"We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control." -Pink Floyd
School started last week. I don't have nearly as much free time as I thought I would. I'm only taking one class and I'm not teaching this semester, but I sure am spending a lot more time in the lab. I've been trying to get up early to get my run in before I go to school. Emphasis on the word "trying." I've gotten up at 5:15 a few mornings, gone for my run, and was able to get ready at to the school by 8. The other mornings I've been waking up around 7 and getting to the school around 8:30. This means I have to get my run in when it's super hot outside or on a treadmill. Boring!
I hope I can get into the 5:15 wake up habit. I really like running by myself early in the morning. I also don't feel like an idiot when I'm talking to myself as I run. No one else is up that early to hear me. You see, I've been listening to a "Learn how to speak Chinese" podcast. I listen to the host of the show and repeat the common Chinese phrases. Then, when I get to school, I talk to my Chinese brother. And then he laughs at me because I don't sound Chinese at all.
So, that's what I've been up to since my last post. I finished watching the Olympics, which were awesome! Usain Bolt is amazing. The men's marathon was awesome! Did you hear about Brian Sell? He ran with no socks on (like normal)... but he doesn't normally run in that kind of heat. Here's what Runner's World had to report on his race.
I also just saw this article on Runner's World that goes with the theme of this post: Marathoning 101. Why don't they offer this course at my school? I'd ace it!
Well, I don't have that much time right now to post the last two weeks of my training. I'll get to that later in the week.
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Ni hao ma! Aiieeeii on the brian sell photo. i mean ouch! but he still did finish it at a blistering (well really blistering) 2:16 pace. ;-)
i used to completely ignore mornings. they always came way too early in the day! but running in my part of the world is best done early. it's a little less humid and the streets (and what little we have of actual sidewalks) are still relatively deserted.
good luck. i hope you are able to work out a good running sched.
You better keep up that sched if you want to see anything but my backside on the eighth!
". . . and was able to get ready at to the school by 8. . ."
Maybe you should work on your English?
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