Sat. Dec. 15, 2007
1pm - 2 mile warm-up, 4 x (480 meter hill, 320 meter hill), 3 mile cool down
6pm - 3 mile shake out
Eric and I drove around Palos Verdes trying to find some good hills, cause this place is ridiculously hilly. We found this slingshot shaped housing area, where both streets dead-ended. One of the hills was 480 meters and ridiculously steep and the other was 320 meters and pretty steep. So we would run up one the come down, then run up the other and that was one set. I will be pretty honest, this hill workout was BRUTAL on the legs. My quads felt wrecked. You truthfully could not go really hard up the hills, or you would die....I think literally your heart would explode, but don't know. Afterwards we sat down for like 12 minutes and just sat and laughed at how crappy that hill was. Then we cooled down, then went and ate some breakfast at 4pm.
Later on my cousin was having a Christmas party at our house, so we helped make some food, got a couple of beers and enjoyed the festivities. Steph McCusker came down and hung out with us which was awesome, cause I love hanging out with her. There were like 30 people there, and 5 of us just hung out by the food and kitchen by ourselves being the cool kids, cause we didn't want to interact.
10 miles today
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Catch-up
Dec 6 - Dec 14
Yeah so I have been real busy these past few days, and just have not had the time to write stuff down. Quick recap. So I got an 89 and a 91 on my first 2 finals, which I was quite happy with. I got back into my running, nothing crazy, just some easy workouts and getting my mileage back. The first couple of days running were rough, I really felt like crap and it was hard to get into a rhythm again. Even today my legs are still sore and I haven't done anything crazy. I had my last day of work today and all I have left to do is a quick research project and 1 more final and then I am out of here on Tuesday afternoon. Tonight Brendan is having a Christmas party here at his house with like 35 people apparently, so that should be good. So hopefully I can keep this blog more updated and on track, but for the next couple of days I cannot promise anything.
Yeah so I have been real busy these past few days, and just have not had the time to write stuff down. Quick recap. So I got an 89 and a 91 on my first 2 finals, which I was quite happy with. I got back into my running, nothing crazy, just some easy workouts and getting my mileage back. The first couple of days running were rough, I really felt like crap and it was hard to get into a rhythm again. Even today my legs are still sore and I haven't done anything crazy. I had my last day of work today and all I have left to do is a quick research project and 1 more final and then I am out of here on Tuesday afternoon. Tonight Brendan is having a Christmas party here at his house with like 35 people apparently, so that should be good. So hopefully I can keep this blog more updated and on track, but for the next couple of days I cannot promise anything.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Lab Final
Wed. Dec. 5, 2007
Today was the last day off before getting into training again. So today I studied all day for my Advanced Exercise Phys. Lab final. I think it went so so, like purgatory, not great but not bad. Then Libby and I played Age of Empires II.....we dominated the computer.
Today was the last day off before getting into training again. So today I studied all day for my Advanced Exercise Phys. Lab final. I think it went so so, like purgatory, not great but not bad. Then Libby and I played Age of Empires II.....we dominated the computer.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Figured things out
Mon. Dec. 3, 2007
So I have been thinking a lot about what I am going to be doing for next year. I came to the conclusion that I am going to be heading back to NY for the remainder of my time. I might get there and get sick of it, but it will be better than here, cause I will have my friends, running with the Westchester Track Team and then my family. Being happy is very important. So after my last final on the 18th, I fly out. I have pretty much 2 things left to do, a final on Wednesday for my Lab, and then a lab on the 18th for the lecture. Then I am outta here.
So I have been thinking a lot about what I am going to be doing for next year. I came to the conclusion that I am going to be heading back to NY for the remainder of my time. I might get there and get sick of it, but it will be better than here, cause I will have my friends, running with the Westchester Track Team and then my family. Being happy is very important. So after my last final on the 18th, I fly out. I have pretty much 2 things left to do, a final on Wednesday for my Lab, and then a lab on the 18th for the lecture. Then I am outta here.
GAME DAY
Sun. Dec. 2, 2007
TODAY WAS A GREEEEEEEEEEEAT DAY!!! OK, so here's what the deal was. We purchased 2 sets of NCAA b-ball tickets, the first game was 22nd ranked USC vs. 4th ranked KANSAS, the second games was 1st ranked UCLA vs. 8th ranked TEXAS. AWESOME!! so we started the morning off with breakfast at a diner, then headed to USC to make sure we got there on time. The start of the USC game was very slow and sloppy, it really felt like we were watching a HS game, and not a NCAA game. OJ MAYO is the biggest ball hog EVER, he is good but a huge ball hog. We were cheering for Kansas and at the end the Jay Hawks pulled it out. The we had 4 hrs to kill before our next game at UCLA, so we drove over in search of food. We stopped at BJ's pizza a brew in Westwood and had a large deep dish BBQ pizza and a couple handfuls of beer. It was a nice Sunday afternoon and we were pretty much wasted off of 3 beers each, it was a good sign of how much we have drank throughout the year, NOTHING. Well time then went by a lot quicker and then we found ourselves at the Paulie Pavilion watching some kick-ass ball. This was by far the best basketball game that I have ever seen. There was non-stop action from the very start of the game. It was back and forth 3's and dunks and hard plays. The entire second half was pretty much basket for basket until it came down to the wire. 10 seconds left B.J. Augustine came down the court with it for Texas took a shot and off the rim it went; but out of nowhere this big Texas dude SLAMMED it home. It was an awesome dunk to pretty much seal the game up. UCLA had one more chance, but they missed and it was a huge upset. If anyone gets a chance to see a UCLA game, it was awesome, the crowd cheered the entire game, and it was the best atmosphere.
