Let’s just say Wow.
“Suddenly, I spotted a white ostrich on my left, then this beast jumped on the road from the right and started chasing my friends! The ostrich didn’t have any problem to keep up at 50km/h.”
Tag: Run
Running. With M&Ms.
A quick check of atmospheric conditions:
68℉.
87% humidity. 87% humidity.
Wind S 7 mph.
5:40 am.
I’m out the door.
There’s no ranting about weight gain this morning. I’m tired of it. Tired of talking about it. You didn’t seem all that tired when you were savoring the M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies yesterday. Or the 4 you had the day before. 2-Day Count: 10. Staggering (Staggering) lack of discipline and will.
1 mile marker: Impossible to neglect that this carriage is tired. Shoulders heavy. Legs are anvils. Mind thick with resistance. M&M Blood clotting.
2 mile marker: Head winds at 7 mph. I’m sweating like a plow horse in mid-August. If I go any slower, I’ll be pushed backwards. It’s the Sabbath. An appropriate morning to Call on All Gods for inspiration. Christian. Hindu. Muslim. Judaism. Any Creator will do. I look up. Hear nothing. Feel nothing. Appears that the disappointment in me is Universal. All Gods to DK: Repent. Continue reading “Running. With M&Ms.”
SMWI*: Tarahumara
“According to the Mexican historian Francisco Almada, a Tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog from New York City and not stopping till you were closing in on Detroit. Other Tarahumara runners reportedly went three hundred miles at a pop. That’s nearly twelve full marathons, back to back to back, while the sun rose and set and rose again. And the Tarahumara weren’t running along smooth, paved roads, either, but scrambling up and down steep canyon trails formed only by their own feet.”
~ Christopher McDougall, Born to Run
Notes:
- SMWI* = Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration
- Source: Invisible Stories. Photo: Tarahumara huaraches
SMWI*: Hey! Yes, You. Move.
Notes:
- SMWI*: Saturday Morning Workout Inspiration
- Image source: wsj photo of the day: A woman runs past artwork of a large hand on a wall in central London. (Stefan Wermuth /Reuters)
