Yeah so when you don’t blog for 7 months remembering your password
to log into your own account can be an issue. But alas, my password has been
recovered and mankind will be saved. Here’s a quick update on the last few
months of my existence:
Running: After my summer of 50 mile races, long days of
running and hiking in the mountains, and pretty much nonstop outdoor activity
in New Mexico and Colorado… I continued to brutally over-train until I absolutely
hated exercising. Didn’t see that coming. I paced my friend for 40 miles in his
first 100 mile race, ran Iron Mountain 50k (great race), ran the New River
Valley 50k (not doing that again), ran Mountain Masochist 50 miler, and then
ended my year with the Richmond Marathon. Which put me at about 10 long
distance races for the year and some tired legs. After a month and half off
(aka just casual running) I’m back and training for the Boston Marathon which
is just 10 weeks away! I’m super excited about it. That’s about it on the running
front. Doing less races this year and saving a lot of money in race fees
hurrayyyy.
School: Ewww why did I make this a category. Basically it’s
going well and I’m now double majoring in Dietetics and the Science of Food,
Nutrition, and Exercise! If you’re interested in more specifics about my
classes and homework, feel free to leave a comment and I definitely won’t
reply.
Work: I have a job at school now because apparently my dad
doesn’t want to pay for my expenses for the rest of my life. If anyone else is
interested in giving me money with no strings attached I’ll be happy to accept
though. Until then, I work in dining services at Tech which is actually pretty
fun because the people are really cool and I work with my two best friends. I
also had one crazy Saturday night where I applied to 7 summer jobs all across
the country…… none of which I’ll be going to because I just found out that I’m
doing research for seven weeks in Madagascar this summer. Pretty cool stuff, I’m
jealous of future Keely’s life. I’ll be focusing on food security and
malnutrition (probably eating a lot of rice and maybe petting some lemurs while
I’m over there).
Adventures: Over winter break Hannah and I went on an epic
road trip from Pennsylvania, down the coast to Florida, and then back up to
Virginia. We stopped at some insanely cool places and spent a lot of time
finding random parking lots to sleep in (current parking lots that are
acceptable to sleep in: church, library, movie theater, grocery store, and
park). We were only questioned by the cops once. Charleston is rad. Savanah,
Georgia is super hipster for any of you hipsters, hipster posers, or hipster
wanabees. Tree house hostels are probably more fun when it’s not 10 degrees
outside. Shuffle board is not just for old people. 7 mile canoe trips can test
your friendship..? The Coca Cola factory is AWESOME (even if you don’t like
soda). Springer Mountain is the worst possible start to the Appalachian Trail….
No wonder so many people don’t finish hiking it. After like 0.9 miles the trail
disappears and they’re probably like “fuck it, I didn’t sign up for this.” Tennessee
has some WEIRD cities. Long trail runs are kind of miserable if it’s cold,
foggy, and raining. Not showering for five days makes you feel gross. Beds are
literally the best.
Miscellaneous: Almond
milk is my new favorite thing. Like if someone was threatening to murder my
sister or pour out my almond milk….. I would save my sister because I’m not a
psychopath. But after, I would go buy some more almond milk. Hannah and I plan
to hold hands for 8 hours straight just to see if it’s possible. The apple I ate
two days ago was subpar and I was kind of sad for like 10 minutes because of its
graininess. I really need to get antivirus software on my computer because it’s
not working well (but on the bright side, I have so many chances to “Click here
to claim your $1,000 prize!!!!”). I ran out
of cheerios so I’m going to the grocery store tomorrow.
