Coltrane on Running
 

Until you blow out a knee.

Coltrane on Running
 

A more creative option would be racewalking. Racewalkers get to be a bit more dramatic, whipping those hips in a circular motion.

I thought racewalking was joke until I saw it in the Olympics. I think it must be about the most difficult sport in the world. A game of speed where you are forbidden to run? A true test of will.

Coltrane on Running
 

Please don't say this.

Coltrane on Running
 

4 miles
x
5 personalities
20 miles and Euphoria

TM

Coltrane on Running
 

Rugs are usually woven, not knitted. Weaving is fun - it can be comforting in a zen-like way, like knitting. I would recommend.

But usually crafty dreams mean you need to create something - you are just feeling a deep-seated creative urge for whatever reason. Some say that a dream of knitting or sewing or making stuff means you want to have a baby because that's like the ultimate creation. But you don't have to read that much into it.

Coltrane on Running
 

Damn that was pretty good.

I find that doing any exercise I enjoy doing, whether it is yoga, pilates, or using an elliptical machine, causes me to get a bit of a high going. And once I get into a routine of exercising every day, I feel very anxious if I don't exercise.

I don't exercise for more than 30-60 minutes though, and I definitely get some kind of high going. My guess, it just varies by person.

On the other hand the outdoor stuff such as kayaking and rock climbing gives me a completely different kind of high, especially when I start to flip or fall, but that is another post.

Coltrane on Running
 

I know you're kidding, but you're not going to blow out your knee running. Soccer, tennis, hoops, football maybe, b/c they require lateral movement. I think it's a common misconception that running is bad for the knees. Even M.D.s say this, and I think they're wrong (but I'm no doctor). I had major knee surgery at 17 and my knees couldn't be stronger. If you make sure you have decent form and try to avoid cement, your knees should be fine...

Coltrane on Running
 

Where are you running where you can easily avoid cement?

I find it comical when severely obese people explain that they don't work out because it is bad for their joints. Had this happen recently and earned a "Personal Goals Certificate" from myself because I simply smiled and nodded.

Coltrane on Running
 

Hence the reason why so many people have problems with their knees when running.

aV

Coltrane on Running
 

Do you run on roads paved with gold?

Also, blowing out a knee, as in tearing an ACL or MCL from twisting isn't the only injury. The pounding of bone against cartilege could also inflict damage. Not that other sports don't give rise to such injuries too.

Coltrane on Running
 

Is this true or is this some of your Benny Hill burlesque humor?

Coltrane on Running
 

But, a person can develop some impossibly painful stress fractures.

Coltrane on Running
 

Yeah, that's why I qualified it.

The lakefront path in Chicago is 26 (??) miles long. All along the lake. It's beautiful and I take it for granted. It's (mostly) asphalt, which is MUCH softer than cement. Plus, they're are many segments where you can run on the grass or where the path is gravel.

Spree
 

Spree is now a children's fashion magazine.

http://www.childrensbusiness.com/newspree.htm

(Spree: Spree)

Coltrane on Running
 

Could you fix your slogan or motto or whatever that "Spree is dead people!" thing is? Every time I see it, I think of Charleton Heston running around yelling "soylent green is people!!"

Breasticle day
 

I've been meaning to buy one. Tips, anyone?

Coltrane on Running
 

Funny, I think of Phil Hartman impersonating Charlton Heston. It's made out of people!!! The sequels were even funnier.

Actually when I see paigow's sig line, I think of "I see dead people."

Breasticle day
 

No, try to get the whole breast. It's "breasticle day", not "nipple day".

Breasticle day
 

I assume this was a typo and you meant to type "TITS!!!!, anyone?" or "Nips, anyone?". Am I correct?

Coltrane on Running
 

Or hit an open car door.

Breasticle day
 

It scares me when we have similar thoughts. You know, because we are so much alike in other ways.:shrug:

Breasticle day
 

No, I want to buy a digital camera, and -- other than TITS! in the little window on it -- I have no idea what to look for.

edited to say:
Apparently I need to start drinking my coffee this morning.

free trip to hawaii
 

Did I do this already?

Free trips to Hawaii, Ireland, Bermuda, and more
The catch: you gotta convince others to foot the bill, and they make you run 26.2 miles once you get there. As the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s literature would have it, “Honolulu is only 26.2 miles away.” The thing is, you have to run the whole way. The non-profit sends hundreds of participants to marathons, half- marathons, triathalons, and century bike rides in fun locations—Hawaii, Bermuda, New Orleans, Ireland—and offers anyone who wants to participate free airfare and accommodations, plus professional training for the four or five month lead-up to the trip. Your job: raising funds to help fight cancer.

So do something good with your obsession and get a free trip.


run to hawaii

Coltrane on Running
 

Or hit by a taxi.


This happened to me. No injuries.

Coltrane on Running
 

Oddly enough, I got hit by a car and blew out my knee - permanent damage. My knee twitches each time the "should old people have an unconditional right to drive" argument comes up.

