Time sure is flying by

Well May is already halfway over and I feel like it should just be beginning.  Tonight during dinner, Amanda mentioned that some of her old coworkers in NC had countdowns posted to the summer.  I said that by the time I realized my second year was ending it was over.  I had a very busy past week with my GI exam last Monday, the Cleveland marathon on Sunday, and then our term II exam this Monday.  Today I took a four hour self assessment as well, and now the relaxing studying begins.  I have 5 weeks to the day to prepare for my step I exam so I guess that’s one countdown I have going. Not to mention that 3rd year/rotations starts in 2 months with Women’s Health.

Everything is going well here.  Amanda is getting ready to start a new job that we’re both excited for, and of course I’m just studying.  We had a great time during our quick trip to Cleveland last weekend.  We stayed with my relatives in Highland Heights Saturday night, and they were nice enough to let us bring Doc along – I think 3 of the 4 family members wanted to keep him .  The marathon was a fun day.  It was great getting to visit with my housemates from college participate with them in the big event.  I finished in 3:43:58 which is a PR for me by 13 mins.  I was certainly happy to PR, but I was expecting to run at/below 3:30, especially when I went through the half at 1:43.  My training paces were at 3:15, but once the achilles and shin splints hit – turned out I just didn’t have enough miles on my legs.  Oh well, it was a beautiful day and fun to be around family and friends, so I’ll keep training and try again.

Speaking of fitness, it happens to be time to head to the gym.  Amanda is taking a class and who knows what I’m going to do – probably a lift and a swim to work out some soreness.  Then it’s back here this evening to finalize the official Joe Rettig Study Calendar .  I’ll try to post some pictures from the marathon when they come up!

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