12 Dec 2006
Ran with AV at the Oval. Much better, because the pacing was better. Ran much slower - maybe aound the 8 km/h mark rather than the 12 km/h mark that I did on Day One.
AV had already begun when I was stretching, so did 1.5 rounds of the Oval with him at the slower pace, before he stopped . Then felt like pushing myself and did another round slightly quicker - closer to Day One pace, though not quite there.
Concern - Inside of left thigh was really aching during the walk to the Oval and stretching. Right knee gave a bit of trouble while running initially and inside of left ankle coming upwards towards the shin was also giving me grief. Everything stopped once I started striding. Probably too much weight landing on the legs too hard.
Track is harder than the Race Course, but still softer than gravel. AV and I are planning to do one session on Marine Drive before the week is out.
Only really ran out of breath on the last round of striding and had to push hard to finish the round.
No idea how long the Oval track is. I would estimate at least 1.5 km.
Also did floor exercises.
Tuesday 12 December 2006
Monday 11 December 2006
Marathon Training - Day Two
10 Dec 2006
No running or exercise - rest day.
Stretching done along with floor exercises.
Concern: Hamstrings are ok, but thighs have tightened up and right shin's muscle to the right of the shin bone is giving me grief.
No running or exercise - rest day.
Stretching done along with floor exercises.
Concern: Hamstrings are ok, but thighs have tightened up and right shin's muscle to the right of the shin bone is giving me grief.
Room Cleaning
Ok - simply haven't had the time to blog...doubt I will this week either. So am uploading the photos of my room pre and post-cleaning. If you don't know which is which - go jump out your window - blogger has completely jumbled the order...
Time taken: 5 hours
Trash Collected: Enough to fill a 3 foot tall and approx 1 foot in diameter 'trash bucket'.
Status 3 days on: I can still see the floor!
Time taken: 5 hours
Trash Collected: Enough to fill a 3 foot tall and approx 1 foot in diameter 'trash bucket'.
Status 3 days on: I can still see the floor!
Saturday 9 December 2006
Marathon Training - Day One
Venue: Race Course
10 minutes stretching and warm-up, walk to the '2' Marker.
Breathing through mouth: began at '6' marker
Tightening of chest and oncoming of a stitch: '10' marker
Stitch: between '14' and '16' marker
Stitch gone: '18' marker
Stopped running: '2' marker
Walked the round...tiredness felt at the '18' marker
Concern: hamstrings feel a bit tight
10 minutes stretching and warm-up, walk to the '2' Marker.
Breathing through mouth: began at '6' marker
Tightening of chest and oncoming of a stitch: '10' marker
Stitch: between '14' and '16' marker
Stitch gone: '18' marker
Stopped running: '2' marker
Walked the round...tiredness felt at the '18' marker
Concern: hamstrings feel a bit tight
Of Aid
This post was typed in on 6 Dec. But blogger doesn't seem to endorse blogging by email anymore..so here it is.
Had an interesting chat with SF, who was down from B'lore last evening about future plans in general. Some interesting ideas popping up...lets see.
Am extremely annoyed with myself for not remembering the ratio in the Naulilaa case. How? How? HOW? IL paper was ok...literally with good chunks and not so good chunks...will pass.
Did something I usually never do. Gave money to a kid who came up to me outside College to go get himself a Vadapav. I never do that..on the principle that I haven't earned it and that I can do what I want with money that I've worked for. Don't know why I did today. Perhaps because I was in a slightly ponderous mood after my chat with SF and looking at the world from a larger perspective despite the fact that I'm getting screwed doing CPC...and this is the one subject I've actually finished a first reading in!
Was on my way back from grub shopping and had buns and bread in my hand..yet I chose to give him 5 bucks after asking him if he was definitely going to eat with the money. Can't explain why. I suppose one way or the other - the money will help him out. If he eats - good. If he has to hand it over to somebody else - well, it'll help him get up to his required quota and maybe save him a slap or two.
Can't understand certain things in life...need more time to think. Then the doing can start....
Had an interesting chat with SF, who was down from B'lore last evening about future plans in general. Some interesting ideas popping up...lets see.
