You guys. Where did I put my hearing aids?
I was heading to brunch on 145th and Broadway around noon last Sunday, and a very seriously-fit-and-professionally-equipped runner tore past us down the sidewalk. I managed to hold back the "Dude, you are so lost," until he was out of earshot.
From the first link:
Officer Yam identified himself and showed his departmental identification, saying "police" in Spanish.
That's how I talked to people in Italy also. Just start saying words in Spanish and they get most of what you are saying.
Anyway, I haven't been running much because of the curse of our age (ankle pain). I find that my hips hurt one particular way when I don't run and a different way when I do.
Found them! They were under a book that I am in the middle of (so it was face down, open) but didn't read today ever. So who knows why I did that.
Strychnine is a performance enhancing drug?
9 to 7, improbable as it might seem until you look at the link.
Nobody wants to talk about joggling, huh?
I do. I'm really enthused, except I probably should not have run that second half marathon.
backwards running is awesome to watch, backwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xTTDlVAv4c
Even running forward, it really is an incredible rush to shoot out of the gate with thousands of other people around you.
I've always wondered what would happen if some unknown who wasn't starting with the elite runners posted a better chip time than them (chip time being something they apparently don't have in Kenya based on the second link.) It turns out that to win a marathon you actually need to be the first to cross the line, even if you started 1000 feet back because you weren't considered elite and your time from start line to finish line was fastest. Unfair! But I guess no one good enough to win a marathon would keep their skill secret long enough to pull that kind of surprise.
I work on producing both marathons and concerts, and it's always amazing to me how much medical crises are considered fine at a marathon, while a rock show would be condemned for them. Roll 10 people in ambulances from a rave, and the event is in the news with local politicians denouncing it. Roll 20 people in ambulances from a marathon, and no one blinks an eye, because it's for "fitness." I'm all for people running marathons, so I can keep making a living, but it looks like a crazy thing to do to yourself. Let alone pay to do.
16: That's true at local races, too. At big races, the people who have done well enough to place start in their own wave. At little races, usually someone officialish just asks for those at the front to make room for those who are racing to place or to win an age group. I think it's fine. It would suck to have two people battling it out to finish first only to find later that the third place guys who finishes two minutes later had a better chip time.
Anyhow, at the top marathons there are probably like five guys/gals who are going to be competitive. No one is surprised that they can run under a 2:08+.
heebie, have you done any xfit endurance stuff? After experimenting for a year or so I seem to run fastest when I run four days a week and lift heavy for two, and I like getting faster more than I like easy jogging.
19: I've never heard of it. Is that something some gyms offer?
Knitting needles are also forbidden, so David Babcock, who has the world record for the longest scarf knit during a marathon (12 feet), resorted to crocheting flowers out of yarn with his fingers
Surely the jogglers could find a loophole, like juggling gel nutrient packs?
22: I've got bad news about how badly pwned you are by the OP.
23: You mean, like, "However am I going to carry these three gel packs when I only have two hands?"
17: I bet if 40-somethings went to raves, there would be many more ambulances.
As I read it there was nothing banning juggling per se, they just banned bringing any objects commonly juggled like bean bags. So they'd have to juggle something that they are otherwise allowed to carry.
26: Probably so. On the other hand, 40-somethings have (ideally) learned how to party while keeping their shit together - if you drink plenty of water and know where to get clean drugs, you can go pretty hard and still walk away. The ones who drop are the kids who pound alcohol in the parking lot ahead of time because they're too young to drink inside, and take whatever pills a random person sells them.
Not that raves look any more appealing to me than marathons - don't get me wrong.
A marathon is a crazy thing to do to yourself, which is why most people should do one and be done with it. Running more than 20 miles or so doesn't seem to add to my overall fitness much. But the sense of achievement of running a marathon is pretty great. Also, I always find myself a bit verklemmt when I finish a marathon, which isn't bad. Sadly, I don't get that from half marathons, just marathons.
Speaking of juggling:
I almost typed marathong. Given some of the outfits I've seen running, I refuse to Google it.
Because I've gained no maturity, it amuses me to see "freight train: Run Away" in the sidebar.
Joggling needs to be an Olympic sport. In marathongs. And why not, we already have the biathlon. Who's with me?
I remember seeing a guy run an entire half marathon wearing nothing but the Borat-style bright green thong.
Saved as a favorite, I like your website!
36 'Twas Blandings joggling in old skool marathongs wot did it.
Did what? Opened a Costco in Alpharetta?
38 Caused Costco in Alpharetta to like this eclectic web magazine and save it as a favorite.
These comments are going to be very confusing tomorrow after one of the FPPs deletes 36.
At least they started out comprehensible.
virtuous pole-sitting
If you're married, sure.
Is it Marathon Season?
More of them seem to be in the spring in the north. The idea is that you get better and better weather as you get closer to the race and are out training for longer periods of time. The races around here in the fall are shorter (10K or ten miles or half marathon only) and less well attended. Because to run a marathon in the fall, your peak training time would be when it is stupid hot and humid. It's much easier to run through a chilly March than when it gets above 90 every day in August.
My old band got asked a few times to play at the finish line of a marathon. The thing is, most marathons happen (a) early in the day, and (b) on the weekends. So inevitably we'd play a late gig the night before and show up all bleary eyed for the 7am sound check.
I figured it was some sort of scheme to make all the runners seem even healthier, in contrast to the four clearly hungover dudes making noise on stage.
I think it's mostly because of not wanting to block traffic so much.
45: A band at the finish line would be a huge improvement on the five techno-pop song playlist on repeat approach of the runs I've been at. Whether hungover or not ...
I think the version with the comma was more correct.
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The apposition is punctuated correctly. I made learning happen. Go me.
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Ogged, your AI is worse than the teen hitler one.