Muffins make the best breakfast.
My second class was cancelled on Friday so I decided I'd go running around noon. I've signed up for a half marathon (21 kilometres) in Peterborough in the spring so I thought it would be a good opportunity to train. I spontaneously decided I would run the entire distance even though I'd never run nearly that far before. I suppose it was just because I had nothing to do and also because I hadn't really challenged myself running for the past while. Anyway I started out from the University and eventually ran to the other side of Peterborough. It was not nearly as easy as I thought it would be (I have no idea why I assumed it would be easy). By the time I got to the half way point I was getting fairly tired. I drank some Gatorade then went back. This was partly because I wanted to conquer the challenge I set for myself and prove that I was able to run that far. It was also because I had forgotten my bus pass and had no other way of getting back to school.
By the last couple of kilometres my leg musles hurt so much that I couldn't really lift my legs higher than a few inches and I was forced to adapt a staggering kind of form. I always see people running marathons in this kind of way, using short controlled steps but I never really understood why. I get it now. I couldn't really walk normally for a couple of days afterwards and my left foot still hurts alot right now. It kind of feels like I sprained something, although that doesn't make any sense. Hopefully that clears up soon..
I guess I kind of realized that I still have alot of room for improvement. These kinds of distances aren't impossible by any means, which is encouraging. But I kind of need alot more conditioning if I'm going to be able to sustain running comfortably for several hours. That sounds funny but that's pretty much what I'm working towards. After running this distance in the spring I think I'd like to work up to running the full marathon--42 kilometres. Of course that thought seems totally ridiculous right now. I can't imagine running the distance that I did on Friday and then just doing the whole thing over again. Atleast not without killing myself more than I already did. One day I'll get there. I just need to train alot more while listening to much more Rocky music.
Anyway, life back at school has been good. Classes have gone well, my marks are okay (not really great) and its been nice to hang out with everyone again. On the other hand I've been kind of freaking out about some things. It's the time of year when people have to decide on their housing plans for next year and that thought is stressing me out. It's not that I have nobody to live with..I actually need to kind narrow down my options. That isn't what's bothering me though, it's more that by making these plans I'm committing myself to another year of study (and debt) and I kind of have to know where this is going before then. I'm not normally the kind of person who tries to predict their future like that but I guess I have to right now and I don't find that agreeable. I guess it's all about looking at my current plans and seeing how realistic they really are. There are definitely alot of decisions to be made right now and I find my current sitation in the midst of all these decisions to be most agravating.
Luckily here's a video that's hilarious.