What Started all this Crazy Nonsense

lindamycinhcl — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:12:41 +0000

I blame my craziness for wanting to run the half marathon on the Nike Human Race (I will post pictures once I am caught up with MaiFlickr, I’m almost a year behind!). I signed up and ran the 5K this past Saturday night with Wu, J, Mahua, and Kat. The 4 of them can easily run 3.1 miles without breaking a sweat. ME – on the other hand couldn’t even finish a mile without dry heaving. Therefore, I needed to find someone who isn’t very fond of running either. I finally convinced my p90x buddy, Megan, to run with me. I only spent a week training for it and the night before, I knew I was screwed. I was only able to run three quarters of a mile non-stop on the threadmill. PATHETIC.

The run was @ midnight. Originally, I wanted to eat a salad beforehand. Our running group ended up eating in China Town at Master Chef … chinese food … FAMILY STYLE, 2 hours before our midnight run. Honey walnut shrimp, fried tofu, salty fish fried rice and a pork dish. I was not prepared!!!

My goal was to finish the run in under an hour. 20 min mile. NOT BAD! Megan and I promised to walk together. However, as the run started, the energy was amazing. I ran 1.2 miles (according to J’s garmin forerunner) before I started to walk. From there on out, I ran/walked the entire way. At the end of mile 2, I wanted to give up! But J, Megan, her brother, and Wu wouldn’t let me. We all crossed the finish line at 38 minutes and it felt GREAT!!! I was so proud! And the next day, I was o so sore. But the adrenaline rush at the run was totally worth it.

So here I am. In WEEK 1 of my training for the HB half on February 7th. 15 WEEKS to go!

Monday – 2 miles @ 14 min pace
Tuesday – work from 8am to 10pm (no time to run)
Wednesday – 2 miles @ 14min pace
Thursday – p90x
Friday – p90x
Saturday – 2 miles @ 14 min pace
Sunday – Rest day – my 25th <3

Week 1 doesn’t seem too bad right? I can do this!!! I’m still in the progress of conning Megan and my food soulmate Alice into running this with me. However, I’ve suckered RACHEL to train/run with me!!!!!!!!!!!! :D So far, it’s me, J (he might do the full), Rachel, Mahua, and Kat. WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!! Won’t you join us?

Other reasons I want to do this run is that I’m finally able to taper down on my Prednisone. I hesitantly gave in and now I’m giving Cellcept a try. So far, so good. (I hope, I have to see when blood tests come back next week). But I’m down to 10mg and next week I’ll be down to 5mg of Prednisone. I’m super excited. Scared, but excited. I wanna lose the weight I’ve gained from this medication as soon as possible! I also wanna take advantage of the fact that I’m no longer as sore/achey/weak as I was a couple of months ago when I was on 20mg. Hopefully with all this training, it will help my body transition out of this flare. *fingers are crossed!* I just need to find a good hat for this run and I’m set!

Huntington Beach Half Marathon

lindamycinhcl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:43:53 +0000

registration – check!

am i crazy?

lets hope not.

Hello WORLD!

lindamycinhcl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:51:00 +0000

I promised myself I would write my first entry after summer school ended. So here I am.

End of summer school means:
Start of applications.
Cram for PCAT in October.
32 hour work weeks.

The fun never ends! It’ll all be worth it sooner or later. :)

I believe in evolution now…unlike 5 weeks ago. And I’m totally crushing on my nerdy evolution professor. hahaha <3

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