MAC meet reflections

So the big meet is over.  A lot of exciting things happened, none of which were to me personally, but nonetheless it was inspiring to watch.  My teammate had the meet of her LIFE, and it was amazing to watch it all unfold.  She is just a bundle of positive energy, and though at times she seems a little scared of doing well, she is made for it.  She has really burst out on the scene this year and her aggressiveness and determination is something I only wish I could have.  Let’s just say I’m pretty jealous at how well she handled all the pressure and even managed to exceed any expectations she and others had of her! Way to go!

My race lacked a little. Okay, a lot. I honestly was really, really excited to get the chance to run the 5k at the conference meet after having a great race at All-Ohio.  I felt so strong and determined, and though I felt that I had some room to improve in terms of believing in myself and letting it all out there, I was really confident I could make huge improvements in my 5k.  But lately my mind just lets doubt take over.  It’s almost like I expect things to go poorly and I expect my body to fail me.  It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.  And having the two worst workouts of the season occur the two weeks before the meet didn’t help.  I’m not completely sure that it was my iron levels hitting lows that made me feel the way I did, or if it was just stress and a bad day, but it had a larger effect on me then I thought it would.  It just left yet another image in my head of what it felt like to “die” while running, and that is not something I have been able to forget.  I spent my entire junior year feeling like I couldn’t control what I was doing while running; my mind wanted to be aggressive and go get ‘em, but my body just fizzled out.  I guess the feeling of falling back and just suffering the rest of the way through has really had an impact on my racing mentality, because for whatever reason when the rest of the 5kers took off in the beginning of the race, I was unwilling to follow suit.  I just found myself holding back, running at a pace that was comfortable for me, that I knew I could keep up for the entire distance w/o dying.  What was I thinking? It was the freaking MAC MEET! I had nothing to lose! There was no reason to run that far behind everyone just so I could feel strong the whole way. I am WAY STRONGER than I think. I have the ability to keep a pace up even when it seems impossible to hold, yet I always doubt my strength.  So what if a 5:35 pace would have felt a little crazy? I ran that pace for my 3k two weeks earlier and felt like I could have kept going and pushing for another mile atleast.  Why then wasn’t I willing to get out there and push it? I was so determined to run a smart race that I forgot to even be competitive.  And that is what is eating me alive.  All those girls out there this weekend putting it out there, trying to win, trying to make great things happen.  I almost had a breakdown right there in the team camp area while watching the Saturday races, because I saw how hard everyone was running.  I used to be that aggressive.  A lot has happened since those Sophomore days of my career.  I took it for granted that I could be a top runner then, and now I just feel sad and frustrated when I watch all those girls I used to be running with miles ahead of me.  I just can’t believe that I made it all the way back to MACs and didn’t even lay it all out there.  I guess I should give myself some credit.  I have had my fair share of failures and reasons to have doubt.  I think having a couple bad weeks leading up to the meet just made it too hard for me to overcome my doubts, but I wish it hadn’t.  I had a great opportunity and I didn’t take it.  Now I have to sit here and wait a whole month until outdoor begins in hopes that I will get a chance for revenge.  And the 10k is not something to take lightly.  I am going to HAVE TO BE TOUGH to run that event. No reason to be stupid and hold back, though I can already imagine now that the temptation will be large to “race smart” and hold back.  Oy, I miss the days of freshman innocence when I just went with the flow and surprised myself at how fast I really was. 

So here I am, as always, with the feeling of sadness and depression yet again.  I WANT to be someone that helps to contribute to the team score, and I still have the dream to one day score again at MACs.  One more season, one more chance.  Part of me just wants this whole college running thing to be over so I can quite always feeling so disappointed in myself.  But another part of me wants to see just how far I can go this year.  I have the ability, it just takes some cooperation from my mind and body and I think things will start to improve drastically.  For now, I will keep working hard and dreaming of the future.  I don’t want to lose hope. I want to have that feeling that I did something truly special and I want THAT to be the image I am left with, not this feeling of anger and regret.  I WILL KEEP GOING.

Let the Holidays begin!