Am extremely annoyed with myself for not remembering the ratio in the Naulilaa case. How? How? HOW? IL paper was ok...literally with good chunks and not so good chunks...will pass.
Did something I usually never do. Gave money to a kid who came up to me outside College to go get himself a Vadapav. I never do that..on the principle that I haven't earned it and that I can do what I want with money that I've worked for. Don't know why I did today. Perhaps because I was in a slightly ponderous mood after my chat with SF and looking at the world from a larger perspective despite the fact that I'm getting screwed doing CPC...and this is the one subject I've actually finished a first reading in!
Was on my way back from grub shopping and had buns and bread in my hand..yet I chose to give him 5 bucks after asking him if he was definitely going to eat with the money. Can't explain why. I suppose one way or the other - the money will help him out. If he eats - good. If he has to hand it over to somebody else - well, it'll help him get up to his required quota and maybe save him a slap or two.
Can't understand certain things in life...need more time to think. Then the doing can start....
Sunday 3 December 2006
Of distractions and forgetfulness
So I was, as always, strumming on my guitar in bed just before going off to sleep and I come up with an pretty enterprising riff and a chord combo to go with it. All of today has been about making a conscious effort to stick to the books. 3 days between exams is awful...
The other day I was making to PS an observation about the amount of 'knowledge' I gather about a subject in the 24 hours preceding a paper and the equally amazing 1 hour after the exam, after which I'd be lucky to be able to spell the subject name.
I was also unwisely trying to do some cross-subject thinking and memorising before the IOS paper and my abject ignorance of so much (or at least inability to remember, if not ignorance always) really hit me.
"In 6/8 months time, I'll be a lawyer. If someone comes to me with a problem, then what?"
Scary thought....really is...god save my clients.
"Close my eyes, close my doors
You'll never find me out cold
Broken mind, broken body
That's alright - its just for me"
The other day I was making to PS an observation about the amount of 'knowledge' I gather about a subject in the 24 hours preceding a paper and the equally amazing 1 hour after the exam, after which I'd be lucky to be able to spell the subject name.
I was also unwisely trying to do some cross-subject thinking and memorising before the IOS paper and my abject ignorance of so much (or at least inability to remember, if not ignorance always) really hit me.
"In 6/8 months time, I'll be a lawyer. If someone comes to me with a problem, then what?"
Scary thought....really is...god save my clients.
"Close my eyes, close my doors
You'll never find me out cold
Broken mind, broken body
That's alright - its just for me"
Friday 1 December 2006
What on earth?
Just read the news before sleeping...much torching of trains etc happening on account of an Ambedkar statue being defaced in Kanpur. Bizarre... one would think of all people, nothing would happen when an Ambedkar statue was defaced...its like people burning trains when a Gandhi statue is defaced. Dcubed has an interesting conversation... see here.
I had no idea what was happening...happy in the security of my hostel and books. And it seems what I initially dismissed as stress-invoked insanity in the girls hostel re: rumours that today's paper might be postponed seems to have had some basis.
Can't really comment on it...its just absurd. As the guy in Dcubed's conversation says...that's why we're third rate.
In other news, the Bengal assembly has been trashed, the Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina is eagerly being followed on radio, Ganguly is back in the side to play the likes of Ntini, Pollock, Nel and Kallis on fast wickets in test matches (I wonder why selectors are paid at all...), the-cricketer-formerly-known-as Yousuf Youhanna has completed an incredible year and an ever-resurgent WI team has lost the test series to them 2-0. Watch out for the Windies...when Lara's head is screwed on straight, there's something about that team - at least over 100 overs, if not 450.
I'm just blogging news because I feel like Rip Van Winkle.
I had no idea what was happening...happy in the security of my hostel and books. And it seems what I initially dismissed as stress-invoked insanity in the girls hostel re: rumours that today's paper might be postponed seems to have had some basis.
Can't really comment on it...its just absurd. As the guy in Dcubed's conversation says...that's why we're third rate.
