Imagine you’re on a party. There’s lots of people around most of which you don’t know. But you stand with a couple of friends and are having an interesting discussion when a complete stranger barges in and angrily interrupts you. You politely ask him to leave you be but he starts getting seriously annoying and when you [...]
fungrimLast couple of years I had trouble understanding the summer-training-people. The ones that huddle on the buses and in their cars during winter only to get panicked when spring is upon them and they throw themselves out of the door in order to hit “beach 2013”. I never really understood.
fungrimIs this mike on? It is?! Oh goodie! You see, not only is it on, it is on a completely new host. How wonderful! Here, have a ridiculous kitty!
fungrimThe eagle-eyed visitor have noticed there have been no “this week on the run” for a while. This is quite simply because I haven’t been on the run very much. And if you think that’s because of my hurting calf, you’d be right. Here’s where it’s at. The week after Gibraltar I was in Paris on a small [...]
fungrimThese roundups are getting longer and longer, you really should be on Twitter if you find the at all interesting. But nevertheless, here’s some twitterroos, for your amusement: Medical Daily: Skin Cancer Drug Rapidly Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice [...]
fungrimA somewhat extensive collections of twats. For your amusement: Vibram Fivefingers, Barefoot Running, Shoes, Heel Strikes, Loading Rates, and Injury Risk: http://www.runblogger.com/2011/09/vibram-fivefingers-barefoot-running.html via @Oblinkin Percussive high-speed garlic-peeling made simple – Boing Boing [...]
fungrimDecember was kind of full. Not only was work piling up, but I’m also involved in a chamber choir and various vocal ensembles. So with 12 concerts booked, including a short tour in Holland, I had to fight to keep the running in the calendar. This post continues at The Run Smiley Collective, go there and finish it!
fungrimRandom bird song, because autumn is here. Why Anton Krupicka Runs Barefoot: http://ow.ly/6lyyp The great bank robbery – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/the-great-bank-robbery/ Immune System, Loaded With Remade T-cells, Vanquishes Cancer: [...]
fungrimAs I was at my mother’s cottage in the deep woods of Sweden and not, as it were, in NYC, I had limited spectators on my run. But hey! The sheep looked interested (and interesting, I was getting a bit peckish) and the birds fled as I flew, so I’m not complaining. It was a brilliant mid-autumn afternoon, with the sun hanging [...]
fungrimRandom birdsong, disturbing your morning sleep: Very good piece about how we treat ourselves. Self-help of the month! “You Are Unique, Not Special”: http://t.co/7Uc6NPy From Jason Robbilard: “Barefoot and Natural Running Form: How Do I Know If I’m Doing It Right?”: http://t.co/t00aFhH An old classic: [...]
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