All 7 of my exams are finally OVER!  I had 2 lab final exams the Wednesday before official “finals week” and then 5 more exams crammed into the first 3 days of actual finals week.  It was S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L, let me tell you.  I pretty much put most of my focus into the Organic Chem final since it was cumulative and needed the most effort for me to get a good grade.  I then went crazy trying to fit in studying for the other exams in between since I definitely couldn’t neglect those. Didn’t want to bomb any exam and screw myself over! So….. long story short: I got a B on my Food Culture exam, which was a blessing since the exam ended up having over 50% of the questions be ones that I did not study! It was enough to keep an A in the class, thanks to my A+ on the first exam and a 148/150 on my big group project.  Then there was also my Food Safety final, which I probably will never find out my grade on, but I know I got an A on the test and in that class.  Organic Chem was my third exam, bright and early Tues morning, and with 50 multiple choice questions that covered the first 3 exam’s material and then another 100 points worth of new material, it was mentally difficult to stay focused the entire time.  I got a C on the multiple choice part but rocked the second part which you had to show your work (97.5%!) so it adds to a B and gets me an A in organic chem for the year! Can’t believe I did that well in such a difficult class!  I’m still waiting on my Anatomy grade, but I needed a B to keep the A I already had in the class, and I should have gotten that grade I believe.  My last exam, which was Wed night, was pretty easy in comparison and I got a 96% for an easy A in the class.  Not bad, right? It made me in a good mood to drive home last night, Starbuck’s peppermint mocha twist in hand, and begin my 3 week break!

So here I am, resting and enjoying a stress-free few weeks. I went shopping w/ my sis today, ate lunch w/ mom and sis, got a pool workout, and had a delicious tortellini dinner to top it off.  Tomorrow I plan to finish off my shopping, get in a long run , and read Twilight! It better be good like everyone says it is!

The big event coming up is my oral sugery on Monday. I will be happy to get these these wisdom teeth out! My right side of my face + my throat/glands have been sore and I’m sure it’s from those buggers in the back of my mouth.  Plus, I’m oddly excited to experience my first time being “put under”, my first surgery, and being able to eat cold/soft foods and sleep/read for a couple days.  It sorta messes up the running schedule, but it’s really not that hard to just rearrange things, and hopefully I won’t have to stay inactive for too long.  I’m banking on 2 days no working out, and then easing back into it.  Fingers crossed!

On the running side of things… one word: awesome! I have been feeling strong and competitive, plus my times are dropping and getting closer to where I used to be. Yayayayayayay! I have had consistent and great-feeling track and road workouts, especially yesterday w/ a few teammates.  My 2k time trial also went really well, and it felt so FREAKING AWESOME to go that hard and fast, and to get a time that was a nice pace for this time of year. I am estatic to compete in just 4 weeks! 3k, 5k, mile, bring it on! I love running so much and I am going to treasure every minute my body will let me do!

Happy Holidays!

And the cold weather makes its way into OHIO :(

I think there is no denying it now. Winter is on its way. Boohoo. I am completely a warm weather person so the chilly temps leave me wanting to stay bundled up in my warm bed and skip class. I don’t skip class, of course, but it IS tempting!

Onto better news. I have been back into running for over a month now! Wow it has been great. I have even done a 6k xc race on a whim at my school’s last home race, and it went pretty well for only having a couple of meager speed workouts.  Now it is all about getting the base back for track.  I have been having very nice distance runs and feeling great, plus a few speed workouts have been surprisingly good, but I still have a long way to go. I have a feeling my ferritin is a little low again, so I might start feeling better in a while if I get put on pills.  But at any rate, I enjoy getting in good miles and actually being able to participate in practice again. Nothing better

Running the 6K race! 24:18, not too shabby considering the 7 weeks off for the hip

O-chem is going rather well, on the academic side of things. A 96% and a 94.5% on my first two exams = me extremely happy! The recent 10 point “goggle deduction” from lab made me pretty angry, but whatever. I’m just hoping to survive the class and move on.  I will be so freaking happy to get this semester over with! Only 2 weeks and 2 days until Thanksgiving break! I’m getting very homesick!

Today I am going to attempt to bathe Stewart. But what I really need is to give him some breath mints. It’s completely grossing me out that he is eating what is coming out of his rear end. EWWWW!

