Restarting hundredpushups this winter. The only reason I stopped was because I pretty much had to miss a few days almost every single week during the xc season because I didn’t want to my arms to be tired during my xc races, so I’d have to stop doing pushups like 3-4 days before each race, which pretty much meant I’d be working out 1 time a week, not nearly enough to make it worth the effort. I don’t particularly care about winter track beyond using it as a training season, so it’s the perfect time to get the rest of my body besides my legs to 100% fitness. If I can get my arms stronger, then my form hopefully will be more intact from the 400-1200m mark. I think I’ll do more strides and plyometrics after runs to improve my raw speed and kick. I need to reteach myself to exceed my own physical limits if I want a shot to run 4:25 and 9:45 this season. (sub 2:00? It would be nice too, but not necessarily a top priority. It would certainly help my 1600 time too though if I can run 2:00.)
Still haven’t finished any of my xmas shopping, but I got oscar’s bday present, which pretty much is included on the xmas shopping list every year. I can’t believe I missed a 40% off opportunity from HP.com through Microsoft live cashback on black Friday. Not sure that I need anything from them, but had I known about the discount, I probably would have been enticed to buy something. (HP’s 2408h 24” is an awesome LCD if you’re in the market. The Dell 24” Ultrasharp is nice because it’s not a TN Panel, meaning it has better vertical viewing angles, but it has a pretty noticeable lag if you’re gonna be playing any sorts of games. I suppose I’ll order a few of the xmas gifts this week because otherwise I’ll probably hafta drive to multiple brick and mortar shops to buy all my gifts.
I’m currently holding off on all of my remaining college apps. I’m gonna wait until Columbia and UI come back on the 12th. Why risk doing work that could potentially be all for naught rather than take no chances and write some of my essays? I’m pretty sure no one else from our school is applying ED to Columbia for Fu Engineering, and the past few years, the acceptance rate for ED Columbia Engineering has been >30%. Then again, this could be one of those “self-selecting pool” sorts of situations. In terms of SATs, I’m well above the medians, but I think I might get a screwed by my crappy junior year grades. Plus I pretty much joined zero clubs because I wanted to concentrate 100% on running. (I suppose Sci League and Math Club count, but besides that, I’ve got nothing) Heavy community service and the eng. Dpt. Internship will probably help a bit too. (I didn’t list the number of hours of service I did though, I just included which organizations I volunteered at and what I did.) I’m pretty sure mccaff wrote me a strong rec based on running since I pretty much never miss practice, and he knows I ran a shitload of mileage this summer. Not all too sure how tight the competition for Columbia might be this year, considering that obama probably drew quite a few more people to apply. Anyhoo, hoping for the best. It’s nice that I can sincerely wish all of my close and not-so-close friends luck since my ED schools don’t coincide with them at all.
Today was my 4th day off from running. I have until Dec. 15th off. It’s nice to take time to physically and mentally recover from xc even though I’m not necessarily feeling the same aches and pains that my somewhat less biomechanically fortunate friends know and love. The only issue is that I have more time than I know what to do with. My mom is pretty strict about video games on the weekends, so that’s idea is up the wazoo. The past few schoolnights I’ve been finishing work early at about 8 or 9 and then screwing around on the computer while pretending to study until about 12 or so. Even then, I only go to bed because I’m tired of looking at the computer screen. Then I still have too much energy left over from the day to fall asleep. In the aspect that I don’t feel as accomplished everyday after I go to bed, I really miss running and can’t wait to go back in 1.5 weeks.
If you’re reading this and haven’t done so already, you absolutely must check the post below. I hate watching youtube videos that people post on their blogs cuz they tend to be unfunny and total BS, but I can assure you that this is the best video you will ever watch. It’s inspired me to raise my powerlevels. Watch out.
Walalalalalalala….
You be my princess
I’ll be your toad
I’ll follow behind you
on rainbow road
Protect you from red shells
wherever we go
I promise.
No one will touch us
if we pick up a star
If you spin out
you can ride in my car
When we slide together
we generate sparks
in our wheels and our hearts
The finish line
is just around the bend
I’ll pause this game
so our love will never end
Let’s go again
The blue shell is coming
so I’ll go ahead
If you hang behind
it’ll hit me instead
but never look back
cause I’m down but not dead
I’ll catch up to you
Don’t worry about
Bowser or DK
Eat this glowing mushroom
and they’ll all fade away
The finish line
is just around the bend
I’ll pause this game
so our love will never end
Let’s go again
The finish line
is just around the bend
I’ll pause this game
so our love will never end
Let’s go again
to the mushroom cup
and the flower cup
and the star cup
and the reverse cup
walalalalala
walalalalalawaluigiiiiii
