Hey all, it's Brian.
So, if you haven't heard through other means (meaning Em or I, or our respective Facebook pages) we're moving to Oklahoma City, OK in July so I can go to graduate school. I'll be attending Oklahoma University School of Public Health.
This is what I think of when I think about moving to Oklahoma
I'll be focusing in Public Health Preparedness and Terrorism Response. It should keep me busy enough, I think. While I'm in school, Emilie and the kids will be dodging tornadoes and adapting to life with no mountains nearby.
Emilie is also looking at renewing her teaching license. With most of my classes in the evenings, we're considering the option of Emilie slogging it out in the classroom with 30-40 hyper-hormonal teenagers. And people think I'm brave? Whatever. You couldn't pay me enough money to deal with teenagers. As it is, I have a hard enough time dealing with junior Soldiers, and I get to yell and scream at them if they screw it up. Anyway...
In other, completely unrelated, news: I've taken up barefoot running. After several years of recurrent lower leg injuries (plantar fasciitis, meniscal tears, patelar tendonitis, etc) I've come to the conclusion that shoes suck. I've read up on the benefits of barefoot running, I've tried it out, and I'm officially a fan.
Watch this video on some of the research and background of barefoot running. Or you can look at the silly shoes I bought, since I needed new running shoes anyway...
I've been running in them for a few weeks now, I started slow and low (about one mile at an 8-ish minute pace) and have slowly increased. I ran 4 miles on Monday, at about an 8 minute pace, and felt great afterwards. I could have gone faster, but I ran up a canyon. And having only been back in Salt Lake (elevation 4500ft above sea level) a week and a half since coming back from San Antonio (elevation 600 ft above sea level) I think I was doing pretty good at even that fast.
11 years ago
3 comments:
Your perspective is always enlightening!
Did you get the Vibram 5 fingers? They do look really funny! Andrew looked into barefoot running also because he has some foot issues. I tried it a couple of times but it made me so sore I could barely walk. I have some friends that switched to barefoot running and they love it!
Wow! I don't see you for six months and you decide to up and move across country! Congratulations on being accepted to grad school! I had a roommate from OK and she loved it there - hopefully you will too.
I saw those shoes at REI - it sounds like they are awesome! I was wondering - isn't it a little uncomfortable having something between your toes? I'm not a fan of the toed socks for that reason, so I was just curious how the shoes are.
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