Last weekend I visit Kuldīga to take part in half marathon. For this competition I was prepared myself all summer long and was ready good result. As I describe before my target was 1hour 20 minutes. When we (I and Elza) arrived in Kuldīga I was quite optimistic despite hot whether, temperature about 30 by Celsius.
Here are my comment by spits of distance.
Start: Starting in 5 – 6 row. All runners start rushing up. Room for a maneuvers is a quite little.
1 km: Over bridge, speed is quite high.
2 km: Local inhabitants makes shower over runners. Again over bridge. Surface very rough.
3 km: Up hill. Surprisingly overtake 5 – 8 competitors.
4 km: Again roughly surface about 50 m, slowing down. A lot of sharp turns.
5 km: Long straight lines, tempo is normal, saving my strengths.
6 km: 1-st circle time is 21 min. (Plan is 20 min per circle). Drinking point, pour 2 bottles on my head (big mistake)
7 km: Again bridge again rough surface. Heat is deadly. Running though shower (big mistake). My T-shirt is about 1 kg heavy. I see Elza, my only fan!
8 km: Up hill. Tempo is little lower. Saving strengths. My plan is to make up tempo from 10 km
9 km: Heat is killing me.
10 km Make up tempo. Overtake about 5 runners.
11 km Time of 2-nd circle 22:30. What a hell? Drinking point! Drink out 2 bottles (to much water, stomach is like boat)
12 km Can’t bear heat, aches in stomach! Start to walk . Try to struggle and somehow start run again. Where is Elza with energy drink bottles?
13 km: Up hill! I see Elza! She is my Savior!
14 km: Try to brake my self and start to push a tempo.
15 km: 3-rd circle 25:00. Auch.
16 km: Again this fucking bridge. Feel pain in my ankles. No excitement.
17 km: still…
18 km: Try to push up against up hill…, Somehow make it.
19 km: Seams like i have had opened my 2-nd breath. Tempo is solid. I have been overtaken by lap by winner of the competition. Who cares..
20 km: Overtake 10 – 15 runners, most of them by lap.
21 km: Count every step.
Finish: No strength for sprint. Brain is boiling. I hope my time is under 1:30.

My chip time 1:32:21 which of course didn’t satisfy me. For comparison Rīgas half marathon my time was exactly the same. And after all trainings there is no improvements. No doubt I have not achieve sufficient body state to start in Daugavpils marathon, which occur in end of this summer after few weeks.
After competitions we went to Ventspils. It was my first time to visit this city. We went to direct way to harbor street where some actions take place in honour of festival of the city. Taste some local foods and drinks and watch on band from New Zea-land Red Rain and local group Melo-m. But soon we are on our way to Riga.

Someone maybe heard about solar eclipse which could be seen 5 days ago in east regions on earth.  Total eclipse, when moon cover whole sun’s disc, maximum duration was 6 minutes and 39 seconds which is  and will be the longest in this century. Surfing on youtube and looking for eclipse’s like video I come upon on  video that shows, how small we actually are in huge universe.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q&hl=en&fs=1&]

A passenger airplane flying around the surface of biggest known star at speed about 900 km/h would take about 1100 years to circle it one time.

Here are the other links of one documentary film about how spacious are our sun system and galaxies.

The Expanding Universe Part 1

The Expanding Universe Part 2

The Expanding Universe Part 3

The Expanding Universe Part 4

The Expanding Universe Part 5

The Expanding Universe Part 6

Approximately 4 years ago, I finished my studies in RTU (Technical university of Riga) where I during of 3 years of studying, was able to get certificate of computer science. In my opinion certificate of engineering in Latvia is not so considerably important as potential employer engage you without any question. As you all know university doesn’t teach you, but show the way how can you teach yourself.  I realized that about in middle of studies, but unfortunately I paid for my studies for myself, unlike many others group-mates, but in fact that was initially the only reason I continued my studies. Later, in last course, when all stupid subject’s were done, I was very much enjoining in rest of the time in university, really.

As almost every graduated student looking for the proper job  in very summer I did also advanced to the next level of studies in same university, but unfortunate, not too long because when i finally got the job i wasn’t able to  connect these two things.  I was forced  to leave my studies, for about 4 years, as I mentioned, until today.

Today I was taken in Latvian University master studies of computers science. The idea was so accidental, that all announcing and admitting process went on only 3 days.  The reason probably was that my girlfriend finished their bachelor studies, but maybe I was simply  hungry for new knowledge’s or maybe wanted a little bit change my day order .  Without a doubt, I’ll be only a winner of that choose, I’m sure .

A few days have spent since i return from my vacation. It’s a little bit a problem now rising in the mornings at 7 o’clock.  A great deal of activities happens in last days.  And now I  am enjoying to take a rest from a rest.  Nearly every day my body is being roasting in sun, which caused my skin very sensitive, and now it’s peel away like a shell from egg.

Last week I and Elza went to Vecāķu beach to caught some sunbeams. We went along beach to place where river Daugava flows in Baltic Sea.  We saw some ships coming into terminal.  Next day we took a little trip around Kurzeme.  This day although been incredible hot. My body literally boiled.  In our trip we had included a places like Ķemeru footbridges along Slokas ezeres, Jaunmoku pils, Nature objects in Kandava, Sabile and Stende surroundings. I was quite surprised that in every object is about 1.50 – 3 lats entrance fee, which I think is unacceptable for many local tourists, especially in those hard times. Even if  you like to look at one small cave nearby river edge, somebody asks from you a money

Next day after our little trip a ride onto Salaca river was sheduled whith my coworkes for two days.  For my relief those days were not so hot as previous days was. Even there were a lot of caves and sand rocks along the river and no one asks money for we saw it.

Oh and finaly, some days ago my teeth brackets are removed, which I used almoust 2,5 years.  But lucky me, i ought to wear another kind of bracket nearly 5 years. Those ar not too annoyed than previous, but still i’am quite uncomfortable when chewing meals.  For my relief I didn’t have to go every mounth to dentist for him to adjust teeth wire, insted i should every three mounth .

As same as I last two years ringed Midsummer day (latvians called Jāņi) in my childhood place Vecpiebalga, in the bank of Alauksts lake, nearby house of my friend Hugo.  This year celebration coincided with my vacation.  I arrived in Vecpiebalga three days before fiesta (Līgo vakars) and helped father with house works and enjoyed the shining weather. Meanwhile my mother and Elza had roasted latvians traditional sausage rolls and pies from curd and rhubarb.

So when we had been arrived to Hugo, all of guests already relaxing. All well known friends been there, Gastonz, Anda, Reaalais, Kaspars, Zigis, Gints, Dace and others.  Started to drink bear, eat cheese and meal. Occasionally played football and rowed with boat.  About midnight had awaited traditional fire called Jāņu ugusnkurs, which burn many hours.  After all celebrators falled asleep, I and Elza walked through woods about 3 km to my house.

Next day we returned to Hugo, almost all people had been leaving.  I prepared my rubber boat for rowing, impatiently and toke a little ride above lake. The Boat I get as a gift in my name-day a week before.  Some hours later, after saying goodbye to all remain celebrators, I and Elza decided to went to Veveru Open Air Museum to see not long ago reconstructed mill.