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Last two weekends of fun running
Last week I ran the Lilac 10k with Xin and BB. It was fun, even though BB beat me by 11 seconds with ABSOLUTELY no training! Oh well. C'est la vie. :p It was still a personal record (PR) @ 58:29 because it was my first ever 10k ( Read more... ) -
Race Report
So even before the race on Sunday, this weekend was shaping up to be pretty dang awesome. On Saturday I spent a beautiful morning on the river, cheering for the du- and triathlon participants, as part of the Flower City Challenge weekend event. Then later in the afternoon, I was front row at a free Ok Go concert, as part of my campus's D-Day (an ( Read more... ) -
fun times ahead
I'm looking forward to some events that are coming up. They remind me that, in spite of being stressed about grad school a lot, life's not so bad. In fact sometimes, it's pretty awesome.
-seeing Jen and her new baby girl @ Nikki's (whose new house I haven't seen either)
-two thesis defenses next week...(<3 defenses, especially now because the ( Read more... ) -
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Race Report: Fleet Feet Spring Forward Distance Run 15k 3/27/2010
Location-Stewart Lodge at Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon NY (just outside Rochester)
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I am a proud penguin!
I ♥ the olympics. and beer. and peanut butter cookies. which means this evening of watching the olympics, drinking beer, and eating peanut butter cookies is making me very happy ( Read more... ) -
back in the saddle again
When I fall off the LJ update wagon, I fall hard. November 19th!? What have I been up to since then ( Read more... ) -
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As I hear the planes fly low over my house, I am reminded that in one week I will be on one of those planes headed for JFK to spend Thanksgiving in Long Island with my family. And then when Thanksgiving is over, it's only 3 weeks until Christmas in Vermont. I had breaks/vacations from the lab in March, May, and July. So from July to November it' ( Read more... ) -
pumpkins in the park 5k
candid stolen from an unknown's facebook page.
pinning my bib on before the race starts.
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So after being rejected from Nature once (see previous post). We decided to re-organize the manuscript, try some new experiments, and resubmit somewhere else. During these preparations, (and a month after the initial rejection) we receive this email.
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armadillos
Armadillos win this week's soccer game.
At what cost?
Team implosion...ending in shouting match. NOT GOOD!
I saw an albino squirrel the other day when I was out running. It was really cute. That's the story of my life right now. Team fights and albino squirrels.
I'm excited for Halloween. The end.