I’m baaaaaack! *Fingers crossed*

So to answer the big question in my last post, apparently there really was NO STRESS FRACTURE! Because the pain was in that same spot and was sharp, limiting my ability to run, I was convinced it was a sfx and was mad at the docs for not just getting me a bone scan, but….. the doc gave me that big bottle of 800mg ibuprofen and lo-and-behold 5 days later I suddenly felt 95% better. So, I just did a slow 5 min run and NO PAIN. Then the next day another 5 min… NO PAIN. Could this be real? Was I seriously healed after all those weeks of not knowing what was wrong? Apparently I AM better now, go figure! So I decided on my own to just re-introduce running since I was pain free, and after seeing my doc a week later he agreed that I could start my comeback, and that the whole thing was probably just a case of “synovitis” which occurs when the sac around the joint gets filled with fluid and inflammed, leading to pain. I guess it took some hard-core ibuprofen to clear that area up. It almost irks me that I spent 7 weeks out of real running for something that was cleared up by a simple prescription for inflammation, but I am starting to believe more and more that things happen for a reason and that this “injury” needed to happen for some reason or another.  The important thing is that I can be healthy for track season and will hopefully be extra fresh.  Afterall, I crosstrained my butt off, no lie. 

Oh, and what really made my day was getting to go to Ft. Meigs the other day for the last hill workout of the xc season, where I got to jump in for a few repeats and I actually felt invigorated and inspired to get back into speed again.  It was a “good” hard feeling and I enjoyed helping teammates out.

But the other big news is that I GOT A NEW PUPPY! It was totally spur-of-the-moment, but I’ve wanted my own dog for a while and the chance came up so I forked over $250 that I really shouldn’t have spent and got a cute little silkie-poo which I named Stewart.  I’ll admit I was a little worried I’d regret it, but he is such a bundle of joy and really makes me happy. It is so nice being able to look forward to playing with him after classes and work, and though he has a little too much energy at times, he makes me smile and I love him to pieces! What a cutie!

So it’s a weekend of working and HW for me. Hopefully I’ll be cured of this head cold by Monday so I can get a bit more sleep, and then it’s a short week before fall break! Woohoo!

So what exactly IS wrong with me?!

So MRI said no stress fracture. That’s great, but that didn’t explain the pain. So basically the doc told me to start back running and “train my hip to run w/o pain.” What does that mean? To me it meant get out there and suck it up through the pain and just resume running as normal.  Unfortunately, I got only 1 good day of running in w/o it feeling worse, then the next day led to pain that let me know I wouldn’t be running anytime soon.  So here I am without a diagnosis, though I have this feeling in the back of my mind that my attempts to start running again LED to what is probably now a stress fracture.  I’ve been getting treatment and doing lots of pool workouts since the pain last week, and I have been told to schedule an appointment with a stress fracture specialist in a nearby town to seek a second opinion.  That’s fine with me, I think a new set of eyes will be helpful in figuring out my injury.  Plus, I have been compiling a list of my symptoms, including a popping of my hip, flexor pain, and pain radiating down my quad that seem to have come up along with (or because of?) my interior hip pain.  HOPEFULLY it is something like hip misalignment or something out of whack that will be less than 4 or 5 weeks out so I can have some sanity in this whole ordeal.  What sucks is that it has been 4 weeks since the initial pain, so if I would have just stopped all running then I would probably be healed right now.  But that is not realistic when you’re running for a team and have deadlines and benchmarks you’re trying to prepare for, and it’s easy to lose patience and stop listening to your body’s signals.  I’ll be okay, I’m sure.  It take a strong person to be a competitive runner, but it takes a stronger person to crosstrain diligently through injury to resume competitive running.  I can do this. I can do this.  I just have to keep my goals in mind and have PATIENCE.

On another note, work has been going well, and I finally have some money in my account to work with.  Yay!  It’s nice to be able to go grocery shopping and get what I want instead of sticking to the simple staples. 

I get so sad thinking about other people doing their weekly long runs and speed workouts, not to mention races.  I was sooooooo ready to get out there and kick some a**! Sorry, I just had to get that one out. I’m being patient, I really am.

Another week coming up, and another series of crosstraining workouts.  Time to attack!

A week of rollercoaster emotions… but ends on a good note!

