YESSSSSS!!!!! I loved today!! The high temp was 91 degrees! I even got to go for a run today! I have to admit that I, like anyone else, do not run as well when it's this hot. I ran slower than usual and sweat more than usual! I just love the sunshine and the feeling of 1 layer of shorts and sleeveless shirt! In the middle of winter while wearing layers of long running clothes, I long for these days.
At 7am, I looked at the weather thingy on my ipod and it said 70 degrees with the high reaching 91. I thought to myself that I should get going before the temp gets too much higher but...I didn't quite make it!! It was after 10 before I got going. (and, yes, it was 90 by then.)
It was fun while it lasted and then it was back home to get working on a project for the music class. I got it done, yippie! I also worked on some other homework for that class. What a way to ruin a beautiful day. Being the world's oldest college student requires sacrifice.
It's close to my favorite time of the year, the time when it's light out super early and still light out between 9:30 - 9:45 pm!! Tonight I noticed that it was still a tiny bit light out at 9:30. That's the great thing about living on the western side of a time zone!!
I am down to 6 months until I graduate!! I'm excited and it won't come soon enough! Until then, I have to just keep at it no matter how hard it is to stay focused.
Runner Nerd
sweaty but smart
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
No recess
Today was a beautiful, sunny, warm day. It was one of those days when you just wanted to be outdoors. For me, the world's oldest college student, there was no recess today. I had to work on a paper for my dumb music class. I went to the college to print some articles, stopped at the grocery store for a few things, and I was headed back home to work on the paper. The library was deserted today; I think it's the first time it's ever been quiet in there!! I was probably the only college student doing homework today. I started the paper yesterday but it wasn't finished. After 5 hours, it was finally finished!! All I have to say is, seriously??? I need this to be a respiratory therapist???? (this class is my required humanities credit) Tomorrow I have to get an oral presentation together. It won't take too long. I'm going to make a few powerpoint slides and write out a few highlights from my paper. I found on Amazon in the mp3 downloads that you can preview songs. The previews are about 30 seconds long. I'm going to use that as my audio examples of my composers music.
I didn't even run on this really great day. Even though I still have work to do tomorrow for this dumb project for this dumb class, I do hope to get a run in .
Runner Nerd
had to stay inside all day
I didn't even run on this really great day. Even though I still have work to do tomorrow for this dumb project for this dumb class, I do hope to get a run in .
Runner Nerd
had to stay inside all day
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The things I do!!
Today I volunteered for the local running store at the expo of a half marathon taking place tomorrow. I dressed as the Statue of Liberty to hand out brochures of an upcoming patriotic themed race!! My running store of choice, Running Fit, is known for crazy, weird events and this is going to be one of them! They are attempting to set a Guinness record of the most running Statues of Liberties! Running Fit has purchased 1500 of these costumes and hope to get 1500 people to run in them. It was fun and kids wanted to have their picture taken with me!!! A couple people just took pictures! I also ended up giving directions to restrooms, pointing out where the the race numbers were posted, where to head to pick up packets, stopped people heading in without getting their bib number from the wall first! I was very useful in spite of my silly appearance!!
The things I do!!
After the expo, I went over to Bandemer Park to run a few miles. My heel hurt when I started running so I ended up having to walk a half mile to get my heel and ankle stretched out so I could run. I ran so slow. The trail along the headrace is now paved. I wish they had left it dirt; it was my 2nd favorite part of my favorite 4.5 mile route. Oh well. After coming out of Argo woods and along the boardwalk back into Bandemer Park, as I came under the highway bridge - there was a car laying upside down in the grass alongside Barton Drive. The people were all out and were ok. That was unexpected!! I finished up and headed home.
Tomorrow I am walking a CF walk (cystic fibrosis) with some of my respiratory therapy classmates and our teachers. I'm not sure what the distance is; I don't know if it's a 5K or just a mile or some other distance. I once walked a 5K and it was harder than running one.
I didn't do any homework today - not very nerdlike.
Runner Nerd
does silly things
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| One of the kids who got his picture taken with me! |
After the expo, I went over to Bandemer Park to run a few miles. My heel hurt when I started running so I ended up having to walk a half mile to get my heel and ankle stretched out so I could run. I ran so slow. The trail along the headrace is now paved. I wish they had left it dirt; it was my 2nd favorite part of my favorite 4.5 mile route. Oh well. After coming out of Argo woods and along the boardwalk back into Bandemer Park, as I came under the highway bridge - there was a car laying upside down in the grass alongside Barton Drive. The people were all out and were ok. That was unexpected!! I finished up and headed home.
Tomorrow I am walking a CF walk (cystic fibrosis) with some of my respiratory therapy classmates and our teachers. I'm not sure what the distance is; I don't know if it's a 5K or just a mile or some other distance. I once walked a 5K and it was harder than running one.
I didn't do any homework today - not very nerdlike.
