good way to start a day

It’s just a hair shy of midday, and even though I haven’t gotten anything work-related done, I’m still feeling pretty good about today.

A bit of backstory… yesterday’s rest day was incredibly welcome after the blistering long run I had on Sunday. I had intended to do my 12 miles at approx. 8-9:00 min/mile, and ended up clocking about 1:27, or about 7:30 min/mile average! Not only was 12 miles a new distance PR for me… that pace is undoubtedly the top fast/far combo I’ve ever done! And since I spent all of Saturday skiing, I was pretty stoked about the whole thing.

So, rest yesterday, speed today. Fartleks, round 2. This time, however, I felt great. Well, it was actually quite painful; the end result felt great, though. Thankfully, there was no snow and it was actually super nice outside. Perfect speed weather at about 30 F. Then I made a great egg scramble for breakfast, and headed to school (where I am currently procrastinating).

I have lofty goals today, so I’m going to get back to work. Tonight Jorge Cham (PhD Comics) is speaking on campus, so I’m pretty pumped to see him. If you’re a grad student and you haven’t read the strip, you need to start. It’s aimed more toward natural science/math grad students, but there are a few cameos from humanities/social science characters.

Here’s hoping the rest of the day is productive!