Fitness update

[philipmw]

Today I ran on a treadmill 1.5 miles in 12 minutes, meeting the Navy's entry requirement. This is both a significant milestone and a pleasant surprise at my rate of progress: this summer I was able to run only half the distance in half the time; after that I had to stop, as I was dead from exhaustion

Comments

[jerseygrits]

Who is Andreas? My boyfriend is named that, so I'm curious.

[philipmw]

Andreas is a German friend of mine. He's my age, a grad student at UTD, and I've known him for about a year and a half.

[with_my_pistola]

I liked him, he was funny

[jerseygrits]

Ah, German. My Andreas has a German last name, so he sounds like he could be completely German but is actually completely Swedish.

Also, I was intoxicated when I left the original comment, and I realize the question may have sounded kind of silly, but I think I was really just wondering what his background was since he shared the name and it's not common in the U.S. (And that was a good, complete answer. :P)

[bleuchik11]

wow please keep me posted!! good luck!!

[philipmw]

I will. Good to hear from you! Hope all is well.

[sugabe]

Congratulations! Good luck on Monday!

[with_my_pistola]

I told you I noticed a difference! That's fantastic, keep up the good show :)

[pavel_lishin]

I'm gonna have to see if I can do 1.5 in 12. Usually it's more like 1 in 10, unless I'm lazy and just give up halfway though.