I DID IT! I finally broke 22 minutes on the 5k run (3.1 miles). On Sunday, I ran the Run for the Pumpkins 5k here in Knoxville and finish in a time of 21:56. I was about dying at the end, but I knew that I was doing really well, so I sucked it up and kept plugging. Not only that but I finished 2nd in my age group, and there were FIVE people total. None of this get an award by default (though I will take those), but I actually performed real well. So now I have one more 5k race (Nov 2nd) before the marathon (Nov 9th) and hopefully I can carry this performance onto these other races.

School is going well, but keeping me busy. No real news on that front.

I find that even though I am spending more time in front of the computer, I am getting less fun stuff and more work done, but that should be the case. Unfortunately, I have not been able to keep this site updated like I wanted to.

Classes for me are going well. This week is the week where the second test of the semester are given, so I am in the middle of them. So far my grades aren’t too bad, but this is when it is supposed to be easy right? My Teaching Assistantship is going well, I am doing a bunch of grading, but I am pretty pleased that it has not been interfering too much with my studies.

Marathon training is slacking a little. I have not put in the miles that I wanted, but I am getting the pace that I was hoping for. Maybe I won’t be so burnt out by the time the marathon comes around, which is only a few weeks away. It looks like I am going to break the 500 mile mark for the year at the pace that I am going!