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    Not trying to hear the dogma.

    I just got back from my 4-mile long run of the week. Each mile was broken up with a 200 meter walk, but the run was nice and hard despite the breaks. Because the Indiana Colts are on our campus, random families came down to track, presumably to see where the Colts trained. Makes since; if the parents work during the day, they would have to come out on a weekend to show their kids where the football players do all their hard work. It was a little disconcerting to be huffing and puffing out there with families watching, though. Eeks.

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    Three’s the magic number

    Three workouts, that is. Tuesday’s weightlifting wasn’t the best in terms of progress, but I followed it up with a good ten minutes on the rowing machine that wore me out. Leg press: 14/13 @ 45 lb (Notice the drop of ten pounds.) Bench press: 16/8 @15 lb Lat pulldown: 14/12 @ 144 lb Shoulder press: 16/11 @ 5 lb Anterior tibialis: left: 11/8, right: 11/10 @ 10 lb I’m not sure what I’m not doing right in weight-lifting; are the weights too high? Should I be shooting for equality in the sets, or fatigue in each? I’m fairly certain I’m not getting enough protein–in the last seven days, I’ve…

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    Slow, but fun

    Today’s run was slow, although it was only 5 km. WO and I were being particularly social, so the middle 1.5 km were on his pace and scheduling of intervals (per one of the weeks of the Couch-to-5K program) rather than my usual. I experimented with running 800 m and 1 km around my time with WO, though, and both were doable, although the 1 km needed to be slow. So 800 m it is for this week. I’m not stretching my calves enough, evidently, because I fought legs and lungs today, which is no good. So stretches before bed and after waking up. I also ate well today, despite…

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    Existentialist… but then, we knew that.

    You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life. �Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.� �It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.� –Jean-Paul Sartre �It is man’s natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.� –Blaise Pascal More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page… Existentialism 90% Justice (Fairness) 75% Utilitarianism 70% Hedonism 70% Strong Egoism 45% Nihilism 30% Apathy 20% Kantianism 10% Divine Command 5% What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com

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    Chi-town fun…

    So this weekend was Chicago. Mae picked me up at 05:30-ish and we hit the road, driving up IN-63 N, then I-94 W. I took the second leg of the drive, and Mae and I chatting about just about anything that came to mind, despite the early hour. A tinkle stop just inside of Chicago got us all kinds of lost. See, I’m used to highways where if you get off , you should be able to go through whatever intersection is at the overpass, then hop right back on the highway. Nope. We stopped at a McDonald’s and were never able to get back on the highway. I got…