Insolence to a whole new degree

Like i said in my '1st post,' i had a ton of homework to do and i was trying something new out by working in an academic building, instead of the library. I had never done this before, but i was beginning to realize from my unsuccessful 1st semester that although the library is suppose to be a place of solitude and focus, it is far from that. A lot of people like to waste time and think of off topic things to do, as if the library makes them feel better about themselves, because at least they are at the place where people are suppose to do work (kinda like when people go to class, just to go, and do not pay one lick of attention). Anyways, so instead of going to the library, I proceeded to Andrew's Hall and went to a far off location inside the building. 20 minutes in i was loving it, i was breezing through my literature and going on to my next homework assignment, when a lady came in and asked me, "Do you have a class or are you just doing work?"I told her, "No, I am just doing some homework." She than asked me a question that I regret answering so kindly. "Would it be alright if i did some work?," she said. Of course being the gentleman that i am i said, "sure." As she got situated she could not have made more of a ruckus, slamming her books around, ruffling papers for what seemed to be over an hour, kicking a chair over, trust me she did it all. She than brought out her computer and began to blair her music for a good 5 minutes, while I was reading, after she was done being insensitive she turned off the music and gave me 5 minutes of peace. When all of the sudden "She wolf" by Shakira began echoing throughout the room. Instead of going outside and talking to her friend, she stayed and talked, leaving me to continously re-read the same line over and over again. But you know it's probably my fault, i should be able to block out noise better, i'll work on that. Don't worry things get worse, after her phone call 2 of her friends barge into the room and without even acknowledging my presense goes stragiht to the projector screen and hits up facebook to talk about boys that they had sex with and which was hotter. I was so baffled with the amount of rudeness i was experiencing that i just sat their with a blank stare watching and listening to their meaningless and frivolous conversations. i began trying to work again, but it was to avail, i really am terrible at reading, while there is noise it would be awesome if i could just block it all out. Terribly this is not so, hence the reason i sought solitude for my reading. So i just started packing up, on my way out, 5 more girls began entering the room.

As i was walking out, I thought to myself is this a joke? Like you got to be kidding, i just couldn't believe this woman and how she didnt even ask me to leave or try to get her friends to be a little more respectful, as i was clearly trying to work and was their first. Obviously she had no respect and could give a shit about me or having any manner of politeness. It really infuriates me that people can just be so stuck up. My trip out was not in vain though, as I was getting pretty hungry and headed over to the library, where instead of work beign done, i started this paltry blog.

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So I had my primary workout today. This is only my second workout back from injury and it definitely felt like just like that. I ran a total of 14.3 miles, off of a 34 minute fartlek (4min on, 2min off x 4-- 3min on, 2 min off fartlek x 2). In case one does not know what the term "fartlek" means. it's when you run hard (on our team that means 90-95% effort pace) for the allotted amount of time and than instead of resting for the other part, like you would with intervals, one runs at a regular pace for the remainder of the time interval (so like 6 minute mile pace).

My group ended up becoming a pack of 5 with John Muller, Maxwell, Pence, Adley, and I. We ran fairly consistent running 5:27, 5:25, 5:22, 5:15, 5:21, 5:25 over the hilly "Country Road." Workouts with the team makes things much more manageable, as you feed off of one another and are able to switch the lead among the pack. it's an invaluable advatange in these types of workouts for runners like me who have a hard time running hard efforts on their own, sadly.

I felt pretty good for most of the run, but in my last set, my back began cramping a tad. I am going to begin stretching out my back that with a few stretches my coach showed me. I hope things will begin to become more manageable as my training progresses.

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