What a week. Last time I checked in things were going FANTASTIC to put it mildly. Running was awesome, classes were over (and I got a 4.0 in my summer courses), and I was heading home to go to the fair w/ my mom.  Well things were looking great until I went on my long run that Saturday… the pace was superb, 7:05 for 10 miles (felt so good! and easy!) but there was a nice little hip pain developing throughout the entire run that had previously only been noticeable after runs when I felt the need to stretch out the hip flexor.  This particular run led me to believe that the pain was more bone-related, which frightened me to say the least.  Given my recent stress fracture in my right femoral neck, I was almost certain that the pain was another developing sfx in the other leg, same area as before.  So as a precaution I took it easy for a few days, crosstrained, went to the chiropractor just in case it was caused by misalignment, and then attempted a test-run that Thursday. Things went just “OK” and then the run Friday was a bit more painful, leading to a more painful day at work afterwards.  I was devastated to say the least.  I know when I’m in good shape and right now I’m in GREAT SHAPE.  So as the realization began to set in that I was probably out for a couple months, the sadness crept in as I imagined all my hard work fading away to nothing.  It was a particularly hard blow because it was just a few days away from the week of preseason xc practice when we get a total kick in the butt to see who has done their training over the summer.  So I was relegated to the sidelines, and the pool of course, while my teammates battled it out on the roads and on the track until I got my MRI.

So long story short (if you want to call this short)… I got the results back today and…NO STRESS FRACTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apparently I have a bit of fluid built up in the area that is causing painful inflammation and joint pain, so if I work to reduce that then I’ll be back running sooner than expected! I can’t even express how happy I am right now. It has been a huge goal of mine to run this xc season, so hopefully I’ll get in a few meets later on (though I had really hoped to run the duel meet this coming Friday, but I’ll take what I can get).  For now I’ll just keep killing myself in the pool with my newly-found aqua runner foot things that give my legs a killer workout, so I’ll be ready to go in a week or so.  If there is one thing I’ve learned, it is that training through an injury is 10x harder than training for running because it involves a lot of self-motivation and perserverance to get out there and into the pool to workout when no one else is around and there are no teammates and no coaches to push you and hold you accountable.  I remind myself of that everytime I get in that pool.  It is up to me to work hard and no one will know what I do but me, so I have to be mentally tough and push myself.  I have to say I’m proud of myself for being able to do this time and time again.

On another note: the Olympics is awesome! Obviously not everything has gone great for the US or some of the other athletes I picked to stand out, but everyone out there deserves a huge round of applause because it is NOT easy.  Take the women’s marathon, for example:

• Paula is obviously one tough cookie, and though everyone, including her, knows she came back too early from that sfx, it showed serious guts and mental toughness to get through that race and finish.  She will always be a winner in my book.
• Deena Kastor is an unbelievable person.  The way she handled herself in the post-race interview was absolutely amazing.  No self-pity or poor me routine.  She knew that what happened was out of her control and she was just unlucky, but she didn’t make it seem like the end of the world, even though it probably felt that way at the time.  My heart was crushed when I saw her stop and hobble through the pain, and she definitely didn’t deserve an Olympics like that.  She’ll come back, though, and we’ll see her get that Olympic gold medal, I truly believe that.
• Magdalena- hurting your knee on a shuttle bus right before your race? That is just unfair! It’s almost scary to think how those things can happen even when you are 100% prepared for your race, and before you know it you have to stop before the finish of the race.  Again, she is a fighter and she will get back.

My heart really goes out to Lolo Jones, though.  She truly is a class-act.  Not only is she inspiring, beautiful, and exciting to watch, but she managed to hold up through a tough post-race interview after watching her Olympic gold medal dream get taken away with one bump of the hurdle.  This will only fuel her more, though, and I am rooting for her to win the 2012 London Olympics.  She more than deserves that.

There are a few others that should be mentioned as well: Laura Wilkinson, Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Kerri/Misty, Nastia, Shawn Johnson, and of course Michael Phelps and co. who truly are great athletes and made me proud to be a part of the team USA.  I can’t wait for the men’s marathon tomorrow evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ciao for now

It’s the Olympics!!!!!

I am so excited! The Olympics is so amazing and even though it’s been 4 years since the last summer games, it doesn’t feel that long! Time flies! It seems like just yesterday I was thinking that the next time the summer Olympics rolled around I’d be graduated from college and done with school, and that really freaked me out back then.  Well, funny thing is that I am STILL in school (who would have thought I’d change majors after 3.5 years?) and I am actually fine with being done with school soon.  This whole business of constant reports, projects, assignments, quizzes, exams, labs, etc. is really starting to wear me down, especially since I’ve gone straight through with summer classes. 

Anyways, I have a few key athletes/sports/events that are MUST WATCH!

1.  Kara Goucher/Shalene Flanagan running the 5k/10k double.  It definitely won’t be easy running qualifying heats of the 5k and the finals in the 10k at the Olympic level, but hopefully they’ll be able to handle the pressure and have some great races! Go USA distance!

