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September 2, 2004
A little rusty
Soon, I hope to be writing about shaking the rust off my running when I get back to doing speedwork...but in this case, I'm talking academically.
I had my first math review (of two; tomorrow is the second) and it felt like I was re-learning a language I had once known well. Logarithm? Natural log? Sounded vaguely familiar, but I had a really hard time answering the problems as quickly as everyone else was! I am one of the oldest ones in my master's program, surprisingly (I'm 27!) and seem to be taking my time getting back into the swing of this school thing. However, there are lots of nice people and even someone from my old running club in D.C. And oddly enough, a guy in the MIT gym came up to me and said he recognized me from the running club, too, even though he doesn't look at all familiar to me (oops.) So it seems likely that I'll have some company if and when I'm ever running regularly again.
As for this morning, I got up super-early, biked over to the gym with my big backpack impeding my balance, and then swam for about 45 minutes. It was weird, after about 35 minutes of swimming as usual, I got really weak and hungry and I knew I wouldn't last too much longer. I probably should have eaten more before I left my apartment but I was in a big hurry so I wouldn't miss my first official math review.
I was really antsy after sitting around in orientation all day, so I did the elliptical for awhile and lifted when I came back from school. Then I got really hungry AGAIN and rushed home to eat some matzo ball soup my grandmother made for us! It's great having doting grandparents in the area--especially ones that know how to cook all the best Jewish delicacies. :)
Yay, it's almost Friday! (imagine how I'll feel after a real week of classes...)
Posted by becky at September 2, 2004 7:48 PM