A runner friend of mine who is allegedly the only person who reads this blog for the running stuff (See? I have at least ONE loyal reader!) has indirectly reminded me that I am behind in my weekly updates. Guess I should fix that...now, don't run away on me if you're one of those that find the running stuff boring (odd, why then are you reading a blog about being a steeplechaser?), the rest of my life will follow, just wait...

Sept. 25-Oct. 1 Summary:
Monday-Rest (oops)
Tuesday- 40 min easy, ~6 miles
Wednesday- Workout: 3 mi warmup, then 4x4x400m (oh THIS was fun...) Target pace 66-68 (that's 4:24 to 4:32 mile pace, just so ya know), 1 min rest between intervals, 3 min rest between sets, on rough, uneven dirt and grass.
Times: Set 1: 66/64/67/67
Set 2: 66/67/67/68
Set 3: 67/66/68/69
Set 4: 67/66/69/66
Then 2 mi cool down. Fun. Not. 9 miles
Thursday- 55 min easy (SORE), ~8 miles
Friday- 43 min easy, ~6 miles
Saturday- 1:15 min easy. One of the most brutal runs of my life. Literally did not have the calories, and almost came to a dead stop at least three times. Ridiculous. ~11 miles, at best.
Sunday- Rest
Total: 40 miles. Pathetic.

Oct. 2-Oct. 8 Summary:
Monday- Yom Kippur Fast. Rest
Tuesday- 40 min moderate (at least last two miles at sub-6 min pace) ~7 miles
Wednesday- Rest. 12 hour ambulance shift+class sabotaged me. I gave up.
Thursday- 50 min easy, ~8 miles
Friday- 45 min easy, ~7 miles
Saturday- 45 min easy, ~7 miles
Sunday- 1:20 easy, ~12 miles
Total: 41 miles. Still pathetic.

So, last two weeks have not been that good runningwise. 40 miles is still enough to be legit training...but just barely.

In other news...my car FINALLY got registered, etc etc. I no longer drive with Oregon license plates. I no longer carry Oregon identification. I am officially, a resident of Texas. Kind of cool...but really quite scary. In any case, all that is done with...
So is my room. Now, I was going to post new pictures, proving that there are no longer boxes outside my door, that everything is moved in, that everything is clean, and that I am actually capable of living in a closet that is at least civilized...but unfortunatley, blogger is being a little bitch and would only upload one of my pictures. So I'll try again later.
What else? Oh, yeah, how about this: did a 12 hour ambulance rotation today (my second). We had only one call. I'll sum it up this way: If you're screwing your brother's wife, don't try to get out of the confrontation with your brother by claiming that your chest hurts, especially when you're 25. Because when you call EMS, and you say your chest hurts, we hook you up to this little machine that tells us exactly what your heart is doing. And when we find out that its doing exactly what its supposed to be doing, we will not give you drugs, we will not fall for your fake convulsions, and we will not be very sympathetic. Just so you know.
What else do I have? Oh, I know I had so much more to write...but then I always do. Grr...ah well. Guess that's all for now then. Its late anyway. But, bottom line, I'm a Texas resident now, my room is clean, all my stuff is put away...oh, I applied to work at REI, so we'll see what comes of that, and electricity is fucking expensive, and Houston drivers haven't gotten any better since yesterday (oh yeah, I posted yesterday, didn't I? Guess it actually hasn't been long at all since I've written, huh...but then if I go back and edit the first few lines of this (which I did, so now this little bit seems out of place...but with it, I can mess with your mind, bwahahahaha....), you'll never know the difference...interesting play....).
So yeah. That's life...
...at this moment in time...