2. Women’s 3k steeplechase- this might end up being the MOST exciting event of the entire T&F competition.  I think the USA women could very well sweep the medals, and even more records could be set. It’s so exciting to see such great competition between Jenny and Anna!

 

2. Men’s Marathon- Ryan Hall is going to ROCK the marathon. There is no doubt in my mind that he will win a medal, but which color? I also think Dathan could pull a surprise and get top 5 or so.

3.  Women’s Marathon- Paula! Paula! I hope things go well for her this time around. I think maybe having the injury last minute might help take some of the pressure off, so maybe she’ll be able to just go into it and race smartly w/o thinking so much about winning. And I’m rooting for Deena to repeat her medal performance now that she is a seasoned veteran. She looked GREAT at trials and is very smart, so she won’t overexert herself early.

 

3.  USA Women’s gymnastics team- They are the gold medal favorites, hands down, and I think they are going to dominate the team competition, all around, and event finals.  Shawn Johnson is a beast, Nastia has composure, and Chelsie Memmel is rock solid consistant.  Should be amazing! Unfortunately, the men’s team, now down TWO Hamm brothers, is not looking as fierce. Hopefully they can handle things w/o their leaders.

4. Cycling! A lot of the big names will be competing fresh off the Tour de France, and it should be fun to watch.

5. Women’s 10m platform diving- Laura Wilkinson, all the way. She pulled off a cRaZy dive at Trials to earn a perfect score and pull herself back into the lead.  Her difficulty is out of this world, and she brings so much excitement to the sport. Plus the natatorium for this Olympics is out of this world. Go Laura!

6.  I may just have to tune in and watch Michael Phelps break a few more world records and win a million and one medals because he is just that good.  That man is un-freaking-believable and I’m glad he is able to use his God-given talents (and super-human body) to the max and really give people a good show.

I literally watch EVERY sport at some time during the Olympics because it is such a privelage to see the best in each discipline. And it gives me something to watch on TV every minute of the day

Sport is LIFE.

Where did the time go???!!

Can you believe it? It’s already August and that means fall semester is just around the corner.  It’s been hard to even think about fall classes since I have been hard-core into chemistry since the middle of May.  But not having chemistry 5 days a week + labs will be nice a nice switch after this crazy summer schedule that crams everything into 6 weeks!  All I have left is 2 exams!!! Fingers crossed, though. I have an A and I’m so nervous to screw it up, yikes!  Edit: Ended up with an A in chemistry lab, and got out of the chemistry lecture final exam by applying my ACS percentile! I’m done!!!!!!!!!!

So anyways, after this Friday I will be home for 5 (yes 5!) days, and will be spending lots of time with my sister, going to the fair with my mom, and working a few days at the zoo (my last days there!).  I am so beyond excited. I need a break from BG and from my apartment.  Plus I can run in Westerville and stuff like that. Yippee!

And the running… it’s going GREAT! A few things that pop up here and there (like this foot pain) but once I get my new shoes tomorrow it should be pretty much fixed.  Hoping to get a 10 miler this weekend with the first half being with my sister, and it will be at my favorite park: Antrim! I always have great experiences there, especially with all of the other runners so cheerful and dedicated.  Today was a very successful workout, and it confirmed that I am doing well with speed.  It has been hard to get it back, but I have put in a lot of extra work on my own to improve! And I got the best compliment the other day when a teammate told me that another teammate said I was in really good shape after she had run with me.  That means a lot coming from someone who is a first-class runner herself, and I really look up to.  More motivation to continue my hard work and to keep positive about my progress! 

The only real letdown lately was my “road race” last Saturday. I was really hoping for a competitive race, but it ended up being me running in second and third place OVERALL and having a hard time keeping a good pace on my own and in the heat on the scorching bike path with too many runners to dart around.  It wore me down and I ended up darting off course at 4 miles to put an end to the misery and just call it a day with the 27 min tempo that it became.  Oh well, good to get in the workout and I have many races to come. 

