In My Spare Time

Okay so I was talking to my sister the other day, she is the foremost authority on anything social, and she was like,
"Do you have a myspace?"
Me: "Um.. no"
Her: "Why not?"
Me: "My life is not that interesting."
Her: "Oh my god.. whatever."

Her words so moved me that I decided I should blog like the wind. I still don't think my life is that interesting. I am a second year medical student, meaning I just finished my first year and now I have 3 months to reflect on the craziness that is medical school and decide if I am going back, which I probably will since I have already accrued a ridiculous amount of debt and my hubby will sell me in to prostitution if I don't.

So what am I doing with my last summer ever you ask?

Well because I have 3 months off and nothing to do with my time I decided to train for a sprint triathlon. If you have never done one of these it is usually a 375 to 800 meter swim followed by a 12 to 15 mile bike followed by a 5K run. This may seem like no big deal to some of you but I assure you it is more difficult than it seems. Case in point, I consider myself an avid cyclist, at least I was before medical school. I used to ride anywhere from 50 to 100 miles per week between my road and mt bike. I have just recently started running, so I am not fast, but I am able to do about 2.25 miles 3-4 times per week. This past weekend I decided to get a feel for what I would be doing. I rode 14.6 miles and then got off my bike and ran 2 miles. For the first 5 minutes of my run I couldn't catch my breath and had to walk a little. My original plan was to run 2.5 miles but when I got to my 1 mile mark my legs were not happy so I had to turn back. By the time I got home I had a whole new appreciation for triathletes. Anyways, I was not discouraged. I proceeded to get up the following day for my morning run after which I felt pretty good.

Today was a weight training day and tomorrow is a run day. I am increasing my run distance this week and will do my first ever 5K this weekend. I am also planning on doing a duathlon this summer before the triathlon, a kind of "warm up" if you will.

Okay, so that is out of the way. Umm... what else.

Books that I am reading:

1) Rapid Interpretation of EKGs- Because someone is gonna have to read these EKG thingys when I am a doctor and it might as well be me.

2) BSR Physiology Review. I will admit I am a nerd. But physio was hard and I have a feeling I am gonna need some of that info to get through rotations.

I have already finished 3 non school related books so back off.

I am pretty sure my husband is trying to ship me off to South America. He keeps suggesting I take total immersion spanish....in another country. Not sure how to take that. While I agree spanish is a good skill to have in the medical profession, I am pretty darn comfy right where I am right now.

So that is my first post. Come back and see what I am up to.