"The mile has all the elements of drama."

Ran a 12.10 two-mile today. It’s been about two years since I’ve been able to do that...what a feeling. You can imagine how it feels to finally accomplish the goal you’ve been working up to all Summer. Thank goodness, because I only have five more days of summer (controlling myself from adding a 500 days of summer comment here...heh). Anyways, walking out of the gym I felt really good about myself, I could tell because I always unconsciously add a slight bounce to my step so my ponytail will swish back and forth in a certain manner when I am feeling at my prime.

By the time I sat down in my car, the post-run mindset kicked in and I began to place metaphors from my time on the track nicely into my time on the...Earth(?) Btw, if you've never experienced a runner's high, I recommend you lace up your joggers right now and get to running. Why take the advice of a stranger? Even Nike thinks it's a good idea (har har):


Anyways, back to the original thought; my high school cross country coach used to always tell me that I wasn’t pushing as hard as I could during races and my 5k time was usually about a minute over what it was today on the treadmill...which proves his point (gahh for never running intensely on treadmills till after highschoool and consequently not realizing my potential!) but honestly during those races I really gave it my all...or so I thought.

Which makes me think that perhaps right now in life I could be doing WAYY more. I mean I don’t even feel like I’m giving my all, but imagine if I did? or at least tried? My potential would shoot up like the amount of times they play Taylor Swift on the radio post-VMAs. Mediocrity sucks. but for so long I’ve been living the Le Tigre lifestyle ("mediocrity rules")...yabadaba doo man. GOAL time:

1. make full use of the running club I am now the head of...def have a photo running day like zooey dechanel’s from Yes Man.
2. go to AS Concert General Body Meetings and give my input on what bands I want to see and help make it happen
3. sit at the front of all my classes AND talk to professors during their office hours.
4. Find a research job.
5. be more THERE while I shadow Dr. Eshom.
6. get work done at the library...and THEN some.
7. pilates err(other)day
8. find one place to write to-do lists as opposed to writing them on any and every available scrap of paper.

Okay, looks like a good place to stop.

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