cool! I'm interested to hear how you like teaching and your take on the students. I look forward to being a professor in several years but I think I'll like undergrads better than grads. My uni is on a quarter system so I don't start until Sept. 24. I am currently working on my IRB (permission to research with human subjects) application and other related dissertation set-up stuff.
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Goals for this week:
- At least 1 day off from running (1 done, today, hahaha)
done! 5 runs - Ride 4x with one of them a speed workout
rode three times. No speed workout. - Open water swim 2x while it is still summer.
one OW, one pool M:
4.5 mi ocean swim T: 2 mi run +
13.5 mi bike W: 11 mi run +
5 mi bike T: 7 mi run +
1550 yd swim F:
41 mi bike S: 8.7 mi including a 5k race (21:33, 2nd FOV)
S: 10.3 mi run
the race was good; New Balance shoes are made in my town and this was the New Balance 5k. Prizes: they raffled 20 coupons for shoes, and I won one :-) I couldn't find an athletic shoe I liked, so I got a pair of ankle boots from their new dress shoe line. Ankle boots with no heel!!!! It was a fun race, and I learned something about racing. The winning woman gapped me a bit in the first mile, and I thought "I can catch her" but then I never made a move to do it. You know how hard it is to think when you race - I think I assumed that I would gradually chip away at the gap. Well, a 5k is short and by the time I knew it the race was over (she ran 21:03). Lesson: if you want to catch someone, particularly in a short race, at some point you need to make a move to do it. Her son, also a runner, beat me by a few seconds (and he was a kid! waaah!), and the winner was a male who ran 20:33, so I was fourth overall. I was impressed by a couple of Amish women who ran in long skirts and did quite well; one finished 5th OV I think.
We took my littlest brother to college (he's 30 min down the road) the other day and we are all adjusting to that. I am trying to take good care of my parents, who are worried about him. I am also a little worried, but am playing the role of "it is going to be fine!" and other reassurance for my parents' sake. Although more than worried I am really PROUD of my brother.
My main goal for this week is to be present while doing work... not do 5 min of work alternating with 5 min of internet :P other goals
- at least a day off from running
- OW swim at least once while it is still summer
- bike 4x (1 done)
maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD