Thursday, July 17, 2008
the running group
was cool. they were all superstars. many of them can run a marathon in under three hours. i'm so jealouss of their mad prowess. but the workout really kicked my ankles. we did 6 kilometers of running. 2 400s, 2 800s, 1 1200, 2 800s, and 2 400s. in between each run we jogged 200. and if you're not sure what those numbers mean, let me just say that it basically meant 30 minutes of continuous running. not jogging, running. an amazingly good workout, but i was already tired to start with.
then we went to a vietnamese restaurant afterwards. i was still sweating, but the place was a/ced, so i cooled off eventually. as i said before, the only problem with this group is that i usually can't make their wednesday night practice, cuz i teach til 9 or 10 and the track turns its lights off at 9. i'm gonna go to one of their sunday morning meetings, but few people show up for that, and it's not a track workout, so not too special.
my schedule leaves little time for extracurriculars, which is forcing me, grudgingly, to become a morning person. get up 530 or 6 and run, then do some studying or whatever the rest of the morning, and then go teach in the afternoon and evening, and then sleep. i'll either die doing it or become so superfit supersmart that no one will recognize me. i'm betting more on the former.
as for friendship, maggie's leaving on tuesday for england to try and get her us visa. once she's gone, i'm gonna have to find some japanese guys to hang out with. not that the other foreigners around here aren't cool and all, but i really need to go native. as i've planned it, i'll only be here a year. to learn high-level japanese in that time, while teaching, is relatively impossible, but i'll give it a shot. i've got a teacher set up for my thursdays starting in august. now i just need to find some retirees who have lots of free time to hang out with in the mornings and arrange flowers or something (maggie's idea :)
ok. i'll think of some more interesting things to blog about and get back to you.
e
then we went to a vietnamese restaurant afterwards. i was still sweating, but the place was a/ced, so i cooled off eventually. as i said before, the only problem with this group is that i usually can't make their wednesday night practice, cuz i teach til 9 or 10 and the track turns its lights off at 9. i'm gonna go to one of their sunday morning meetings, but few people show up for that, and it's not a track workout, so not too special.
my schedule leaves little time for extracurriculars, which is forcing me, grudgingly, to become a morning person. get up 530 or 6 and run, then do some studying or whatever the rest of the morning, and then go teach in the afternoon and evening, and then sleep. i'll either die doing it or become so superfit supersmart that no one will recognize me. i'm betting more on the former.
as for friendship, maggie's leaving on tuesday for england to try and get her us visa. once she's gone, i'm gonna have to find some japanese guys to hang out with. not that the other foreigners around here aren't cool and all, but i really need to go native. as i've planned it, i'll only be here a year. to learn high-level japanese in that time, while teaching, is relatively impossible, but i'll give it a shot. i've got a teacher set up for my thursdays starting in august. now i just need to find some retirees who have lots of free time to hang out with in the mornings and arrange flowers or something (maggie's idea :)
ok. i'll think of some more interesting things to blog about and get back to you.
e
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