03/08/10
        Today is day 1 for me without caffeine. I am here to successfully report to you all that I made it though the entire day without falling asleep while crossing the road or waiting in line. I did a hard training session, even though I felt very fatigued.

        Today was another national holiday

      • Caffeine is our time up?
        03/07/10
        What is happening to my relationship with Caffeine? It may be coming to the bitter end. For the past four years I have had a very nice deal with Caffeine, I don’t drink it everyday, maybe every second or third day, but when I do I get a very wonderful kick from it.

        Lately I have been st

      • Happy Birthday Alexey!!!
        03/06/10

        Just like 2009 has flown out of our lives and launched us into a new year. Today as you are leaping into 23, trying to hit me with a snowball, know that when you land, I'll be there to ...

      • Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend
        03/05/10
        Contained deep inside the red walls of Kremlin, locked tightly between many layer of security lays the World’s largest collection of precious gems. a museum that does not make me tired… the Diamond Vault at Kremlin. Even though the room is quite dark the sparkle of precious jewels contained insi

      • Hmmm the Russian Spa
        03/04/10
        My morning began early again, because our car was still being repaired. I saw my last Russian movie for some time, Alice in Wonderland in 3D. Usually sitting towards the middle or back of the Imax are the better seats, however I find that with 3D it is best to sit right in the front row. I feel much

      • A Precious Gift
        03/03/10
        Do you ever wonder what to give to someone who has everything and provides so many wonderful things to your life? I do. Man’s day in Russia just passed and with my Partner’s birthday approaching soon I feel a pressing desire to buy something. I am certainly the product of good indoctrination fro

      • Inside Kremlin
        03/02/10


        Crossing the Trinity Bridge to pass through the giant red walls guarding Kremlin

        Another day that started early and ended late. The weather in Moscow is warming up, nice for walking around exploring the city, not so great for snowboarding, but since we are currently without a

      • The pool sessions, how it works.
        03/01/10
        I can only speak specifically about the sessions at the pool where I am training since I haven't attended any others. The following are my observations as a special guest.

        Currently Natalia and Alexey are teaching a pool course, there are 20 students enrolled. The students get a clas

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