Maturity exam

October 29, 2009

Today I wrote the maturity exam for my Masters Degree in Biology of Physical Activity (major: Science of Sports Coaching and Fitness Testing).  Even if it “only” includes the knowledge you gained during writing the Master thesis (in my case the topic of the thesis was: “Changes in upper and lower body endurance capacity and strength after endurance vs. strength training in old men”) it still gave me an uneasy sleep the night before. Actually, I never had any unsettled night because of academic-related stress during my whole Masters degree and even before it was pretty unusual. Seems I just did not want to be the guy, who re-writes his maturity exam. I think I passed and my master studies are coming to an end soon. In Germany we usually have to defend our thesis but here in Finland you write the maturity exam instead. Still I prefer the German way because if I wouldn’t publish my results they would never create any interest.

Anyway, with the maturity exam done and only one book exam left (scheduled for next Thursday) I can post some articles and focus on training and healthy lifestyle again now. All those things suffered a bit in the last days. Saturday the race season will kick off with a cross-country race.

Today also the sun came out for the first time after about one week of clouds, rain and snow – Guess that was a sign .