Iron man

Hi I am officially an iron man now. I still cannot imagine how some people can do it in one day. I finished it in 4 weeks. To really push it, I probably will be able to finish it in a week. But one day? No way! One reason is that running became harder for me. Now I weigh about 10 pounds more than last year. Those body weight makes quite a difference, as if you are running with a ten-pound dumbbell on the waist. On a second thought, I guess that is why I should keep running, to control my weight so that it would not crush myself into a couch potato.

I was in a bike trip with Julia, whom I know during the business summer program. She is very talkative and positive, so I enjoyed the ride with her. Then I went to the city with my best friend (Well, I forgot his psuedo name in my blog entry, so let me just call him the real name here) Victor. We went to a boring Africa America Disapora Musuem and then went to a Chinese restaurant. His son is also my best friend, and he calls me as "soma". I think that's because his home has a cat named "soma", so he took the short-cut. Victor's wife has a job in the city, cataloging some anthropological antique. She is one of the nicest woman I've ever met. She just took her GRE test yesterday. Because after Victor is done with her Ph.D., she is going to take on a Ph.D. degree as well. Their son will must have a hard time to match parental education in the future.

I need to go to bed now. I got up early this morning for the bike ride (6am). When I walked out of the apartment, what did I discover? The amazing morning smell! It's nature's breath that has not been contaminated. I think some how my memory is very much linked to my sense of smell. It brought back some memories about my past, although I do not exactly know what is the memory. I just loved the smell. I will hit the bed now, and try to get up early again.