Playing catchup...
Right. So I've been absolutely *terrible* at updating this over the past few months. Things have been fairly busy, but good overall.
I just got back from a 4-day trip to Sydney, Australia on Monday, where I went for the World Airline Road Race (WARR). Fun fun fun as always...
My month in Finland was good, I made lots of new friends, learned a lot both inside and outside the classroom. It was an experience I won't forget ever.
I've started my "Chasing the Sun" runs, starting with a race I ran in Vacaville, CA in the "Step Forward to Cure TSC" 5K on October 13th. My first race out and about in several months, the culmination of spending several months with a personal trainer and other physical training. I placed 9th overall, and 1st in my age group. I was rather pleased with that... my race time was about 27 minutes, which is slower than my times in high school, but after a long hiatus, at least a baseline to work with.
My second race, at WARR, was good as well. I actually ran in both the 10K and 5K races. The 10K time was 48 minutes flat, which was good. My 5K split (halfway through) was 24:30, so I actually ran the second half faster than the first half. That was good. The 5K race I ran a half hour after finishing the 10K was more of a leisurely fun run, I ran with a friend of mine and kept him motivated and such... I completed that in about 32 minutes.
Schoolwork and work are keeping me very busy, as to be expected... I'm a teaching assistant for IR550, the Foreign Policy Analysis course. Briefing rehearsals start tomorrow, so I'll be getting up at 5am and getting home after midnight twice a week. Man, those will be long days... but I got a letter in the mail from the school saying that my graduation application was "preliminarily approved." Which basically means I finish my classes this semester and pass them all - and I'm graduamated :) Yay!!!
I just got back from a 4-day trip to Sydney, Australia on Monday, where I went for the World Airline Road Race (WARR). Fun fun fun as always...
My month in Finland was good, I made lots of new friends, learned a lot both inside and outside the classroom. It was an experience I won't forget ever.
I've started my "Chasing the Sun" runs, starting with a race I ran in Vacaville, CA in the "Step Forward to Cure TSC" 5K on October 13th. My first race out and about in several months, the culmination of spending several months with a personal trainer and other physical training. I placed 9th overall, and 1st in my age group. I was rather pleased with that... my race time was about 27 minutes, which is slower than my times in high school, but after a long hiatus, at least a baseline to work with.
My second race, at WARR, was good as well. I actually ran in both the 10K and 5K races. The 10K time was 48 minutes flat, which was good. My 5K split (halfway through) was 24:30, so I actually ran the second half faster than the first half. That was good. The 5K race I ran a half hour after finishing the 10K was more of a leisurely fun run, I ran with a friend of mine and kept him motivated and such... I completed that in about 32 minutes.
Schoolwork and work are keeping me very busy, as to be expected... I'm a teaching assistant for IR550, the Foreign Policy Analysis course. Briefing rehearsals start tomorrow, so I'll be getting up at 5am and getting home after midnight twice a week. Man, those will be long days... but I got a letter in the mail from the school saying that my graduation application was "preliminarily approved." Which basically means I finish my classes this semester and pass them all - and I'm graduamated :) Yay!!!