Week 16 Tuesday

Activities/Actions:

• Rest Day

Stat:

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 2

How hard did I work? n/a
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
I start my trainning schedule for the 1/2.

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Week 16 Monday

Activities/Actions:

• Sqaush with P' Lek for 2 games

Stat:

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 3

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
good games with P' Lek

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Week 15 Sunday

Activities/Actions:

• Volunteer: Run for Health 5K Race
• Shopping
• Took the kids to Library and Fountain
• Party for Ya-Wen and Michael

Stat:

Course condition: nice for run in the morning

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 5
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 3

How hard did I work? 8
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
good day for working out and such.

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The 5k race is fun. I meet a Thai lady who owns Thai 55th (a Thai restaurant on 55th). She works for the hospital as a pharmacist. She even invites me to eat at her restaurant (though I heard that the taste is not that good).

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The party photos will be updated. I made Thai Corn tempura to the party.

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Week 15 Saturday

Activities/Actions:

• Tennis at 5p with P' Lek, Dave, Kevin, Seen Meng, Matt, Lingling

Stat:

Course condition: a nice weather for the game

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 3
• About my sleep 3

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
Many people show up for the game this afternoon. After the game most of us go for dinner at Medici, but I come home to visit my stuff.

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Week 15 Friday

Activities/Actions:

• Chicago Orchestra Symphony
• Dined at 1492 Tapas
• presented at lab meeting

Stat:

Course condition: nice

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 3

How hard did I work? N/A
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
It is nice that we going out with the boss after the heat wave finally left us to East coast. I have been deprived of sleep these days.

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Week 15 Thursday

Activities/Actions:

• Ran

Stat:
started 8:50p; ~25 mins


Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 4
• Mentally 3
• About my nutrition 2
• About my sleep 2

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
n/a

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Week 15 Wednesday

Activities/Actions:

• Squash with P' Lek

Stat:

Course condition: The court is actually cooler than outside.

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 2

How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
The heat wave is still hanging around. I pretty much refrain myself from running outside.

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Week 15 Tuesday

Activities/Actions:

• Urine Checkup - Fine
• Stretched and Strengthened
• Rest Day b/x of heatwave

Stat:

Course condition:

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 5
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 4

How hard did I work? 4
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
My schedule is a bit abnormal today; A rest day... I drop P' Tee and P' Por off this morning at Midway Airport.

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I have a urine check up to day, following a recommend from a doctor in Thailand when I had a visit in March. The check today show a normal result.

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Week 15 Monday

Activities/Actions:

• Biked to and from CPL in downtown in a very very hot morning
• Squash (p' Tee's last game for this summer in Chicago)

Stat:
left around 10a - coming back around 12:30p

Course condition: very hot (see below)

How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)

• Physically 4
• Mentally 4
• About my nutrition 4
• About my sleep 3

How hard did I work? 8/9
(the 10-point scale)

Note and reflections:
After woke up, I rushed out on a bike to CPL around 10a. The hot wind blasts at me on the way there and back home. Though, the sky is very clear and the water colors in dark blue. The wind is blowing agaist me, which, sometimes, bring a nice cool breeze when evaporates my sweat. I return the books and get new ones, which completes the mission of the day. Also had I gotten sunburn.

Morning tempurature

Afternoon tempurature

Comfort Index below 5!!

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