Runner Nerd
does silly things
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Running to Save 2nd Base
Another Race for the Cure is in the books! This is one of my favorite events. It's for a good cause, of course, but it's just fun! The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure event in Detroit is one of the largest at over 30,000 participants. It's also the flattest 5K course I know of! My 5K PR was set there! I PR'd there 3 years in a row (4 if my first 5K counts as a PR!). I don't run anywhere near 23 minutes anymore but I have to say that this will most likely be the fastest 5K I run this summer. It began raining near the end of my race so I didn't stick around very long afterward. I usually wander around looking at the exhibits and getting lots of free samples from the sponsors and get my picture taken (which I can download for FREE a few days later!). But, the rain was chilly so I got a banana, water and cut diagonally across the big parking lot where everything is set up. I did manage to pick up a PINK grocery type bag and a really cool pink and lime green pen and got a bagel from Panera Bread!! I made my way back to the Fox Theater parking garage where I always park, and left. This was the fastest I've ever made it from the garage to the highway entrance! That 30-45 minutes that I didn't wander around really made a difference. It usually takes forever to get from the garage to the highway ramp which is a very short distance.
I have more pictures but it won't upload them so either I will have to make another post or try to edit this later. I wanted to post a picture of the big Tiger sporting a pink ribbon!
After returning from the race, I had to get back to my task at hand: getting ready for hosting my family and other friends on Memorial Day. Since becoming the world's oldest college student, my house is quite possibly a candidate for the messy house show on TV but I am working on that since inviting everyone over after the big parade in my hometown. It's looking much better; I even discovered a dining room table under a mountain of textbooks, folders, notebooks and much unopened and should have been thrown away mail!! What's more important - a 4.0 GPA or a clean house????? That's easy - the 4.0, of course!!!! A true nerd settles for nothing less!!!!
Runner Nerd
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| One of the t-shirts on display! |
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| walkers finishing up (taken from Fox parking garage) |
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| No baseball; Today, Comerica Park is hosting the Race for the Cure! |
After returning from the race, I had to get back to my task at hand: getting ready for hosting my family and other friends on Memorial Day. Since becoming the world's oldest college student, my house is quite possibly a candidate for the messy house show on TV but I am working on that since inviting everyone over after the big parade in my hometown. It's looking much better; I even discovered a dining room table under a mountain of textbooks, folders, notebooks and much unopened and should have been thrown away mail!! What's more important - a 4.0 GPA or a clean house????? That's easy - the 4.0, of course!!!! A true nerd settles for nothing less!!!!
Runner Nerd
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Decluttering turns up treasure
As I was sorting through old school stuff (junk?) on the book shelves I came across a folder of assignments from one of the English classes I had to take as a pre-requisite for my program. I found an assignment - a bucket list we had to do. It had 100 lines and we had to fill in all of them. I remember just coming up with stuff to get the lines filled in. It was interesting to read it now, nearly 2 years later! The first thing I wrote was - do an Ironman triathlon!! (that won't happen this year or next!) One of the things I wrote on this list has been on my mind since then and I am going to make it happen this summer. The 5th thing on the list was - go flying with my Dad again. My Dad is an airplane pilot and has been all of my life. I've flown with him many times over the years. When we were kids, we'd leave at sunrise and fly to Mackinac Island and spend the day and return before dark. It's been many years since I've flown with my Dad. My dad is now 75 and is still licensed but I know he won't be forever, so I want to fly with him again while it is still possible. He does not own an airplane anymore but he does have access to several and does still fly quite often in the summers.
Another thing I wrote on the list just for something to write was - collect all of the state quarters. I remember writing that! I actually did begin to collect them when that program first started and they released a new state quarter every 4 months or 6 months or whatever interval it was. I know there is a little box around here somewhere with the ones I kept. I have begun to collect them again! It's more of a challenge now! Funny thing - the first one I looked at had Mt. Rushmore on it and visiting Mt. Rushmore was the 3rd item on my bucket list!! That was one of my serious entries as I have always wanted to go there. I am definitely going to do it within the first 2 years after graduating. In the same class, I wrote my informative essay on the history of Mt. Rushmore; I knew what it was but I never really knew how it came to be. Since writing that essay, I want more than ever to go.
Another item on my bucket list - number 2 - qualify for and run the Boston Marathon!! If that's going to happen, I'm going to have to get back into shape and run a lot better than I do these days!! I turn 50 this year but my qualifying time stays at 4 hours with the new changes. Even if I did qualify, I'm sure it would be within a minute or two at the most so I'd have little chance of getting in anyway with the new order of registration procedures. Oh well.
I threw away most of the stuff in the folder but I kept the bucket list and the Mt. Rushmore paper.
Runner Nerd
state quarter collector
Another thing I wrote on the list just for something to write was - collect all of the state quarters. I remember writing that! I actually did begin to collect them when that program first started and they released a new state quarter every 4 months or 6 months or whatever interval it was. I know there is a little box around here somewhere with the ones I kept. I have begun to collect them again! It's more of a challenge now! Funny thing - the first one I looked at had Mt. Rushmore on it and visiting Mt. Rushmore was the 3rd item on my bucket list!! That was one of my serious entries as I have always wanted to go there. I am definitely going to do it within the first 2 years after graduating. In the same class, I wrote my informative essay on the history of Mt. Rushmore; I knew what it was but I never really knew how it came to be. Since writing that essay, I want more than ever to go.
