what’s it all about?

I wrote something this morning over there at the Ausrun forum, on a post Clarkey started called “Introducing…”.
It was all about stuff like “Why did you start running?” “What do you like about it?” and “how much training do you do?”, that sort of stuff. I, dutifully, filled the thing out and clicked “publish”.
Simple.
The thing [...]

why is my shoe endangered?

I panicked a bit yesterday afternoon, when I saw this on the interweb:
Buy Men’s Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 at Road Runner Sports
Note the fine print:
Why is my shoe Endangered?The shoe manufacturer has discontinued your shoe, so there is a limited supply left. Stock up now at this great low price before they’re gone forever.
Eh, what? [...]

yassooo

God help me, the Melbourne Marathon is less than two weeks away. It doesn’t bear thinking about, really.
After an ill-timed bout of unwellness, my sad excuse for a sub-conscious mind (SCM) has spent the past week fatally undermining my progress with a series of delusions centring around classical music, phantom ailments and the conviction [...]

little wheel spin and spin

Today’s blog title is a reference to the wonderful song, by Buffy Saint Marie. Ah, but you knew that, didn’t you?
What? You’re not a big BS-M fan? No, I didn’t think so. She’s criminally underrated, in my opinion or, as the kids say: “IMHO”.
Turn your back on weeds you’ve hoedsilly sinful seeds you’ve sowedAdd your [...]

is there hope?

Indulge me dear reader, if you will, as I detour into a brief, very brief, mention of Australian politics. Apologies to my septic readers for whom this might be a touch unfathomable…
The budget was released only the other day, and it seems to have been seen by most people as pretty successful, and hence a [...]

long run lapper

I read recently there are something like 70 million blogs in the world. That’s one of those numbers that makes you feel very small, like looking up at the stars or standing next to Kim Beasley.
I also read that only about 30-40% of those blogs are actually regularly updated. With that in mind it’s good [...]

fartlek and diseased imaginations

RunningA nice, sharpish 10k this morning, including a fartlek session on rolling hills.
2 times 60 secs, with 60 sec float4 times 30 secs, with 30 sec float2 times 60 secs, with 60 sec float4 times 30 secs, with 30 sec float2 times 60 secs, with 60 sec floatplus warmup and the trip home.
A variety of [...]

Ted Haggard is completely straight

You may or may not recall a few months ago a guy in America called Ted Haggard got himself into a spot of public bother when it came out he had paid a guy for sex and/or amphetamines over a 3 year period.
So what’s the problem with that? As long as it’s between consenting adults [...]