Thursday, August 11, 2011
What Does Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Do?
Here is what I am raising money for through my marathon run. Memorial-Sloan Kettering is a leader in both cutting-edge cancer research and treatment and has made a huge difference in countless peoples' lives. Look at all the badass things they've done just over the past year.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Running when I don't want to.
Some times I REALLY don't want to lace up my shoes, get out the door and run. Generally it's because i feel tired or stressed out. The ironic thing is that 95% of the time, I will feel better after running. As human nature would have it though, I don't seem to remember this the next time I am having trouble forcing myself out the door.
I find that running is an especially good companion to dissertation writing. Both are endurance sports, that's for sure. But beyond that, running helps clear my head AND sometimes I even have a really good idea while running.
Anyway, this morning I really didn't want to run. Despite the fact that I "only" had to do a 6 miler, I was in a crap mood. My legs were sore. I felt like I should just get to work and that running was a subversive way of procrastinating (oh, the angst of the PhD student). After a lot of hemming and hawing (to myself, as I was alone in my apartment), I made it out the door and ran to Prospect Park, about a mile from my apartment.
When I got home my mood had improved 100%. I was feeling optimistic and pumped. I ate some delicious lentil soup. Now I'm all up in my dissertation like whoa. More or less.
Hopefully I remember these glowing after-effects tomorrow morning when I try to get up at 6:45am to go on a 16-mile run before getting on a bus to Boston for a friend's wedding.
I find that running is an especially good companion to dissertation writing. Both are endurance sports, that's for sure. But beyond that, running helps clear my head AND sometimes I even have a really good idea while running.
Anyway, this morning I really didn't want to run. Despite the fact that I "only" had to do a 6 miler, I was in a crap mood. My legs were sore. I felt like I should just get to work and that running was a subversive way of procrastinating (oh, the angst of the PhD student). After a lot of hemming and hawing (to myself, as I was alone in my apartment), I made it out the door and ran to Prospect Park, about a mile from my apartment.
Prospect Park is the bomb. As the kids say. I'm so lucky to live so close to Olmsted and Vaux's Brooklyn opus (Central Park is always stealing all the glory!!) It's a 3.3 mile loop around, but it's extra cool if you run on some of the more random paths outside the paved road. Also a good way to get some extra mileage while staying in the shade.
I was also rocking out hard to Diplo's "I Like Turtles" Mixtape. Which I highly recommend as a running soundtrack. Or a dancing soundtrack. Or soundtrack for doing the "running man."
When I got home my mood had improved 100%. I was feeling optimistic and pumped. I ate some delicious lentil soup. Now I'm all up in my dissertation like whoa. More or less.
Hopefully I remember these glowing after-effects tomorrow morning when I try to get up at 6:45am to go on a 16-mile run before getting on a bus to Boston for a friend's wedding.
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