Running, potato, pancakes and curry.

Yesterday was fun. I went on a run with many others for charity for an organization called Downside Up. We met by the river at Vorobievy Gory. This is a nice stretch of walk way along the Moscow river. The sun came out and it was quite hot. There was the choice of 1,3 or 5 km. I chose 5 km being the athletic man that I am. The run route was a bit complicated, as if you were doing the 5 km you had to run to a point on the route, turn around go back to the start, then turn around and go back to the end and go back again to finish. Consequently, I put all my energy into it thinking I was at the finish, only then to be told by a referee to turn around and go back again. I put my best into it and ran as fast as a middle aged man can run, fat wobbling and sweat pouring off me, I arrived at the finish exhausted but acted as if it was a just a small walk to save face and to look tough. There were many different people there and one or two nice female bottoms in tight Lycra that were easy on the eye.

This was good training, as although I run 5 km most days on a running machine, I plan to run in the Moscow marathon in September. After the race, we went with friends up the the big state Moscow university on the hill overlooking Moscow and ate a jacket potato and pancake. In the evening, I ate a curry as I thought I had burned my fat for the day and so could allow myself to be naughty. Eating out here is not cheap. A single curry dish dish that would be 7 or 8 pounds in the UK is 20 pounds here. A meal for two that included two beers a cocktail and a few dishes, came to 60 pounds but we were given a 20% discount due to my wife job. I think we will only eat out here a few times per year. It was not like a British curry but an average copy. Its hard to find a good curry when living in another country and I have never been able to replicate a good curry during my time of living abroad. See Maharaja Moscow. Average food, expensive but very nice and friendly staff. Short walk from the metro.

I hope to do more for charity via sports and running as I want to put something back into life as it has given me a lot.