The Running Thread

[Fentonite]

If you're interested in the science behind it, and also a really neat story, pick up "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall. He was a runner who kept injuring himself in running shoes and also a journalist. His doc one day told him that humans just weren't designed to run; being stubborn and getting paid to find interesting stories anyway, he went in search to see if this was true.

One of the more interesting things to come from this is the earliest form of hunting, called endurance hunting. Our ancestors would literally just chase a deer or elk or whatever until the animal collapsed from exhaustion, and then just brain it with a stick or rock or whatever.

Check it out. These guys have shoes but ancient man did not, and our old hunting technique was apparently to run our prey to death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

Cool story. Kinda makes sense. Some other scientist made shoes based on how africans' feet ran through the sand (MBT, or "Masai Barefoot Technology"), but they were big clunky boat shoes, not minimalist at all. I think I'll try it (the minimal toe shoes, not chasing elk). Just for grins, check out the big ass running shoes that guy is wearing at 3:09 in the video! Thanks for this info!

[Pancho Villa]

2 miles in 18:14.

Was gonna do 3.2/5k like before but got a "Cora pooped the bed" text at about 1.8 miles, so I wrapped it up and got home quick-like to do some laundry.

The wonders of being a dad.

[Irving]

Do you guys do laps, or out and back? I really dislike laps, so I just try and design a loop of the distance I want to run. Once you start getting over 3 miles, it helps to make courses that go near your origin more than once in case you need to wrap it up like Pancho.

[2008f450]

Do you guys do laps, or out and back? I really dislike laps, so I just try and design a loop of the distance I want to run. Once you start getting over 3 miles, it helps to make courses that go near your origin more than once in case you need to wrap it up like Pancho.

My daily run is a loop. But for my long runs i go out and back. kinda forces me to do more miles when i look down and see I went 4 miles out. Have to do 4 miles back then.

[Pancho Villa]

Do you guys do laps, or out and back? I really dislike laps, so I just try and design a loop of the distance I want to run. Once you start getting over 3 miles, it helps to make courses that go near your origin more than once in case you need to wrap it up like Pancho.

I just run on the sidewalk, start as soon as I get out of the apt complex and I have various "stop and turn around" points from 0.7-2.75 miles out, for a round trip of 1.4 - 5.5 miles.

This one I was doing a 1 mile out/in and was just going to go back out a little over halfway and turn around to make it 3.2 miles. But yeah I need variety, a single small loop will drive me nutters.

[ghettodub]

Not running, but exercise related. Went and hiked to Hanging Lake this weekend. It's an ass-kicker, but a great hike and awesome exercise.

[Pancho Villa]

3.21 miles in 30:19.

[Holger Danske]

on the treadmill now. wIfes ipad fits the book holder so i can read coar15 and exercise at the same time. fast walk and typing is a challenge at the xsame time

[Pancho Villa]

3.21 miles in 30:46, but this time I was pushing the baby along.

Jesus christ I felt like dying at the end of that one.

[Irving]

We just did Devil Dash last Saturday. It was no Tough Mudder, but it was still pretty fun. I hung back with my wife in the beginning, then decided we'd both have more fun if I just ran ahead. I'd like to do it again and run the whole way. I know I can get a much better time. I'd post pictures, but the website they are on wants over $8.00 for a small DIGITAL copy. Bwahahaha, they can keep it.

If you go here, the video that plays is from last year, but is for sure the Colorado track. www.DevilDash.com