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We spent a nice time together, as we weren’t running fast, we had the chance to talk about a lot of different stuff while the last minutes of daylight passed by.

Now we need to take a good shower as we’re completely covered with mud

México, 28 Jun (Notimex).- El campus central de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) en el Distrito Federal fue declarado Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO).

La máxima casa de estudios informó en un comunicado que la inscripción de Ciudad Universitaria dentro de la lista del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO se logró durante los trabajos de ese organismo internacional en Nueva Zelanda…

Yahoo! México Noticias: Declaran a Ciudad Universitaria Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad

For the six weeks in May and June before the first hot spell swept through Yosemite Valley, Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden climbed at the forefront of a free-climbing barrage on El Capitan with sends of El Corazon (VI 5.13b, 35 pitches) and Golden Gate (VI 5.13b, 40 pitches). The fact that at least ten people have free climbed Free Rider (VI 5.12d, 37 pitches) in the last two months, Rodden said, is indicative of the liveliness throughout the Valley this season…

Source: Alpinist Magazine.

Once at home, after sipping some coffee in Coyoacán and a short visit to the supermarket, I browsed through a bunch of stored memories that enlightened my mind. After all this years and the reasons were always there… Now that I’ve realized them, I think I’m ready to throw away the unnecessary weight. I have to move forward, only the present is what matters.

anathema – angelica

where are you tonight?
wild flower in starlit heaven
still enchanted in flight
obsessions lament to freedom

a timeless word, the meanings changed
but i’m still burning in your flames,
incessant, lustral masquerade,
unengaged, dim lit love didn’t taste the same

and i still wonder if you ever wonder the same
and i wonder…

My lower back got much better during the last week, but yesterday while flying back to Mexico I started to feel a little bit of pain again (nothing compared to almost 2 weeks ago, but you never know…). I needed a second inspection anyway, just to check if everything was getting back to its place.

After realigning my spine for a 2nd time, the doctor said that everything seems a whole lot better and that I could start exercising in a couple of days, but with moderation (only if he knew!).

I’ve come to the conclusion that this is a stress thing. Maybe I should do some Yoga again…

A great view, a refreshing breeze and the early morning sunshine got together to let me do a “short” 25 km course along Toronto’s lakeshore:

anathema – anyone, anywhere

no one seems to care anymore
i wander through this night all alone
no one feels the pain i have inside
looking at this world through my eyes

no one really cares where i go
searching to feel warmth forever more
the wheels of life they turn without me
now you are gone… eternally

no…
don’t leave me here
the dream carries on
inside
i know…
it’s not too late
lost moments blown away
tonight

mankind, with your heresy
can’t you see that this is killing me
there’s no one in this life
to be here with me at my side…

Yeah, I’ve got some of that during this week…

As you might remember, a couple of weeks ago I was transferred to the Y! Canada engineering team, so this short visit to Toronto (9 days is short?) is to organize and plan the Sports projects that I’ll be leading during the rest of the year.

People here is really nice. A lot of mixed cultures and thoughts but very open to the mexican mindset (or at least to mine). I like being in places where the people make you feel comfortable. Not everything has been precisely easy or sweet (yeah, I’ve got some problems in the way that I don’t want to talk about…) but this is really becoming another good experience overall.

Canada is a nice country.

This time I went all the way up North and East through very nice neighborhoods and roads, then turned East for a little bit until I found the entrance to the Moore Park ravine (a beautiful natural park that lies in the middle of the city), then I ran all the way South to downtown through the ravine. It was a really pleasant experience, the forest was extremely fresh because of the strong rain that fell by mid-day. I’ve to repeat this course soon…

The doctor told me to not run for some time because of my lower back pain. Honestly, there comes a moment when you really don’t care (unless you’re really dying because of pain). I just couldn’t waste the opportunity of being in Toronto and not enjoying a tour around the city!

There are millions of reasonings behind my reckless attitude, but I don’t really have the time or desire to explain each of them, the only one that comes to my mind right now is what Yiannis Kouros once explained what he was feeling when he was running:

Some may ask why I am running such long distances. There are reasons. During the ultras I come to a point where my body is almost dead. My mind has to take leadership. When it is very hard there is a war going on between the body and the mind. If my body wins, I will have to give up; if my mind wins, I will continue. At that time I feel that I stay outside of my body. It is as if I see my body in front of me; my mind commands and my body follows. This is a very special feeling, which I like very much… It is a very beautiful feeling and the only time I experience my personality separate from my body, as two different things.

Hey doc! You see? Did you just read that?! I had to run to separate my mind from my body (and its pains)! That’s some real medicine, don’t you think? Hahaha.

(Of course I’m joking -a side effect of that natural booze I just had. Don’t take it seriously, ok doc? )

By the way, running around Toronto is great, you should try it someday…