Another item on my bucket list - number 2 - qualify for and run the Boston Marathon!! If that's going to happen, I'm going to have to get back into shape and run a lot better than I do these days!! I turn 50 this year but my qualifying time stays at 4 hours with the new changes. Even if I did qualify, I'm sure it would be within a minute or two at the most so I'd have little chance of getting in anyway with the new order of registration procedures. Oh well.
I threw away most of the stuff in the folder but I kept the bucket list and the Mt. Rushmore paper.
Runner Nerd
state quarter collector
Friday, April 27, 2012
Another semster in the books!
Took my last final exam on Monday so this semester is now over!! I've been spending the last few days just goofing off and pretending that I'm not a college student!! I have to start another semester on Monday.
My teachers had posted the grades and I knew I had all 4.0 but today the grades were actually posted on my "report card". I logged in and all I saw were FOURS!!!!!!
I am such a nerd!!!
Since my clinicals ended last Thursday, I was able to go to my Tuesday night running group this week!!
I haven't been running much lately because I've been having some symptoms of planter fasciitis. The worst thing ever was when I had to stand at clinical. I could run around the hospital all day but as soon as I had to stand in one place for any amount of time, even a few minutes, my heel hurt extremely, horribly, unbearably bad. (How's that for an overuse of adjectives!!!) I won't have clinical this summer so hopefully I can get rid of this. I may have to go to the runner injury clinic on the 1st Thursday of May.
At least I am still a nerd!
Runner Nerd
more nerd than runner
My teachers had posted the grades and I knew I had all 4.0 but today the grades were actually posted on my "report card". I logged in and all I saw were FOURS!!!!!!
I am such a nerd!!!
Since my clinicals ended last Thursday, I was able to go to my Tuesday night running group this week!!
I haven't been running much lately because I've been having some symptoms of planter fasciitis. The worst thing ever was when I had to stand at clinical. I could run around the hospital all day but as soon as I had to stand in one place for any amount of time, even a few minutes, my heel hurt extremely, horribly, unbearably bad. (How's that for an overuse of adjectives!!!) I won't have clinical this summer so hopefully I can get rid of this. I may have to go to the runner injury clinic on the 1st Thursday of May.
At least I am still a nerd!
Runner Nerd
more nerd than runner
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Twinkie race
Oh my! The things I must do for a good cause!!
Today I participated in a race to benefit the ALS foundation (Lou Gherig's disease). My Grandfather had ALS many years ago and died when my Mom was in high school. This particular race takes place every year on April 1 no matter what day of the week it falls on. I ran it 4 years ago on a Tuesday evening.
The idea is to get a minute deducted for eating a twinkie before and halfway though the race. I got my twinkie and headed to the start line where you get a mark on the tear off tag of the race bib for eating the twinkie. I couldn't help but think that this is the only time you will ever see a bunch of runners eating twinkies!!
The last time I ate a twinkie was at this run 4 years ago and before that, I estimate that it had been at least 25 years since I had eaten a twinkie. My kids say they can't remember me ever buying them. My son says he had eaten some in elementary school and my daughter doesn't think she has ever eaten one!
I remember 4 yrs ago I thought the twinkies were going to be soooooo good but they weren't! This year there was a homemade twinkie contest. I tried a couple samples of the homemade twinkies and they were really good!!
After the race, a friend and I ran 3 more miles and got back to the main part of the park just in time for age group awards to given out! We both got 2nd in our age groups! There were also twinkie finisher medals!
Today I participated in a race to benefit the ALS foundation (Lou Gherig's disease). My Grandfather had ALS many years ago and died when my Mom was in high school. This particular race takes place every year on April 1 no matter what day of the week it falls on. I ran it 4 years ago on a Tuesday evening.
The idea is to get a minute deducted for eating a twinkie before and halfway though the race. I got my twinkie and headed to the start line where you get a mark on the tear off tag of the race bib for eating the twinkie. I couldn't help but think that this is the only time you will ever see a bunch of runners eating twinkies!!
The last time I ate a twinkie was at this run 4 years ago and before that, I estimate that it had been at least 25 years since I had eaten a twinkie. My kids say they can't remember me ever buying them. My son says he had eaten some in elementary school and my daughter doesn't think she has ever eaten one!
I remember 4 yrs ago I thought the twinkies were going to be soooooo good but they weren't! This year there was a homemade twinkie contest. I tried a couple samples of the homemade twinkies and they were really good!!
After the race, a friend and I ran 3 more miles and got back to the main part of the park just in time for age group awards to given out! We both got 2nd in our age groups! There were also twinkie finisher medals!
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| Will run for twinkies! |
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| Twinkie medal |
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