Texas Round-Up 10K

That is right folks, I did it! I ran the Texas Round-Up 10K, today, Saturday, April 25, 2009. I am so very glad I did it. My friend Ivy also ran it and we started out together before she weaved in and out of people and took off at her faster speed. It started just north of the Capitol. I basically ran towards Guadalupe than down it to Dean Keeton. Dean Keeton was a killer (or so I thought) till Chicon. I ran Chicon to 11th street then looped around the State cemetary and back up to 11th Street. Well ya know what? Dean Keeton was nothing compared to 11th Street. After I crossed over I-35 it was all uphill till I turn off on LaVaca and wound around till 18th Street again and on to the finish line. I am still waiting for my official time from the chip on my shoe to be posted, but I think it was about an hour and 13 minutes- much fast than I expected since I took 3 weeks off in my training schedule. I let myself walk when I needed to uphill, and run fast downhill. My parents were there to cheer me on at the finish line and as I crossed over the announcer said= Tamara Kelm! My arches are killing me, but I am feeling great. Another 2009 goal checked off the list. And guess what? My parents are even thinking of doing the 5K loop next year! How cool is that? Ivy Portwood and I ready to run!

Here I come....

Getting closer with a smile on my face!

DONE!!!!!!!!!!

Are you missing a mate?

Yesterday mom handed me 5 socks that were all mismatched and asked-

Do you need a mate?

Ha ha ha! Do I need mate? Five socks all by their lonesome...hmmm, story of my life! It made for a nice good laugh!

One Step At A Time

Here is a good song to run to. I know it is just a pop song, but I sure do like the lyrics. No need to rush…very true! One Step At A Time, and everything I always dreamed of will happen when it’s suppose to happen!

"One Step At A Time"-Jordin Sparks

Hurry up and wait

So close, but so far away

Everything that you've always dreamed of

Close enough for you to taste

But you just can't touch

You wanna show the world,

but no one knows your name yet

Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it

You know you can if you get the chance

In your face as the door keeps slamming

Now you're feeling more and more frustrated

And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus:]

We live and we learn to take

One step at a time

There's no need to rush

It's like learning to fly

Or falling in love

It's gonna happen and it's

Supposed to happen and we

Find the reasons why

One step at a time

You believe and you doubt

You're confused, you got it all figured out

Everything that you always wished for

Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours

If they only knew

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet

Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it

You know you can if you get the chance

In your face as the door keeps slamming

Now you're feeling more and more frustrated

And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus]

When you can't wait any longer

But there's no end in sight when you need to find the strength

It's your faith that makes you stronger

The only way you get there

Is one step at a time

Here chicky, chicky, chicky....

What is this?


You may say that it is a chicken thigh, but you want to know what I see? Okay, get ready to call me a nerd! I can take it!...
It is a knee joint! Let me explain the fascination. Yesterday in lab we dissected a chicken thigh. The meat was already gone, eaten to be exact. We put on our sterile gloves, got a scalpel (or scalpule if you are from East Texas), and started slicing away at the knee joint. We had to tell if it was a right leg or a left leg. The key was finding the fibula, tiny little bone! Mine was a left leg. Turns out most were left legs. "How come there are so many left-legged chickens?" Once I cut off a good chunk of adipose (I had a FAT chicken), I could see the the MC and LC Ligaments. Then those were cut to get into the inside of the knee joint and find the meniscus, the ACL, and PCL. Yes, chickens do have an ACL, however I don't' think they have to many tears as they do not play basketball or soccer. This was by far the coolest lab we have done so far.

In my other lab we drew out DERMATOMES on each other. Dermatomes are zones on the body that different nerve roots of the spinal chord innervate. Who knows why it was so fun to draw all over people with washable markers. It is hard to see, but we have lines all over our arms and legs. My partner even did some of the zones on my back- L1-L5. No Josh, there is no L7.