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Monthly Archives: October 2011
My 5K Goal
Next Sunday, I’m running the Susan G Komen 5K Race for the Cure. The last time I did a 5K race (non-obstacle, non-Exodus) was back in 2006 with a bunch of college friends. A couple of them did the half marathon and the rest of us just did the 5K. At that time, I had said I would never do a 5K again. Why? Well, because I hate running. Funny thing is that I’ve been working out and running in the past few months and well, hard to believe, but I don’t actually hate running. I think I ran almost 3 miles today. Maybe 2.75 or a little less. I feel like running 1 mile is actually much easier now. I still remember a few months ago I couldn’t even make it to MOL’s house which is about 1 mile away. But I felt like when I ran it at Breen, it was pretty easy. So, as referenced by my previous post about the 2006 5K, my time was 31:56. This time I aim to run it under 30 minutes. That’s actually going to be tough. I’m going to have to run at roughly a 9:40 pace. There’s going to be so many people and so many walkers. And I have to run faster. I think right now I’m still running slightly over 10 minutes a mile. Anyway, it’s about 1 week away, so to prepare some more, we’re going to go run 5K on Sunday. Crazy, this running business. :) At least I feel somewhat fitter than I used to. =P
The Time
to beat.. 31:56
Easy to Injure, Slow to Heal
Man, I think my body is getting old. Easy to injure, slow to heal?
My throwing arm has already started bothering me. This happens every year and it ends up being in pretty bad shape near and by the end of the season. The problem is that mission bowl season hasn’t even started and we’re just tinkering with turkey bowls! Eeks. Need it to get stronger and perhaps less overused.
I hurt my left tricep playing “well I have a flush” about 2 weeks ago. It wasn’t a sore type of pain, it was a injured type of pain. I don’t even know what happened, I was just doing pushups. I thought I had let it heal and it was feeling pretty good for a few days, then I decided to work out and probably doing all those pushups was a bad idea. Then, because my right arm was hurting, I started throwing with my left arm and now the tricep hurts again. Wonder if that’s from throwing or still hurting from the original injury. It’s a weird pain – only when I use strength in a specific way which I haven’t pinpointed yet.
Also, I thought my fingers were sore from holding a football but 3-4 weeks later, my right ring finger is still hurting. I can’t figure out what’s wrong with it. It hurts on the bottom half when making a fist, grabbing things, etc.
Oh, and my back/shoulder pain is coming and going. GO AWAY! Haha.
Oh, and my shins hurt from running.
Lastly, I rolled my ankle while sprinting on Sunday. I stepped on some large piece of root or wood or bark or something and just fell over. The strange thing is that while it felt pretty bad at that moment, it’s actually not too painful now. It’s only painful sometimes and in weird spots. But I just noticed it was slightly swollen today. Eeks.
Geez, so many problems. OLD.
Do You…
make your bed each morning?
If so, why? If not, why not?
Oh No, You Never Let Go
For some reason, I have on several occasions gotten emotional during service. I think it’s just a time when whatever message or song really just hits my heart/mind. A few weeks ago, there was a lot of talk about burdens, and the message, the songs, and the prayers just hit me hard as my mind just filled with every single burden I had and I just started tearing. I don’t think anyone saw me though cause I was trying to hold it in. Well, maybe F did cause she was next to me. Who knows…
Then today as we sang, “Oh No, You Never Let Go” by Matt Redman, as soon as the lines hit:
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me
It was like bam, I felt like God was embracing me, holding me so tightly, reminding me that He is always there, “through the calm and through the storms”. And started getting emotional again. It was a really good reminder and experience that He never lets go in all circumstances. Every high and low, calm and storms, He is there. And I feel like at this point in my life, recently, even the things that shouldn’t be stressful for me, things that are supposed to be good, things that I enjoy, have created a lot of underlying stress for me. And I was thinking that wow, nothing in life is really going well right now, because even the seemingly good things, aren’t deep down. But God is reminding me that He is with me through it all and that He cares and hears me.
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me
You keep on loving
And You never let go
Thanks for loving me and my brokenness.
3x a Week
I have successfully worked out 3 times this week and will count tomorrow’s football practice as half of one! I was a bit concerned at how much I would workout since C. was out of town. But I got myself to go even though it was a lower intensity than normal.
