running – Learning to write

Running my first half-marathon – 74

The results are in; I completed the half-marathon in two hours and three minutes – tell my knees that. For the first time in my life, I have entered a physical event, a half marathon, and I have done adequate training. During my training, I took note of how I felt during each run andContinue reading “Running my first half-marathon – 74”

Running a half-marathon – 73

I am going to be running my first half-marathon tomorrow. Before this year, the farthest I have run is eight miles, and that was six years ago. In training I have run ten miles; I am hoping that the adrenaline of the occasion will carry me to the finish line. It may well be theContinue reading “Running a half-marathon – 73”

Do you know what you want to do with your life? – 72

Well, for those of you that have been following my recent posts, I have relatively exciting news for you: I remembered to order coffee this week. I certainly needed the exogenous boost this week as it has been physically exhausting. It was a combination of long days working in the lab and extra training runs.Continue reading “Do you know what you want to do with your life? – 72”

How do I do this? – 67

Sixty-seven weeks in a row and I still feel as if I don’t know how to do this. What the hell should I write here? The problem that is incumbent on the blogger is that the format is for relatively small bits of writing to be churned out in relatively short order. Most of us,Continue reading “How do I do this? – 67”

An average week – Week 41 as a PhD student

What witty opening line can I come up with this week? I’m drawing a blank; perhaps you could suggest one. Words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order. Hunter S Thompson I guess the first thing of note that I have done thisContinue reading “An average week – Week 41 as a PhD student”

Finding the peaks – week fourteen as a PhD student

This week I was running experiments for four out of five days, as a consequence, I feel as if I have been quite busy. The results I have been seeing are not as good as I had been expecting; I did find some compounds that were not in any of our libraries, which is anContinue reading “Finding the peaks – week fourteen as a PhD student”