Today was my first Friday as a "real person". For three days in a row, I got up, shaved, put on nice clothing, and drove to work. There were other real people there and I learned a lot. I found out about my future responsibilities and met my co-workers. I'm super excited about it all! My new job is pretty much what I've wanted to do for a long time and my co-workers are really nice and accommodating of all my questions. I've mostly been trying to absorb as much background information as possible and will hopefully begin analysis next week. I've been working towards it for so long, I can't believe that real-world engineering is so close!
Running-wise, I just signed up for a road mile on Sunday. This race is going to be special for a couple reasons. The first is that it's my first post-collegiate race and it's a mile, probably my specialty. It's rare that they're offered on the roads so I'm looking forwards to taking the challenge on. It's also going to be neat because it's the first race that I'll have entered with cash prizes for finish placement. The top three places take home cash and there are still age-group prizes, so as long as I don't blow it, I'm pretty much guaranteed to take home a prize which is exciting. Races with cash prizes are few and far between and until recently, it was against NCAA policy for me to accept them, so this is going to be an exciting opportunity.
Everything is just so exciting right now! I know that the novelty will eventually wear off, but hopefully I will have matured into a really strong appreciation of what I am doing, both as a runner and as an engineer.
-Lane
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