TODAY WAS A GREEEEEEEEEEEAT DAY!!! OK, so here's what the deal was. We purchased 2 sets of NCAA b-ball tickets, the first game was 22nd ranked USC vs. 4th ranked KANSAS, the second games was 1st ranked UCLA vs. 8th ranked TEXAS. AWESOME!! so we started the morning off with breakfast at a diner, then headed to USC to make sure we got there on time. The start of the USC game was very slow and sloppy, it really felt like we were watching a HS game, and not a NCAA game. OJ MAYO is the biggest ball hog EVER, he is good but a huge ball hog. We were cheering for Kansas and at the end the Jay Hawks pulled it out. The we had 4 hrs to kill before our next game at UCLA, so we drove over in search of food. We stopped at BJ's pizza a brew in Westwood and had a large deep dish BBQ pizza and a couple handfuls of beer. It was a nice Sunday afternoon and we were pretty much wasted off of 3 beers each, it was a good sign of how much we have drank throughout the year, NOTHING. Well time then went by a lot quicker and then we found ourselves at the Paulie Pavilion watching some kick-ass ball. This was by far the best basketball game that I have ever seen. There was non-stop action from the very start of the game. It was back and forth 3's and dunks and hard plays. The entire second half was pretty much basket for basket until it came down to the wire. 10 seconds left B.J. Augustine came down the court with it for Texas took a shot and off the rim it went; but out of nowhere this big Texas dude SLAMMED it home. It was an awesome dunk to pretty much seal the game up. UCLA had one more chance, but they missed and it was a huge upset. If anyone gets a chance to see a UCLA game, it was awesome, the crowd cheered the entire game, and it was the best atmosphere.
DAY OFF NUMERO UNO
Sat. Dec. 1, 2007
Woke up nice and early but instead of running, I played Age of Empires II with Libby for about 4 hours before work. Good start to a morning. Then I headed to work for a few hours and then came back for more A O E. Thats it.
Woke up nice and early but instead of running, I played Age of Empires II with Libby for about 4 hours before work. Good start to a morning. Then I headed to work for a few hours and then came back for more A O E. Thats it.
Friday
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
7:30am - 3 miles
I went into work today and apparently they decided that it would be cool to give me 2.5 extra hours without telling me. So I was at work from 9:30 - 6pm. I wasn't the biggest fan of this, because that meant now I was going for a run later and just kinda screwed me up time wise. However, when I came home I was noticing that my legs were sore and tired, and they have been for a few days. So I thought to myself, it would probably be best if I took a few days off before track really gets going, cause track goes till about August. So I went out and had a few slices of pizza with Libbs.
3 miles today
7:30am - 3 miles
I went into work today and apparently they decided that it would be cool to give me 2.5 extra hours without telling me. So I was at work from 9:30 - 6pm. I wasn't the biggest fan of this, because that meant now I was going for a run later and just kinda screwed me up time wise. However, when I came home I was noticing that my legs were sore and tired, and they have been for a few days. So I thought to myself, it would probably be best if I took a few days off before track really gets going, cause track goes till about August. So I went out and had a few slices of pizza with Libbs.
3 miles today
Not the best workout on the track
Thurs. Nov. 29, 2007
8am - 3 miles
6pm - 2 mile warm up, 8 x 400 60-62 w/ 2 min rest, 3 mile cool down
Today I didn't have anything to do so I just hung around all day around the house, took a nap and so forth. When it came time to workout later in the day, I didn't think that the workout was going to be very difficult, but I was a little off. Apparently when you don't practice 60 second speed, it is more difficult to do. So I was wearing flats too, but our first one was 65, and it felt a lot faster. So right from that first one, I knew that I was going to have to make adjustments to the workout, Libby led the next one, and that was 66, so we weren't off on the best foot. The rest of them I averaged probably 63, and the last 2 being 62 and 60. I was not having the easiest time completing all of these, but what are you gonna do.
10 miles today
8am - 3 miles
6pm - 2 mile warm up, 8 x 400 60-62 w/ 2 min rest, 3 mile cool down
Today I didn't have anything to do so I just hung around all day around the house, took a nap and so forth. When it came time to workout later in the day, I didn't think that the workout was going to be very difficult, but I was a little off. Apparently when you don't practice 60 second speed, it is more difficult to do. So I was wearing flats too, but our first one was 65, and it felt a lot faster. So right from that first one, I knew that I was going to have to make adjustments to the workout, Libby led the next one, and that was 66, so we weren't off on the best foot. The rest of them I averaged probably 63, and the last 2 being 62 and 60. I was not having the easiest time completing all of these, but what are you gonna do.
10 miles today
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