Granted, I've got a few years to go before I'm this age but she hits everything on the mark:
Sometimes, Its Not You
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Philly rocknroll half marathon
Just a few observations from this race.
1. There were a ton of buttchecks, tattoos on said buttchecks, and people talking on cellphones.
2. I really enjoyed the race up until mile 9. Then I died. Up til then I was able to keep my 9 min/mile pace exactly. Then I got slower, things got harder (thats what she said). Part of the issue I think is the fact that I had sprained my ankle the previous Monday. I RICE'd the crap outta it and didn't run at all. Which made me extremely testy with everyone- sorry! At the expo Saturday I was able to have an expert tape my ankle for me using KT Tape which is the stuff the Olympic athletes used so I felt legit. The stuff definitely helped. But forgetting to eat breakfast did not. I still managed to PR but not as good as I wanted with my final time being 2:03:05.
3. Even with all of that, I think that I'm still on track with my projected times of 1:30 for the Army 10 Miler and 4:00 for the Philadelphia marathon. Granted, as long as I PR I should be happy but I know that there's always room for improvement.
1. There were a ton of buttchecks, tattoos on said buttchecks, and people talking on cellphones.
2. I really enjoyed the race up until mile 9. Then I died. Up til then I was able to keep my 9 min/mile pace exactly. Then I got slower, things got harder (thats what she said). Part of the issue I think is the fact that I had sprained my ankle the previous Monday. I RICE'd the crap outta it and didn't run at all. Which made me extremely testy with everyone- sorry! At the expo Saturday I was able to have an expert tape my ankle for me using KT Tape which is the stuff the Olympic athletes used so I felt legit. The stuff definitely helped. But forgetting to eat breakfast did not. I still managed to PR but not as good as I wanted with my final time being 2:03:05.
3. Even with all of that, I think that I'm still on track with my projected times of 1:30 for the Army 10 Miler and 4:00 for the Philadelphia marathon. Granted, as long as I PR I should be happy but I know that there's always room for improvement.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
And another term bites the dust
So I just finished up my fourth term here at Drexel. One more to go- totally in the home stretch & not ready for it at all. If I was smarter, I would have slowed things down some. Oh well. Hindsight's a bitch. Anyways, I just got my final grades for the summer term - A-, A-, & A+. Unfortunately the A+ is the only one that doesn't affect my GPA at all. :( However, I did realize that I tend to do much better in the classes that I actually enjoy. The A+ was in the content representation class in which I developed a thesauri & indexed images. So much neater than learning how to manage or develop a collection. In the spring, the same thing happened, with my cataloging class. So much more interesting. Actually, if I think about it, I could trace this pattern back to high school. I've always done much better in classes where I'm more motivated because I enjoy the subject area or because I know I'm going to have a very inspiring teacher. As students start back, it makes me wonder if I'm the only one that learns in this manner in a constructed learning environment.
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