Dollars for Scholars 10K

So, the annual Dollars for Scholars 10K run was last Friday.. at 6:00 and 85 degree heat! I had high expectations, I knew I'd be making around 45ish minutes because that's what I'd been training for, and was ready to blow my time from last year (1:00:12) out of the water... unfortunately I forgot about the heat. I ended up walking. Twice. The course was a double loop, once for the 5K-ers and two for the 10K-ers. I had to walk at about 4.5 miles, and then again at 5. I was NOT happy. I didn't walk for long, just enough to catch my breath and not hyperventilate.. I almost passed out once before one summer because I got too hot... that was really scary. I had no phone on me and was about 5 miles away from home.. I never want to feel like that again. My time ended up being right at 55 minutes... at least I beat my last time I guess. Stupid heat!!!! My 1/2 marathon pace was faster than that! Grrrr.....

I dominated yesterday. That's right, domination occurred. ;-) 1. My huge organic chem. II test was a breeze thankyousweetbabyjesus, and I actually left the building smiling. I know, whoa! Hopefully I won't jinx myself! 2. I ran after taking two days off to study for said test, 4 miles in 31:20! Yeeeaayuhh! I felt so good I ate three delicious peanut butter cookies along with dinner.... so all that work for nothin'-ha! But, I still felt like a champ. Mission accomplished. I still need to get back in my running groove.
So many things to do. I love life. Life is good. Always. :)

On the side, I recently was driving around when the new Miley Cyrus song came on the radio, The Climb. Now I'm no fan of Miley whatsoever, I sort of think shes a spoiled brat that has had to grow up way too fast, and I think she sounds like a man. I know her song has been out for a while now, but I've refused to listen to it and change the station when it comes on, the other however I actually listened to it, and I really like it. Gasp. The words could be applicable to a lot of situations, and that night I really really needed to hear those lyrics. So thank you, Miley, for not letting me give up hope. (I still think you're a spoiled brat)

I'll end with a quote that I have up in my room:
"There are two types of people in the world:
1. Those who run.
2. Those who should."

Hello blogging world...

Cheetah Girl has been major M.I.A. lately... whoops. Full-nerd-mode has officially set in. Yep, finals are right around the corner. Organic Chemistry II has done a wonderful job of kicking my puny little butt, and Physiology is not far behind it. All that said, I'm not going to get to run the 1/2 marathon in Nashville due to my nonexistant training. :( I will however run in a 10K at the end of the month. :)

There's a saying about college:
"Enough sleep. A social life. Good grades.
You can only pick two. Welcome to college."
Try adding 'Go to gym and run 30-40 miles a week' to that list. You can still only pick two. Thank you for the pity party.

Running has unfortunately not been at the top of the priority list. After my 1/2 marathon, I stopped running double digit milers on the weekends.. probably because the race motivation was gone. I've been running less and less due to the piling on of tests and ridiculous-ness from professors. I'm running about 15-20 a week now. Surprisingly I can still fit into all my jeans, so this is good. This is also most likely due to the fact that my food supply has almost disappeared. Ahh the poor college kid. ;)

Needless to say, summer hurry up and get here! I can't wait to be school free - I'll be working full time but at least I'll be on a more predictable schedule so that I have time to get my run in. My non-running friends think I'm mental when I tell them that my legs are just itching to run... I was actually at Walmart with a friend walking down the aisle when the overwhelming feeling came over me. I just wanted to start running right there. It was definately weird but cool at the same time. My friend thinks I'm on crack. Maybe I am. HA!