Day 319 | Thursday, November 12 | 2009

Uptown...

I am sitting at my desk wishing my paper would write itself. I find the topic interesting -- Why Homo sapiens are naturally selected for endurance running (ER) as opposed to other primates -- but I am having a hard time getting the ball rolling. Maybe I should just make an outline and fill in everything as I go along. Starting is the hardest part.

Today has been a good day. It is a very nice feeling to have the last respective class of the quarter happening today and tomorrow. This has been a very odd quarter in terms of motivation and pace. I am sort of looking forward to seeing it go away.

I talked to Rodrick (a guy I met through Caitlin) today about training for triathlons or maybe half marathons/full marathons. It has always been my goal to do all of the above sometime in my life but I feel like I could be a really good marathon runner. My loftiest goal would be to one day be able to qualify for the Boston Marathon (one must run a marathon at 3:10:59 which is about a 7:17 mile pace for 26 miles) so I have a long way to go. My latest long run wasn't too far off that goal -- I ran 8 miles in 0:59:57 which is a pace of about 7:29 per mile. I'll plan on getting my pacing faster in the short run -- train at the goal of running a half marathon at the 7:00 minute mile pace (1:31:45) and then keep on adding distance to where I could run that fast for 20 + miles. I am in no hurry so I will be careful not to increase mileage too fast. Once break starts, I am going to get into a routine. I am pumped.

I keep taking pictures but I just don't have time to upload them, edit them, file them, and post them. I'll get to that sometime in the not so distant future.

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