Wind

No rain yet, but the wind's a steady breeze. Figured I'd run before the rain because I'll be running in the rain for the next few days.

Oct 28: 1 mile Prospect Park
25/25 pushups and situps

Ok, Frankenstorm, do your damage! I'll be running in you tomorrow...

Colors of Fall

Oct 24: 1 mile ATB in am so I could study in pm
Oct 25: 1 mile before karate
Oct 26: 1 mile ATB
Oct 27: 3.3 miles in Prospect Park (one loop) plus 25/25 pushups and situps

The Park's beautiful today. Leaves are reds and oranges mostly, but vibrant color. Course this will all go away with "Frankenstorm" starting tomorrow.

On call this weekend. Pretty straightforward so far. Gotta finish cancer bio presentation and study for exam on Tues. And make that decision I keep putting off.

Decisions, Decisions

Oct 18: 1 mile ATB early
Oct 19: 1 mile around Port Jeff
Oct 20: 1 mile ATB pre-District 2
Oct 21: 1 mile ATB post-District 2
Oct 22: 1 mile ATB nighttime
Oct 23: 1 mile ATB nighttime

Had my Stony Brook interview Friday. Now decisions to be made, cancer bio tests to study for, and a weekend of call to take. Oh, and I start my mice tomorrow! Sorta stressed.

Late Morning

Oct 16: 1 mile before karate
Oct 17: 1.75 or so - lower loop of Prospect Park

I'm struggling getting up in the mornings. Knowing that no one gets into the lab until 11, and getting sick of sitting in the lab waiting around, well, it's just not motivating to get out of bed and go to work. So now I'm done with my run at 7:30, which is usually the latest I would ever get to work.

Oh, and I restarted pushups and situps. At least 25/25 since Sun. Mainly because we did pushups and situps for a minute the last two nights at karate and I happened to do them on Sun too. So I did them today as well.

Self Defense

That's this week's theme at karate. They're still something I struggle with, so I'm happy to practice.

Oct 15: 1 mile ATB

Rock & Roll

Yesterday was the 10K I've been training for. The week leading up to it included:
Oct 8: 1 mile before karate
Oct 9: 1 mile before karate with Marco
Oct 10: 1 mile ATB
Oct 11: 1 mile ATB
Oct 12: 1 mile ATB in the AM

Then it was dinner and sleepover with Diana since the race started at 7:30.

Oct 13: 10K in 58:22
Mile 1: 8:51 (uphill, too fast)
Mile 2: 9:33
Mile 3: 9:08
Mile 4: 9:46
Mile 5: 9:56 (up the hill again, hurting)
Mile 6: 9:30 (not bad since I was dying)
Mile 6.2: 1:35
Place: 179/627 in age group

Oct 14: 1 mile in Prospect Park

I think I'm going to like these 8K coming up. It may be a good distance for me. I'd like to get back to 13.1 though.

Brooklyn & Connecticut

Oct 5: Prospect Park 1 mile
Oct 6: 1 mile Brooklyn Bridge Park after massage
Oct 7: 1 mile in CT up and down the road

Had a great time with the girls. Dinner, brunch, walking, massages, dinner, CT, breakfast at Jen's, afternoon at the parents, turkey dinner, and then heading to the lab in the morning.

Should be out at SB tonight. Oh well.

Yankees, Karate, Class

That's been my week. Monday night, Yankees game. Tuesday was karate, Wednesday was helping Chrissy with her cancer bio, and today was karate again. Which kicked my ass today and I was literally dripping with sweat.

Oct 1: ATB in the morning
Oct 2: Running before karate
Oct 3: ATB at night
Oct 4: Running before karate

Gotta get one long run in before the 10K next week. And Jen and Heather come tomorrow! Girls weekend!