A Return to Form

I went running today—my first since being back—and it was beautiful.

Jiayou!

One hour, fifty-eight minutes and twenty-six seconds.

Running and running and running and running...

It’s been more than a week since I ran the half-marathon. I guess it’s time to reflect on it…

Running Through Xi'an

Also, it should please you
to know that I am treating
myself.

I did it. I ran a half-marathon. 

I've been reading a lot of "what to do after the marathon" blogs, and many of them talk about developing runner's depression after a race. They recommend that you wait a week before really reflecting on the race and what happened, so that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to wait a week before I try and write about it. 

Sorry if you came here today to read all about it... Stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy another old post from before my VPN. This (hopefully) fascinating read is about my four-day, three-night trip to beautiful Xi'an over the winter holiday. 

Marathon Saga...

I don't like to be negative. I've tried my hardest to leave my negative feelings off of this blog. I worry that one negative sentiment could erode peoples' views of China and my experience, even if the other 99% of my time is as awesome as a chimpanzee wearing two tuxedoes.

However, there are some things that do frustrate me from time to time. Life in China can be stressful.

More like H2-NO!

Sorry for the recent radio silence (is there an internet-equivalent for that phrase?). I have been really really busy lately as the end of the semester approaches, and I had to ban myself from using VPN-powered internet in order to keep focused and productive. I am going to take a break from the backlog of posts in order to tell you about my life in its current state.

That… and because irony never escapes me.