In other news, the Bengal assembly has been trashed, the Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina is eagerly being followed on radio, Ganguly is back in the side to play the likes of Ntini, Pollock, Nel and Kallis on fast wickets in test matches (I wonder why selectors are paid at all...), the-cricketer-formerly-known-as Yousuf Youhanna has completed an incredible year and an ever-resurgent WI team has lost the test series to them 2-0. Watch out for the Windies...when Lara's head is screwed on straight, there's something about that team - at least over 100 overs, if not 450.
I'm just blogging news because I feel like Rip Van Winkle.
And another bites the dust...
1st ten questions for 10 marks in today's IOS objectives:
Define the following under the General Clauses Act:
Other wonderful questions include fill in the blanks such as:
Reddendo Singula _______ (with 4 options)
Expressio unius _________ alterius (with 4 options)
Topics to be studies according to the Syllabus include:
Reddendo Singula Singulis
Expressio unius expressio alterius
Really...this is a new low in paper setting laziness, even for the Mumbai University. So much for making us analytical machines geared up for a career in law. If I can mug 62 definitions under the G.Clauses Act and read the syllabus, I've got 12 marks in a final year law paper.
My resolve is only stronger now.
The paper was easy otherwise and went better than CrPC did. Things I must do now which I did today:
1. Don't have a bath
2. Wear my Khakis, not my jeans
3. Eat Bun-Amul and drink Cold Coffee before leaving
4. Try not to curse the cabbies during the bike ride
5. Wear non-collared shirts
6. Carry iPod in bag
That and some studying ought to do it.
Off to get some sleep. Only managed about 2.5 hrs last night - 3:30-6:00. Not ideal...need to advance it.
Define the following under the General Clauses Act:
- Will
- Union Territory
- Rule
- Registered
- Swear
- Son
- Oath
- Person
- Local Authority
- Official Gazette
Other wonderful questions include fill in the blanks such as:
Reddendo Singula _______ (with 4 options)
Expressio unius _________ alterius (with 4 options)
Topics to be studies according to the Syllabus include:
Reddendo Singula Singulis
Expressio unius expressio alterius
Really...this is a new low in paper setting laziness, even for the Mumbai University. So much for making us analytical machines geared up for a career in law. If I can mug 62 definitions under the G.Clauses Act and read the syllabus, I've got 12 marks in a final year law paper.
My resolve is only stronger now.
The paper was easy otherwise and went better than CrPC did. Things I must do now which I did today:
1. Don't have a bath
2. Wear my Khakis, not my jeans
3. Eat Bun-Amul and drink Cold Coffee before leaving
4. Try not to curse the cabbies during the bike ride
5. Wear non-collared shirts
6. Carry iPod in bag
That and some studying ought to do it.
Off to get some sleep. Only managed about 2.5 hrs last night - 3:30-6:00. Not ideal...need to advance it.
The hush before the roar
There's a little over 10 hours to go for my IOS exam. So I'm sitting on my bed with a mug of coffee and decided to blog. All is calm. I can't remember a word of what I read 20 mins ago. And yet, all is calm. Tried sleeping an hour or so ago...tossed and turned and ended up not sleeping. And yet, all is calm.
Usually the panic hits at about 6 in the morning for a 10:30 paper. I expect the same today. Wondering how to time my sleep today. Need at least a couple of hours. Day before yesterday, I slept about 3 hours in installments and woke up for the third and final time at 5:30. Wasn't a good idea. Think I'll try a 2-4 snooze today. At least there'll still be noise in the hostel to let me wake up.
Am wondering how to rearrange my room for 3 reasons:
1. Clean it...oh, how it needs cleaning!
2. Get some more visual space.
3. Make future cleaning (that once in 3 month irritation) easier.
Ok - off now...delegatus non potest delegare beckons...
Usually the panic hits at about 6 in the morning for a 10:30 paper. I expect the same today. Wondering how to time my sleep today. Need at least a couple of hours. Day before yesterday, I slept about 3 hours in installments and woke up for the third and final time at 5:30. Wasn't a good idea. Think I'll try a 2-4 snooze today. At least there'll still be noise in the hostel to let me wake up.
Am wondering how to rearrange my room for 3 reasons:
1. Clean it...oh, how it needs cleaning!
2. Get some more visual space.
3. Make future cleaning (that once in 3 month irritation) easier.
Ok - off now...delegatus non potest delegare beckons...
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