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I always say "no excuses" no matter what. And I don't have any for missing out yesterday, but let me list a "few" things I did:

• got up at 7:00 and mad b-fast+lunch (For Loren)
• drove Loren to work and zoom zoom zoomed to mine (2 min late) 
• got to the gym by five and sprinted 3 miles and did major strengthening 'till 6:30
• Wrote a 5pg essay 'till 12:00-ish

The next morning, I woke up and edited/printed it. Done.

So yes, I'm sorry for a no-show, but I think you could sorta-kinda understand.

I'm a little burnt out. Always by the end of the work week I end up cramming in my homework and trying to get some shut-eye.

More on the training:
Today, I really learned something about my running. I actually saw the effect on good breathing v.s. bad breathing did to me. When I really focused on my breathes and nothing else, I almost felt NO PAIN. The run felt like a breeze! but the moment I let anxiety in of how much time I had left or how my legs sorta hurt, I felt EVERYTHING. I really think I can use this to my advantage for the races and up-comming runs. I have not mastered it yet (and far from it) but I have definitely paid notice to it!
Have you ever paid attention to your breathing during a workout?

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It's COLD outside!

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It rained. And I biked. oh boy.

but like I said yesterday, I was prepared. I was waterproof from head to toe (almost)

I was going to go for a run when I got home, but instead, I took a nap. Good for me, I obviously needed it.

and guess what, I'm going to bed at 9:30. this is a breakthrough!

wish me luck, and happy Friday!

oh, and come on...seriously? how are these so damn amazing!!!!

Bye =]

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"beginning" of my work week and I'm already over it. Motivated with my training, but not really excited to have less time for study, especially sice my list is already long. And I covered a co-workers shift Tuesday so I am more beat than usual. I have to stay posative and more important, get lots of sleep!
I have to be up by 7 and on my bike within a halfhour to get to work on time. (cross your fingers that it doesnt rain!) but I'm "prepared" for that sort of weather, just would rather Not have to got through it.

On that note, I'd like to say how much I LOVE biking. Even on the days I hate it, it is so convenient and such a clean energy. Sometimes I feel like biking to work is like getting paid to work out...AMAZING.
But one of the most important things that makes a bike ride fun is wearing the right clothing. Getting too cold or even too hot can really just suck. Not fun.

Training:

3mi in 25.5 min

strengthen 30 min

bike:15 min

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I apologize for missing...again

I have a LOT of deadlines for this coming week:

• 5 pg paper due monday
• finish the Republic of Plato (Im on ch 7/10)
• start the Disposessed 
• thousands of math problems
• study for exam 2 this wed
• take 10000's of picture for SOS by mon 

All that and...

• work 5 days/week
• keep up my training (hopefully get to 8.2min/mi by may)
• blog

slee? pshhhhh

So this is whats's on my mind these days. Life is getting more hectic as we near spring break. (which I cannot wait for!) but I really need to push myself and really succeed through these two weeks.

Rest day. no run.

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oops, another miss-hap post!

when I begin to get the feeling that the world is crushing in to me I have to remember to breath; that everything is going to be OK. But getting to this point sometimes feels impossible. I get so caught up in my worries and stresses, I begin to forget the LOVE that is in this world. The trees, the sky, the ocean, the rain. All these beautiful things that are real, unlike my false reality of anxiety that school and work brings.
In order to breath, I think of these things. I think of climbing, of hiking, of laying in the sun. And sometimes, this is what saves me from myself.

Today, I woke up at 8:00 expecting to have a "free day"
I got Loren to school (made coffee, scones, and lunch...) and then I tried to get myself together. So I went for a run. In the rain/wind/cold/stormy weather. It was a 2.5 miler and it was AMAZING. I got back breathing and sweating more than I have in a while. and I PR'd!!
I've begun to realize that running has really become therapeutic. It truly relives me of stress and allows me to focus on my studies. I really don't know what I'd do without it.
But then my world flipped upside-down. I FORGOT that I had work today! and the cafe called..."where are you, Melissa?" :/ I was covering for a co-worker today...and I totally forgot.

Tis, for some reason, really REALLY screwed my entire day. I had a stack of books to read, a 5 pg essay to write, and I was late on a much-needed nap. Bummer.

And for some reason, I instantly felt sick.

I know was really going to mess up my week.


But lets look on the plus side, shall we?

• I made some doe (and dough)
• I got to take home some food
• I... I... oh, what's the use

On another note, I really want these things:

This shirt:

from a really amazing shop in Hawaii

and ALL of this. 

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