Here’s what this week is looking like, running-wise:

• Monday- AM run w/ teammates, 53:30 at ~7:10 pace; PM run 40 minutes in the heat at 7:20 pace + striders
• Tuesday- speed workout at the track: 3 sets of 3×300m accelerating (59 sec, 57 sec, 55 sec) w/ 2 min rest b/t repeats and 5 min jog between sets. Hit all my goal times except 2 of the 55’s were at 56. Not bad! Did some lifting afterwards
• Wednesday- AM run 6.3 miles recovery run in the dark (fun!); PM run easy 20 minutes and core
• Thursday- AM hills! 2 miles to the golf course and 4 x 5 hills alternating b/t steep and gradual sides, 1.5 mile run back home;
• Friday- 40 min swimming laps (1500 yds)
• Saturday- LONG RUN! 10 miles, 30 minutes of it w/ my sister and last 45 solo at Antrim Park/Olentangy trail! So excited Lifting later.

Total miles running: estimated 42-43 miles!

Do what you love and love what you do! Happy running!

Running update!

In one word, running is going: GREAT! This past week I got in a fartlek-style tempo run and some hills for workouts, plus a total of 40 miles which I haven’t been able to do for quite some time.  Most importantly, though, each time I ran my legs felt strong, recovered, and quick.  I’m really trying to get back my speed that I had a couple years ago, but at the same time I’m in need of some tempo-type endurance for my races.  I actually feel like a runner again, though! I’ve been using a tennis ball as a massager each night and for some reason it seems to be working like magic to break up scar tissue/built up lactic acid and the quad pain that has plagued me for some time is so much less intense.  Makes me happy The breakdown is a little something like this:

• Monday- 8.32 miles early, then 3 miles in the heat in the afternoon. Lift #1
• Tuesday- 16 min w-up, 5-4-3-2-1 min tempo with 1 min recovery jog, mile c-down
• Wednesday- FABULOUS 40 min run at <7:10 pace that felt easy, then 30 min elliptical
• Thursday- morning 30 min run to stadium, 5 stadium stairs, run to hill 5 hills, run back, 5 stadium stairs, then 1.5 mi c-down home; PM lift #2
• Friday- easy 5 mile run and strides
• Saturday- 6 mile run with teammate on trails

Today was a day off, which I felt like I really needed after my run Saturday, but now that I have the day off, I’m bored out of my mind. I went for a bike ride eariler, but I’m eager to get back to a workout routine tomorrow.  I plan to skip a little of my morning class so I can meet some teammates to run… that’s how eager I am to run with other humans! It should be fun, and then a quick lab quiz, a short lab procedure, and another run in the afternoon to get in a 2-a-day.  No work tomorrow… or until Friday, so I’ll have a lot of time to get in workouts and study for my exam on Friday. 

I’m having some minor issues w/ body image right now which seems to be the only real downer.  I was feeling very fit and good about myself until I saw a picture from a road race a little over a week ago posted online and I looked like a major chub.  It’s so hard for me to see pictures like that after being so much tinier my first few years of college.  I feel like I look heavy and overweight, even though I don’t actually “feel” that way.  It’s hard.  I have been eating great and working hard, but I have a very different body than I used to.  Hopefully with more weeks of running I’ll lean up a bit more and start to be happier with myself, but for now I guess I just have to learn to appreciate my ability to run and improve.  Here’s to a good week of running

I felt like putting up a new blog post, so I stole a tag for fun!

1. Where is your cell phone?  right now on my ear!
2. Your significant other?  haha, n/a
3. Your hair?  thick, but clean! 
4. Your mother?  talking with me on the phone  
5. Your father?  who knows what he is up to 
6. Your favorite thing?  running, hands down 
7. Your dream last night?  gymnastics dream (I have a lot of those, and with old teammates!) 
8. Your favorite drink?  hot- cappucinos, cold- water mixed w/ rasp lemonade crystal light 
9. Your dream/goal?  MAC championship top 3 finish!
10. The room you’re in?  bedroom, a little stuffy 
11. One hobby?  reading
12. Your fear?  another injury 
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?  dietician, in another state 
14. What you’re not?  a partier
15. Muffins?  yumm… homemade 
16. One of your wish list items?  more money for college 
17. Where you grew up? all over boring Ohio
18. The last thing you did?  nap
19. What are you wearing?  t-shirt and comfy shorts 
20. Favorite Gadget? iPod
21. Your pets? I love my cat, the dog drives me crazy
22. Your computer? pretty new! (purchased by me)
23. Your mood? content
24. Missing someone?  my sister, teammates
25. Your car?  stupid
26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
27. Favorite store?  Target, Trader Joes
28. Like someone? hoping for something
29. Your favorite color?  blues
30. When is the last time you laughed?  class 
31. Last time you cried?  July 3rd