What Dental School has kept from you - An Update!

Its been a while so this might take a while!! :o)

As my first full semester of dental school (13 classes and 28 credits) progressed and got more difficult I had less time to sit down and keep everyone updated on my progress. As Lex told you guys I did a 5K before thanksgiving and RAN the whole thing for the first time ever!! It was great to see the hard work that has gone into all of this training pay off. After the 5 K it got more difficult for me to run outdoors (Michigan cold + asthma = trouble). I started to use my elliptical again and my parent's put me on the family plan at our gym but I wasnt getting to do as much training as I would have liked. Over thanksgiving I also had some health trouble which kept me from training but as a pick me up my Dad got me my very own treadmill for my basement!! It was a wonderful early Christmas present!

After thanksgiving school got even harder; in the last 3 weeks of the semester I had 10 exams, 2 quizzes, 2 practicals, and 11 projects/assignments to get through, so my running and blogging really took a back seat. I did manage to continue to do some cooking, that bonus pasta recipes I posted was predominately featured in my diet! Yumm!! I finished the semester on the 16th and I am very excited about and pleased to announce my 3.97 GPA :o) I had a few days off at home in which I spent going to the gym with my parents ever day and getting caught up on a lot of sleep! Now I am in Alta getting some much needed time in with my other Muffie, my brother in law and my wonderful, handsome, talkative and adorable nephew!! Our brother Greg is also here from the NY/ New Jersey area which is awesome, I dont get to see him nearly as often since he moved in August! Lex updated you on our workouts and cross training in her previous post, all of which has been a lot of fun.

Soon to come... Muffie New Years Resolutions :o)

Happy Holidays everyone from the MUFFIES!!!

Running Through the Holidays

Again, it's been awhile since I've posted.  Which doesn't necessarily mean it's been a long time since I ran...but in this case, I think it does.  I've been cross-training, though!  I think my last significant outdoor run was on Thanksgiving Day -- a gorgeous, gentle jog through the lush farmlands of Junction City, OR.  I regularly sing the praises of CA weather, but during this run, I was lamenting its lack of such lovely scenery.  Since getting back to CA, I slept through the Christmas Run (oops!) but made up for it on the treadmill later that evening.  I managed to sneak in a few more quick treadmill sessions, I took several core fusion classes, and I battled an outrageous cough!  Now I've made it to Alta, UT -- where Seester and I have been hitting the gym, the slopes, and the "cat tracks" (on snow shoes!) to keep plugging away towards our Tinkerbell goal.  AND -- now I have my official lime green 1/2 marathon t-shirt.  Can't wait to rock it out during our Jan 29th race!