Monday – Basketball – this is easy and I even played 2 games
Wednesday – Ran 1.2 miles + 30 pushups + 40 situps + 10 bench jumps. I didn’t work out for too long cause it got dark and I was getting paranoid
Friday – Since I got off work before 6 I was happy there would be daylight. Ran 2 miles + 60 pushups + 60 situps
I really wanted to see how long it would take me to run 2 miles on flat land but I failed at using my watch – after I had run 0.8 miles I realized the timer wasn’t even on. Then on the next 0.4 miles I turned it on and realized it picked up from the last run which I didn’t know what it ended at. Finally, set the last 0.8 miles correctly and it took either 8:21 or 8:41 but that’s with me running pretty fast in the last 150 meters or so.
The craving workout feeling is strange and very real haha and I keep being hungry!!!
Thoughts of Late
- I’m getting a weird vibe about things…I don’t like the feeling.
- I’ve been handed a lot of lemons. First, it squirt me in the eye. Now I’m trying to make lemonade.
- Too much undue stress.
- It’s all about circumstances and where you see yourself fit and how it positions yourself. I think I’m in a better position now. Be for me and I’ll be for you. Perhaps an answered prayer in disguise.
- I finally know what it feels like to crave working out.
- It’s strange that the presence of some people can set the tone in the room.
- Don’t know how I’m going to keep working out since it’s getting dark earlier now.
- I’d like to put my printed photos in my album or picture frames.
- I should really set up the printer.
- I think I’m becoming more insensitive.
- Praying that my bro gets a job.
- I’m such a brand whore when it comes to athletic apparel.
- Too many things to manage in life, too many people to deal with.
2005 Year in Review
It’s interesting to look at thoughts from the past…
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
2005
| Another year is coming to an end. It can be said again and again and it will still hold true: time flies by quickly. We go through each day and just go through the motions. Have you ever stopped to just think about it? Have you ever thought about how each and every encounter, occasion, thought, moment, feeling, and situation effected you then and affects you now? Think about where you are now, where you are in mind, in spirit, and physically. Every learning experience good or bad has molded you and shaped you and brought you to today. Everything that happened happened for a reason. Your personality, your beliefs, your ideas, they have built up throughout the years and put you here and now.
I usually don’t think of the year going by as from January to December. I always thought about the year going by according to the school year. School starts in September and a whole year has passed when summer is over and school is in session again. Sometimes I think about the year in terms of birthdays. It’s hard for me to think about the year of 2005 starting in January and ending now in December. But I want to think about this year like that. I want to relive the memories so that I can document what I experienced and what I learned this year. This year has been a learning experience filled with realizations and confirmations. My reflections of this past year (in no particular order): -Sometimes you are put in a situation to see how you can deal with it. Life is… Life is also… Goodbye 2005. Welcome 2006. |
Xanga Xanga
I unlocked my super old xanga!! Going through all these super old posts from college and post-college is quite interesting. I’m going to repost old stuff from there over here. Haha.
Friday, October 21, 2005
You own the curb…
The other day when I arrived at work I had to park around the corner along the curb because there was no parking left across the street. The same day when I was leaving work and walking to my car, a little light blue paper placed snugly under my windshield wipers caught my eye. The first thought to my mind? A ticket? No, I can’t get a ticket, its not Monday or Tuesday (since you can’t park there on one of those days). I grab the paper and read it as I get into my car. It said, “There is room for two cars in this parking lot (I’m assuming they meant the curb) PLEASE use only one.” I never walked around behind my car to see how much room was left, but I did notice that I only had about 2 feet in front of me. Perhaps I could have pulled my car up a little. I still think a car could have fit behind me. But it doesn’t matter. If I took up two spots then “my bad”. I didn’t mean to. I wasn’t really thinking about if another car could fit. But I did pull up as far up to the driveway as I could see from my car. So, my mistake. Sorry. The thing that amuses me is what gives them or anyone at all the right to put a note on my car? No, I’m not mad at all or upset in the least bit. I just find it amusing. I didn’t realize that they owned the curb. Perhaps it was just a slight polite gesture at reminding me for future occasions to make sure I leave room for another car. If that was the case, then it did work, because this morning when I had to park along the curb, I looked to see if another car would fit. Or perhaps they were just upset that they could not park directly in front of their residence. Who knows? But they own the curb. Do you?