One PhD obtained, in July, and then thrown back to med school ( Read more... )

My rewards so far ( Read more... )

Today I ran 3 miles without the binder!  My first run without it, and oh, I didn't realize how much it was messing with my breathing until I ran without it.  The run was a lot easier than last time I ran the same route, about a month ago.  I think I'll be able to start increasing my distance... I miss those long runs!  40 minutes is nice, but there ( Read more... )

I've had a lot of those recently. Today's triumph was about 6.75 miles (I was hoping for 7, but map says not quite.) http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3309353 in 1:30ish ( Read more... )

5.9 miles according to sparkpeople.  Probably burned around 900 calories.  I don't know why the Sparkpeople map-based calculator says it's 550 calories, running for me according to HRM burns something like 800/hour, thinking the Sparkpeople map calculator is broken.  It wasn't the best of runs, I started out feeling kinda shitty, got a cramp in my ( Read more... )

(At least, I signed up for them ( Read more... )

I was watching the weather forecast with much anticipation of a Very Nice Day To Run Outside, and my day finally arrived.  50+ degrees!  Springy!  I took off work early and took a run on the Esplenade.  I ran the usual 5Kish loop (nike+ said it was a bit longer) in about 40 minutes.  The first few steps were so great, running, in the spring, the ( Read more... )

Longest run evar ( Read more... )

Had "Still Alive" from Portal stuck in my head for the whole race... so I suppose the first few lines are even appropriate to post here ( Read more... )

(and excited, I suppose ( Read more... )