Studies, Work, Voyages

The ten-mile run this past Saturday was very interesting. Actually this last week of training has been very interesting. Monday I played basketball as planned, and did very well. But I managed to sprain my ankle. Luckily it was not a severe sprain, I came down funny on my left ankle and pulled my Anterior Talofibular ligament just a bit (just a 1st degree sprain nothing that’ll kill me.) thank god for my athletic training background I am able to manage it properly and still be active. I chose not to run on Tuesday, just gave the ankle some rest and lots of ice.
Wednesday I went to my boxing class. It rocked. The class was very cardio intensive but it was another opportunity to see how far I have come cardiovascular wise. I can’t wait till I’ve got my technique down so I can start sparring.

Saturday’s big run was a ten miler. It rocked. This was my first run with real running shoes (I got myself a pair of Asics and they are money). The issues I was having last week with energy were resolved. Instead of changing my diet before I ran I changed it while I ran. There are these money little things called energy gels and they are the best janx ever. Basically an energy gel is simple carbohydrate in a form that resembles pancake syrup. If you eat a few as you run, you feed fuel to your body at a low digestion cost. Because it’s syrup the carbohydrate goodness just jumps into your bloodstream, and you spend very little time actually digesting it. So I made it trough the run (all the way through with no unscheduled walk breaks.) As a matter of fact I ran so well that I moved up two pace groups in during the run. From 13:30 per mile to 12:00 per mile. Hopefully I can get to the ten-minute mile group soon (that squads just a bunch of Hotties).

I slept through classes. Thus officially tripling the sleep I'd gotten this week thus far. Yay! I needed the sleep.

I did get up and rushed to work. When I got there, Haifa wasn't in. So I hunted down Anna and we walked around and did the chatting thing. By the time we got back to the elevators, Haifa got on them and she apologized for forgetting about me.

I like this new job. I get to put things into little organized kits. I also get to wash glassware, which is always a very relaxing thing for me. Especially when I don't have to go through a special five step method. But I got to do something extra special and fun today, I got to go around to all the undergrad labs and check for drawers that were unlocked. When I found one, I got to open it and toss in a sheet of paper that says, "Ha! I caught you!" So if you take a 41 lab or above [41, 62, 170, etc] leave your drawer unlocked so I can give you a nifty piece of paper. It totally bummed me out when I went into labs with no unlocked drawers. I've also started to collect the cool magnet pieces stuck into the boxes of gloves. So if you open a new box, snag the pieces for me. Once I've completed the puzzle, I'll gladly give it away, but for now it gives me something to trade with Seth.

Then when I was done I went to the AXE room and tried to do a preliminary clean on the computer. I got rid of two zip programs as well as two versions of Napster [we had 3]. The third version had a corrupted uninstall file. Damn it, it will have to wait for the total computer cleanup day I have scheduled for Thursday. I also put a shortcut to the Brothers folder on the desk top.

By the way, if you are a brother and reading this, Thursday is a NO COMPUTER DAY, all day. That is because it is computer clean and fix day. Need a computer? Go visit Mo in the Venable computer lab [assuming Mo still is in the Venable computer lab].

On my way home from cleaning stuffs, I ran into Thomas. I offered him a ride home because it was mistily raining and I didn't want him standing out in it for his bus. I ended up chilling over at his place. He advised me against buying at Bolinwood, though I really did like the floor plan. On the other hand, that apartment operates under the "master bedroom" plan, which is not something I think I'm keen to. Two roomates, two equal spaces.