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Problem-solving and Running
Sep. 11th, 2005 02:48 pmThe other day, a student asked me if I could help him solve a partial derivative. I was ashamed to admit that I have forgotten much of the calculus that I have learned. There's something in my head about "Up-d-down plus down-d-up all over down-down," but that's about it. I also had a student ask about first-order vs. second-order chemical reactions, and I could help her out a little bit more, but not much.
Why oh why did I spend so much time learning those things if I can't remember them anymore?
Anyhoo. I went on a nice (approximately) 7-mile run with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kihle this morning on South Mountain. It was surprisingly cool out. We glanced at some maps before setting out, but they didn't do us a whole lot of good, so we ended up running in a wash and on rocky rocks and up a steep little hill. But that kept things pretty entertaining for certain. Then we went to Wildflower Bakery for brunch (hooray brunch!) and began to plot and scheme our upcoming pre-marathon activities. I'm looking forward to having more cool mornings for running, and am really enjoying this training process. I know I'm still the slowest runner EVER (okay, maybe my uncle F wins that one), but it'll be sweet to reach that goal. I'm SO on that rocket.
And now I'm sitting in my office, grading homework assignments. Grading is extremely dull and tedious. Thank goodness this is the only homework assignment I'll have to grade, and thank goodness there's only 25 of them.
After all that, I'll head back home to make stir-fry with peanut sauce and scallion pancakes. Oh slurp! Oh, and for my mother, here's a link to the recipe that I posted in May. Dad, make Mom read it and make it. Even a half recipe should be plenty. It's yummy beyond belief.
Why oh why did I spend so much time learning those things if I can't remember them anymore?
Anyhoo. I went on a nice (approximately) 7-mile run with
kihle this morning on South Mountain. It was surprisingly cool out. We glanced at some maps before setting out, but they didn't do us a whole lot of good, so we ended up running in a wash and on rocky rocks and up a steep little hill. But that kept things pretty entertaining for certain. Then we went to Wildflower Bakery for brunch (hooray brunch!) and began to plot and scheme our upcoming pre-marathon activities. I'm looking forward to having more cool mornings for running, and am really enjoying this training process. I know I'm still the slowest runner EVER (okay, maybe my uncle F wins that one), but it'll be sweet to reach that goal. I'm SO on that rocket.And now I'm sitting in my office, grading homework assignments. Grading is extremely dull and tedious. Thank goodness this is the only homework assignment I'll have to grade, and thank goodness there's only 25 of them.
After all that, I'll head back home to make stir-fry with peanut sauce and scallion pancakes. Oh slurp! Oh, and for my mother, here's a link to the recipe that I posted in May. Dad, make Mom read it and make it. Even a half recipe should be plenty. It's yummy beyond belief.
