Spring break

Alright so I still don't have pictures of my ipod case yet but tomorrow starts spring break and I will have pictures then. I am getting on a greyhound bus on Sunday and going to maryland where my mom will meet me and we are going to Davis West Virginia and renting a cabin for a few days. Then back to the greyhound bus and Kentucky. Over this break I am going to be running at my regular schedule and I may get to go skiing, both down hill and cross country.

But Before that I have one more class and two more shifts at work.

I don't know how much I will be getting on to post over spring break, so my fellow Asburians, have a good break.

Outside v. treadmill, motivation, weight lifting

OK so I know that I said I would post more on Monday night but I was dead tired, Monday night and Tuesday is not posting day. I still don't have pictures of my ipod thing. But I have a few things to talk about.

Running outside vs. running on a treadmill.
I have already gone over how I feel about the treadmill. Well Tuesday morning Jon did not go running with me and I decided to run outside. Running outside is easier. The actual running is easier but the motivation is much more difficult. On the treadmill there is the motivation of if I stop I am going to fall on my face. That motivation is not there when you are running outside. Also when you run on the treadmill it keeps pace for you. When you run outside the pace is harder to maintain.

Motivation.
When I came to Asbury College my senior year of high school for a visit I visited a class called intro to coaching. This was back when I was going to go to school for PE. In this class they were talking about motivation, the difference between self motivation and team motivation. I am definitely a team motivated person, not a self motivated person. This is ironic because I do not like any team sports with the exception of volley ball, hockey, and lacrosse. I have only enjoyed participating in individual sports.

Weight lifting.
This morning I did some weight lifting instead of running because my legs were incredibly sore from racquet ball last night with Adam, Emily, and Jon. One thing that I did was the back extension. From cross country skiing and the use of ski poles I have a strong back. I put the pin in at the bottom and was lifting the whole stack which was 305 lbs. (no bragging just stating fact) After I was done I got up and left, leaving the pin where it was. Later I was saying to Jon that it is fun to put the pin all the way at the bottom and then watch peoples expressions when they see where the pin is (after you have left). It reminded me of a time in high school. It was sophomore year and at the year end sports banquet I was not good enough to be awarded any thing but they saw potential and gave me a year long membership to a gym. My legs are also strong. Since I could not drive my mom got a membership too and would take me up there we would both work out. I was doing the leg press and I was lifting the whole stack on the leg press machine (I think it was like 250 or something like that) and then I left. My mom got there next and saw it and looked at me and said "did you do this?". It was pretty funny her reaction. you should try it sometime. Even if you do not lift the whole stack when you are done put the pin in the bottom and watch peoples reaction when they see it.

Goals

last weeks goals
-Drink 2 Sigg bottles. Failed
-Keep a food journal. Nope
-Finish cleaning my room. My room is clean as far as my stuff is concerned

This weeks goals
-Drink 2 Sigg bottles a day
-Maintain cleanliness in my room
-Keep a food journal

Over the weekend I had a little project. I am working on getting ready to run outside and among these things is acquiring an arm band for my ipod. Well I decided that they are too expensive. So I made one out of duct tape. (pictures to follow tonight probably) Also over the course of last week Asbury College became Asbury University.

Well I will post more tonight.

OH Canada (Go Canada?)

Here is the thing being a Vermonter I lived 30 minutes from the Canadian border (Quebec border to be exact) and had to actually deal with them, giving me the right to rag on them. Other Americans... not so much. And here is the thing that irritates me, Americans dissing Canada because they WON Gold in hockey in the Olympics.

Here are some of the things that I have heard about the Canadians (these may not be exact quotes)
"Canada it's been ten hours since the game get over it already" (facebook status)
"First, All I have to say Canada" First of all I don't even know what that is suppose to mean (text to Jim Rome)
"Good job Canada, we don't even care about hockey" (another text message to Jim Rome)

OK. So Canada has NEVER won a gold at the games when they have hosted before this year. This year they won 14! Amazing I am so proud of them for that. Hockey is like there national sport or something like that, we should be proud of ourselves for even beating them once and tying them in the second game. "good job Canada, we don't even care about hockey" Obviously we do or we would not have said something like that.

I don't know maybe I am being unreasonable in asking that we respect Canada and be proud of them for winning. I really love Canadians with the exception of the French Canadians that I actually have to deal with. That is all I am going to stop complaining about people griping about the Canadian win.

Emily Scott

Emily Scott is a friend of mine. She wanted to have a whole post about her like Adam Leopard. Soon she will be Emily Leopard. (notice any connection?) Yes, this summer Emily Scott and Adam Leopard are going to get married. So she will be (this is an assumption I do not know for sure) coming to my hundred mile race with Adam. When we eat dinner with Emily it is always a more interesting, because she is brings a woman's touch to dinner... she wont let me eat out of the trash can, long story. She is an education major doing her student teaching so she often has hilarious stories of little 3rd graders. I think they are 3rd graders I may be wrong. Also I think that the guys tend shape up a little bit when she is around. Last Saturday she had us over to her apartment and we played Mafia (the "card" game). It was a good time until the end when people got tired (it was like 11:00) and sick. This is the party mentioned in the previous post. So there you go Emily, there is your post.

Goals

-Drink 2 Sigg bottles of water. Success?... maybe. Most days were not but on Saturday I drank 5.
-Eat healthier. I could still use work in this area.
-Invest in some healthy snacks. I bought some crackers to go with my peanut butter, and I bought some cashews. I did not buy to much because before I went shopping because I found out that my mom is coming down for spring break and will bring me some foods.
-Keep a meal journal. Nope. I did not do this at all.
-Clean my room. SUCCESS! my room is in much better order than it was. It could still use some work but most of the trash and clothes are up off the floor.

This weeks goals
-Drink 2 Sigg bottles. Which is actually 1 liter, not 20 oz. for those who are curious and don't know, such as myself, that is a little less than 34 oz.
-Keep a food journal
-Finish cleaning my room. i.e. pick up the papers and organize them.


This week I got sick at the end of the week. That is why I did not update the blog. On Friday I did not feel like it, Saturday I studied then went to a party (?) and on Sunday I was sick and spent a total of half an hour out of bed. I have not run since Friday and don't have much to say.

My total miles minus the first three weeks: 8.87