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hello, jeff.
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
top o' the page to ya!
p.s. i prefer soft ground and hard bodies.
Why is it sideways?
You have a special gift.
Good Bad & The Monkey
This is a very poor article
I totally disagree. I mean c'mon. It includes the line: "Most road races are on hard roadways"
Genyus. Pure brilliant genyus.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Most pop tarts are not tart.
At least no one can question the truth of that claim.
I firmly believe (in my own experiment of one) that running on softer surfaces is less hard on my body (especially the knees) & that the trailrunning I do helps strengthen the muscles used for running, especially the foot muscles. asphalt is hard & ungiving & can also be uneven & I am just as prone to twist something. Many of our roads around here are very cambered for rain runoff & sometimes my feet, ankles, achilles, knees (etc) hurt more after running on asphalt/pavement than when I do the same time/mileage on a trail run. whenever I have any type of "minor" injury or soreness I try to hit the trails abit more, but thats just me.
Wait, there are trails that are soft? I thought trails were those things with the big rocks on them, both uneven and really hard. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.
I disagree. 3/5 of women's tennis players can.
Ha. That post was a direct product of glycogen depletion. I am much nicer on 35mpw.
There, I agree
Nicer to your opponents! Zing!
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
I find when I only run on hard, even surfaces the support muscles around my ankles, knees and hips get weaker. This is not a 3 or 6 month issue - But after a couple of years they can become weak enough, I start struggling more and more with injury and general pain. I would not run every day on uneven surfaces as my body would then have difficulty pounding out ultras in hard surfaces.
I have found the effects of many decisions can give a small short term benefit, but then leave me in worse shape or more injured in the 1 - 3 year time frame.
Since I have started adding 1x a week train running this year - My lower body has the least amount of general aches and pains it has in 5 years.
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
Ha.
I find when I only run on hard, even surfaces the support muscles around my ankles, knees and hips get weaker. This is not a 3 or 6 month issue - But after a couple of years they can become weak enough, I start struggling more and more with injury and general pain. I would not run every day on uneven surfaces as my body would then have difficulty pounding out ultras in hard surfaces. I have found the effects of many decisions can give a small short term benefit, but then leave me in worse shape or more injured in the 1 - 3 year time frame. Since I have started adding 1x a week train running this year - My lower body has the least amount of general aches and pains it has in 5 years.
How's the upper body feeling these days...heh