With Great Humility : Training

I train.

Actually I train a lot for a med school student. I don't know any other girl who trains in med school like I do.

Honestly, I love it.

I love valuing myself for something other than my academic ability because honestly....I'm an average med school student. I was pretty damn brilliant as a scientist but that's not the case any more. Many people around me tell me its because I don't apply myself to be a brilliant med school student and you know what....

They're right.

Yup....just enough got me that fly outfit!

(I'm totally having portraits made of me and my wife in our doctoral gowns.....I'm that PhD)

I do enough to get by and I always have. It just so happens that enough to get by was pretty stellar in grad school(most of the time). I have and probably always will rely on my natural ability to do well academically. I put in what I consider to be pretty significant study hours but its nothing compared to my classmates. I don't belong to anyone's study group. I don't go to lecture. But I do study.....a few hours each day. I review powerpoints, make notes, and re-review powerpoints.

Me and my study blanket!

What else do I do?

I grab a run minimum. I love it. I started running (really jogging) at about 4.0 miles per hour when school started and I'm pleased to say I'm running two consecutive 4.8 miles now a days. That's a 12.5 minute mile down from a 20 minute mile. You bet your sweet ass I'm proud. But the funny thing is....

I didn't mind the work it took me to get there. I have a goal. My goal is 5 consecutive 12 minute miles. Right now I'm building to two 12 minute miles and then I'm going to start tacking on more time on the treadmill. I'm also strength training. I'm doing a few different circuits and I figured out one of my greatest weaknesses is core strength and balance. Most of my circuits revolved around fixing that problem. Improving these will improve my running. I'm also building on overall strength. I've got a goal.

And you know what?

I've got a goal with med school too. My goal is to pass. And I'm meeting it.

I'm also living my life.
I'm throwing dinner parties and spending quality time in the gym and going to church and sewing and watching soccer and going hiking. I even went and visited the kids I use to watch in the summer the night before our last test (which was worth 50% of our grade and I passed).
I'm happy.
I'm happy with just passing.