I took an Ass't Professor job at Idaho State University! I'm very excited about the future. I think I'm really going to enjoy the change. I'll be teaching Sport Science... so that will be waaaaay cool! I cannot believe I'm actually going to get to teach something that I consider so much fun!
I'm gonna miss my broadcasting kids at Highland... they're amazing! But at the same time I'm not going to miss the bureaucratic BS of high school teaching. You know... I didn't think much of the high school scene in the 1980s and it hasn't changed much. The caddiness is still there - even at the professional level. Plus, it's like "Ground Hog Day". Ever think about that? Everything is dictated by the bells... which ring at the same time every day. The same thing happens at the same time... kids walk in the same way... in the same order... and sit in the same place (regardless of whether or not there is a seating chart, which in my class there is not). But I will miss the personalities... of some! I certainly won't miss teaching English... and (dare I say) I won't miss the complaining parents ("My kid would never deserve that grade!").
Over the weekend Brent and I ran a 5K here in Pocatello. I didn't know this community actually sponsored a few fun runs, but apparently if you look hard enough you can find 'em. This one had 155 runners... just a 5K but there is a 10K coming up next month. They do one run a month...in a series. I held the 5K in about 7:40 mile pace so I was happy with that, although I didn't feel my best. Even though I'm improving, I'm still on the slow side... but for my size I guess that's pretty good time.
OH! Brent and I also have really big news! We're building our MAIN cabin this summer in Island Park! Yooo whooo! Too many hoops to jump through for the guest cabin we were gonna build so we're just biting the bullet and doing it right the first time! I'm stoked! We met with the builder last week. He's gonna start building in late June... and it'll take 90 days! Wow! And yes... it's LOG so it'll be beautiful!
Other big news! I won the Kole-McGuffey Prize at ISU. It's quite an amazing cash prize ($10,000) for my work on researching and promoting educational efforts driven at adolescent concussion in sports. Cool. But I have to wear a skirt tomorrow night for the awards banquet... so I gotta go now to go shopping. No. I don't have one. Those of you who know me well already know that. Oh Well. It's worth it for 10,000 bucks. Now if Pocatello just had somewhere I could buy a skirt! Not much of a shopping community, you know!
I'm outta here.
Only 15 more ground hog days to go.
Smitty
Caroline "Smitty" Faure
The Ideal Triathlon: Swim, Swim, Swim!
Sometimes It Sucks...
But the Finish Line is Worth It!
UPCOMING WORKOUTS
January 1-6
Tues--choice
Wed--Bike 1:15, fast pedal 10 x 1 minute with 2 min rbi (fast pedal is high cadence, LOW pedal tension, probably your lowest gear. this is a neuromuscular effort)
Thur--1)swim 30 min, drills. 2) run 30 min easy
Fri--core and/or stretching. maybe just some stabilization exercises or isotonic core, do not stress your back
Sat--Brick: bike 45 min, cadence 90+, then run 15 min at tempo pace (heartrate 145-150)
Sun--bike 1:30, stomps 4 x 10 seconds, rbi 5 min. (can do the stomps on the bike and cross train the rest)
January 7-13
Mon--1)swim 1 hour, 1 x 300 easy, 6 x 50 drills, rbi 40", 5 x 100 mod, rbi 30", 8 x 50 tempo pace, rbi 30", 2 x 100 tempo pace, rbi 30", 5 x 100 mod, rbi 50", 1 x 300s 2) run 45 minutes
3) upper body weights/core/stretch as tolerated
Tues--Bike 1:30, fast pedal 5 x 2 min, rbi 3 min, 1 leg intervals 2 sets 4 x 30 seconds
Wed--Brick, bike 30 minutes--warm up 5 minutes, then 5 minutes tempo 160-170 watts, followed by 5 min easy pedaling at cadence of 95-100. repeat 5 min tempo, 5 min rec, 5 min tempo. Then 2) run 30 minutes
Thur--core and/or stretch
Fri--1) bike or cross train 1:15 2)run 45 minutes 5 x 8 min run/1 min walk (or you can cross train for the whole 2 hours.
Sat--bike 45 minutes fast pedal 5 x 3 min, rbi 2 min. cadence over 100
Sun--bike 1:30, ok to cross train
Tues--choice
Wed--Bike 1:15, fast pedal 10 x 1 minute with 2 min rbi (fast pedal is high cadence, LOW pedal tension, probably your lowest gear. this is a neuromuscular effort)
Thur--1)swim 30 min, drills. 2) run 30 min easy
Fri--core and/or stretching. maybe just some stabilization exercises or isotonic core, do not stress your back
Sat--Brick: bike 45 min, cadence 90+, then run 15 min at tempo pace (heartrate 145-150)
Sun--bike 1:30, stomps 4 x 10 seconds, rbi 5 min. (can do the stomps on the bike and cross train the rest)
January 7-13
Mon--1)swim 1 hour, 1 x 300 easy, 6 x 50 drills, rbi 40", 5 x 100 mod, rbi 30", 8 x 50 tempo pace, rbi 30", 2 x 100 tempo pace, rbi 30", 5 x 100 mod, rbi 50", 1 x 300s 2) run 45 minutes
3) upper body weights/core/stretch as tolerated
Tues--Bike 1:30, fast pedal 5 x 2 min, rbi 3 min, 1 leg intervals 2 sets 4 x 30 seconds
Wed--Brick, bike 30 minutes--warm up 5 minutes, then 5 minutes tempo 160-170 watts, followed by 5 min easy pedaling at cadence of 95-100. repeat 5 min tempo, 5 min rec, 5 min tempo. Then 2) run 30 minutes
Thur--core and/or stretch
Fri--1) bike or cross train 1:15 2)run 45 minutes 5 x 8 min run/1 min walk (or you can cross train for the whole 2 hours.
Sat--bike 45 minutes fast pedal 5 x 3 min, rbi 2 min. cadence over 100
Sun--bike 1:30, ok to cross train
My Boy!
Scratch
1 comment:
Hey Smit,
We have to catch up soon. I didn't know you won that major award on top of the Teacher of the Year award. You are pretty much the coolest mom on the planet. I'm sure you checked out Stu's blog and saw that he is a national champ. Its been a pretty good year for us! You getting a new job, several awards, medical school, and a national championship...what next?
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