half marathon

So I had the half this morning. It went pretty well. I ran a 1:47:41 (officially). Thats a 3:30 ish pr from my old best time. I was happy with it because I was plagued with shin splints and hip problems this season. The shins were fine for the duration of the run, but at about mile 7 my hip started acting up. It has happened before on a training run. Basically it's something in the capsule that is a shooting pain at every step. Last time it happened I had to stop and walk, and even that was difficult to do. This time I basically said I wasn't going to walk and adjusted my stride to keep going. The rest of the race was great. The weather was awesome, a little windy by the end, but nonetheless great. Then I spent about 2 hours on the couch afterwards trying to sleep, but was unsuccessful. Oh well, I can sleep when I'm dead. Now its basically study time for the next 3 weeks until finals are over. 

Our first final is in histology on monday. Histology is basically looking at stuff under the microscope. Generally it is extremely extremely boring. We even have 3 hour histo labs that basically consist of us looking under microscopes the entire time. Most of the stuff that we study is not interesting. However, in the exam coming up we have the ear and eye (among other things). The ear is absolutely amazing. The way it is able to turn sound into something that we can understand is nuts. I mean, I don’t think anyone could think up a system like this, but it works. And for 90% of the population or more it always works. It’s remarkable. Here’s a video that basically explains the ins and outs of the ear. If you have a few minutes I would really recommend watching it because it is pretty cool. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeTriGTENoc

Finally, I would like to thank those of you who were generous enough to send in money. I really appreciate it and I know that it will be put to good use. I'll be sure to take pictures of the equipment when we get it. 

talk to ya'll later