I've been noticing more of the runners on the street, now that running is on my mind. I ran three times a week a couple weeks ago before I hurt my knee and had to rest it back to health. My strides are long and high and I tend to get out of breath really easily, and I did notice that my steps are heavy and full footed. It isn't surprising that I get tired very easily and my (already shot) knees start hurting.
I was stopped at a stop sign the other day and saw an elderly gentleman running in the morning. He looked like he was about 70 and was running a good distance now, and he was fast. I noticed that he was taking very short strides that weren't very high. It was almost like walking - really fast, with a bit of a bounce. I tried that today and it felt so different and so good to be able to run 0.35 miles (yes - just a fraction of a mile; did I not already mention that I can't run a mile to save my life?!) without getting extremely out of breath. If I had done some research, I would've come across this useful video about running form, but alas I made some of the discoveries myself the hard way.
I ran-walked a total of 1.65 miles today, and it felt like an accomplishment! I was thinking about how my first GMAT practice test seemed like an accomplishment almost - just sitting through the test for four hours and attempting all the questions was a milestone. That was the beginning to my MBA adventure. What is the optimal GMAT score? It depends. (I love how there are no straight-forward answers to anything pertaining to business or business school - it always always "depends". ) In this case, it depends on the school (different schools have different cut-offs and different split requirements), your citizenship status (the cutoff is a lot higher for international students applying to the US because of sheer competition), and your accomplishments (if you have turned around a multi-million dollar company, every college will want you whether you got a 580 or a 780 on your GMAT). Remember, there is a low-end spectrum of GMAT scores of admitted students that sets the average acceptance score.
Bottom Line: Running gives you the illusion that every step you finish is a major accomplishment. It also makes you notice 70 year old men.
I was stopped at a stop sign the other day and saw an elderly gentleman running in the morning. He looked like he was about 70 and was running a good distance now, and he was fast. I noticed that he was taking very short strides that weren't very high. It was almost like walking - really fast, with a bit of a bounce. I tried that today and it felt so different and so good to be able to run 0.35 miles (yes - just a fraction of a mile; did I not already mention that I can't run a mile to save my life?!) without getting extremely out of breath. If I had done some research, I would've come across this useful video about running form, but alas I made some of the discoveries myself the hard way.
I ran-walked a total of 1.65 miles today, and it felt like an accomplishment! I was thinking about how my first GMAT practice test seemed like an accomplishment almost - just sitting through the test for four hours and attempting all the questions was a milestone. That was the beginning to my MBA adventure. What is the optimal GMAT score? It depends. (I love how there are no straight-forward answers to anything pertaining to business or business school - it always always "depends". ) In this case, it depends on the school (different schools have different cut-offs and different split requirements), your citizenship status (the cutoff is a lot higher for international students applying to the US because of sheer competition), and your accomplishments (if you have turned around a multi-million dollar company, every college will want you whether you got a 580 or a 780 on your GMAT). Remember, there is a low-end spectrum of GMAT scores of admitted students that sets the average acceptance score.
Bottom Line: Running gives you the illusion that every step you finish is a major accomplishment. It also makes you notice 70 year old men.
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