It Worked! (aka A Visit From Lance Armstrong)

Surprisingly, Michel Thomas worked!
I ended up going for a run on Wednesday morning, just before heading in to do our university Fresher's Fair for the Oxford Student Chorus (I'm secretary). I put on Michel Thomas and away I went. I listened to the first few lessons (all of which I've heard before) and ended up running for 25 minutes and doing just short of 4km. This was a pace of around 6"20 per kilometer which is quite good going for me. I am aiming to get back down to 6 per kilometer for a 10k run like I did at the end of first year.
Not only that, but when I finished the run (feeling slightly less knackered than usual) I suddenly heard over my iPod - "Hello, this is Lance Armstrong. You have just got a new personal best for a mile, well done."
This was quite a nice suprise as I didn't think I had run particularly fast but I think taking your mind off the running (i.e. by learning French) really helps. It's funny, as in the past I have tried it with talking books and I ended up just ignoring the book, whereas with the French you have no choice but to think about it.
After the run I ended up heading to Fresher's fair, getting a new bike (which'll make travelling around so much easier) and then I went climbing (well, bouldering) with Steph and Paul for nearly an hour and a half. It was really fun and I surprised myself with some of the routes I tackled. I was probably most proud of the overhead ones, because although I didn't complete them, I got much further than I expected and had better upper body strength than I thought!
Overall though, all the exercise and the fact I've got fresher's flu meant that I ended up having a nap when I got back. I then woke up to find an email from the Fulbright scholarship asking me to decide on a ranking of my university choices by next Wednesday. This is all a little stressful as I have no idea where I want to go! My main two are M.I.T and CalTech and I have no real way of distinguishing which one I'd prefer.
I'm going to go for a run again tomorrow. I don't know if I'll use Michel Thomas again, I might alternate with music for each run, and I feel the need for something a bit upbeat.
My Nike+ goals are currently:

1. Ran 2/8 times in four weeks
2. Burnt 768/2000 calories in 4 weeks
   
3. Ran 2/5 runs under 7"00 av pace in 4 weeks
4. Ran 2/12 times in October

I don't know if I am quite on target for goal 4 (I will have to start doing more runs once I feel better) but I am pretty confident I can complete 1 - 3 in the time limit.
Anyways, off to bed to get up bright and early and try and beat that mile (9"19) again!