the death shuffle and more rudeness

The death shuffle, if you’ve yet to encounter it, is the sort of running you do just before you fall over or pass out. You’re well and truly out of glycogen and your brain has long since left planet earth. The only thing that keeps you going is muscle memory, momentum and the fact that [...]

stop being tired

The internet is a wonderful thing - it gives us access to all the loony theories of the world and helps while away the dreary afternoons in which we would otherwise have to work.
Two examples:
Andrew BoltNot strictly an internet thing, but it’s on the Herald Sun website so I’ll let it through. This is Master [...]

iphones and sleep

This story is a bit sad eh? ….
Greg Packer, the first man in line at Apple’s flagship store in New York is now the proud owner of a 4GB iPhone. But because he hasn’t signed up to a plan, the phone lies dormant.
Packer, who we interviewed last week shortly after he began his 109-hour vigil [...]

pasta pasta pasta

This is the last post before the marathon on Sunday (see the Sri Chinmoy site). Think of me while you’re lounging about in bed, or whatever it is you do on Sunday mornings. I gather there are a few people coming from the Ausrun/Coolrunning forums (fora??) so I may be able to put a few [...]

wracked with guilt

Yes, I’ve been wracked with guilt this morning, after realising it’s been, erm, 3 days since I last posted. Not the normal Jruns service you’ve naturally come to expect around here. I apologise from the bottom of the cockles of my heart, to paraphrase Dennis Leary.
In my defence, I do have an excuse of sorts [...]

can you buy endorphins?

Em over at Running all over the place has a special place on this blog. It’s over on the right and down a bit. She even merited a mention in the body of my post yesterday. Now, I don’t like to be seen to be criticising one of my blogging colleagues, but her post yesterday [...]

Day number 1

Well, that’s a bit of a relief. I’d been looking forward to this day with not a little dread, I must say.
What am I talking about? Oh, sorry about that, today is Day 1 of my Marathon training program.
Strangely enough - it starts with a “rest day”. That’s my sort of training. I’m well equiped [...]

addiction

No running so far today. Instead I enjoyed the rare luxury of sleeping in until 6:30. Whoopeee. I remember being back at uni when I could, and did, sleep in until 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Now, I don’t think I could sleep past 8am if I tried.
So it’s been slightly over 24 hours [...]