exams are a'comin!

Today was all day "review" classes on urinary and reproductive physio, reproductive histology, and case conferences. Whew, a lot of work to do still for my Monday and Wednesday exams but I am not worried right now. I know the things I have to get down and I really think it'll be okay. Haha let's see what happens on Sunday night...

I was on Shape.com and found some nice workout articles for the treadmill and strength training. I think my routine is getting a bit boring, so I've tried their technique of 2 minutes fast run, 4 minutes walk - and right now it's putting me at a faster mile than before. I'm just taking it easy now because of exams though I'm not worried about the actual 5k part (let's be clear here!), I just want to reach a certain time goal.

OMG Dolly Parton just came onto my ipod, her cover of "Shine". Oh, she is amazing! Maybe I can work in a trip to Dollywood this summer en route to Nevada....

been watching a lot of espn

3.1 miles in 47:20
ran 1.3
average speed was 3.9

next goal is to be under 45 minutes
i had to walk a lot slower this time because my right ankle/shin area was bothering me =(

Run like the wind blows...on a not windy day.

So this weekend I purchased tickets to Detroit for the weekend of April 3rd. S won't be there (skank ho!) but jdp will! wooooot super excited!

This also means that I have 1/2 there for the 5k, now I just have to sign up for the event. I am just a bit worried that I won't actually be able to do it so have been trying to test it out on the treadmill before I do something crazy.

Sunday: 60 minutes on the treadmill, only 1.2 running
Monday: ~ 30 minutes, 1.2 running but I wanted to at least do 3.1
Today: hope to repeat Monday with a bit more running.

And the new ipod is really great - nice to be able to run and not worry about it falling off or skipping. hooray for new toys!

training

So more on the 5k front: I haven't signed up yet because I want to be sure I can actually do 3.1 miles without passing out. But I should sign up soon and buy tickets to go out to Detroit because it'll be more expensive the longer I wait. And also nothing ever gets done until you actually pay the money!

Last week I did 2 days of 1 mile running (at setting 4), 1 mile walking. Yesterday I did less than 1 mile on 4.8 setting, blame it on the lack of sleep.

Today I did 1.2 mi (at 4.8) and 1 mi fast walk. Stairs are not my friends at the moment.