Coltrane on Running
 

Thank you. As usual I think you are right on. I have been having a midlife crisis thinking that my creative skillz are rotting away as I toil my life away in the law. But it is definitely the creative skillz as in arts and entertainment, not creating babies bc I have also been thinking (and I am sure many of you might be relieved) that perhaps I do not want to have a baby. Of course this is bc I recently spent a week in a house with a two year old who only just stopped breastfeeding and still does not sleep through the night and is spoiled rotten. It scared the flying fuck out of me- O get to give up my life, my relationship and my sleep to cater to the every whim of some tyrannical shortie- doesnt sound so good right now. Maybe I should just be an animal breeder or something.

but thanks- that was great bc I have been giving both things a lot of thought lately. Often when I am running

Breasticle day
 

I know.

It's like we were separated at birth.

Coltrane on Running
 

That's never happened to me when running, only when riding my bicycle to work. Just a few spectacular tumbles, no lasting injuries. No more riding to work for me.


Anne
No, I was not going the wrong way down a one-way street.

Breasticle day
 

A few months ago I bought a Canon Elph S400. The Elph series has always recieved very good ratings, both from consumers and groups like Consumer Reports. It takes terrific pics, is small, and even takes 2 minutes of movies with sound, which are not choppy.

I would recommend immediatly purchasing a large memory flashcard. I bought a 256 mb card and took almost 300 pictures plus some videos on a recent trip, and only used about half the card.

Shop around for prices, but check here . (Just be careful about when you order so that you don't get camera-flavoured cardboard)

Breasticle day
 

Couldn't be though. I am not older than dirt.

Coltrane on Running
 

Nonresponsive counselor. ANswer me and I will change my signature which I forogt about since I am using the ignore signaures thingie.

Breasticle day
 

Yes, that is what we have. It's good - i.e. a technologically inept person like me can figure it out and it takes good pictures. My husband thinks it is fun to take 2 minute movies of me when I have just got up in the morning.

Yet another reason why it's cool to be Keith Richards
 

People throw him drugs, good drugs, at concerts.

Like he can't afford his own. Fucker. I want somebody to throw me a baggy of dope in court this afternoon. Or maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea.

Coltrane on Running
 

Deal.

Running generates endorphins, which affect the body in very much the same way as do the opiate-based hobbies. So, yes, what I said was completely correct. You can develop an endorphin threshhold just like a heroin threshhold.

Coltrane on Running
 

What was the taxi doing in the middle of the lakefront park area? Or were you violating your "no cement" rule? Y'know, you could blow out a knee that way.

Falling back on an old standby
 

Since I haven't posted much interesting here lately, here goes this:

Last night, when picking up some CPK takeout at the Beverly Center location, our order wasn't ready so we had to sit around and wait. And lucky we did, because who sat down at the big table for 10 next to the takeout area?

Tori and Taylor Thompson, A.J. Melendez, and their parents and a few other friends.

And yes, the Thompson sisters really are that cute. Scary stuff.

Damn I love LA.
str8.

Breasticle day
 

You're a lawyer. You have money. I'd recommend this:

http://www1.adorama.com/images/large/ICA10D.jpg

Coltrane on Running
 

I'm annoyed that it's just old people who may finally be seeing an end to their terrible driving and driving skills not preventing them from keeping their licenses. There are plenty of terrible drivers regardless of age. And I don't just mean the people who drive crazily, too fast, etc. Pure speed isn't as much of a factor, I find, as long as the crazy, fast drivers are also aware of how fast their cars stop and how well they can react. It's the ones who are just barreling along, without covering the brake or looking for cars peeking out of alleys or driveways who cause the accidents

I'm talking about the ones who run red lights (or stale yellow lights, block the grid, turn right on red in heavy traffic when it's illegal, don't yield to pedestrians, don't realize that not all stops are four-way stops, etc. In Chicago, the city is grumbling about cracking down on this stuff, but they've got a long way to go. Unless you do something egregious right in front of a cop, or are a minority, (and usually, I think both are necessary) you won't even get stopped in Chicago. I'm amazed at the amount of stuff I see happen when cops are right there, and they don't do shit about it.

And don't even get me started on all the "tragedy of the commons" stuff: waiting until the last second to leave an ending lane, turning left or right from the penultimate lane, when the ultimate lane is turn only, following turners in front of you through the intersection even when it's obviously about to turn, using brief extra lanes, turn lanes or even just extra space to try to go around traffic at intersections. All these things might save the actor a bunch of time, but they screw the rest of us who are following the rules.

Frankly, I don't get that upset when three drug dealers get killed in a garage in my neighborhood; that stuff happens, and it's a large part of why I don't deal drugs (well, also prison and the prison rape thing). I'd be much happier if the cops would spend more time actually enforcing laws which directly effect most people's lives. Too bad there is no huge ego boost out of getting the guy who always runs every stop sign in my neighborhood, or the tow trucks drivers who come through at 70 mph (seriously), runnning all the stop signs, so they can get to a tow.

At the very least, the city should make all those activities very financially detrimental. Maybe it is easier to get crazy with the tickets to address the illegal parking problem, but that worked. Everyone knows that you get your ass booted now. So move on to the guys who are just a step away from killing somebody with all their crazy driving.

Sorry for all the ranting, I just got back from a wedding, and the first and last legs of the round trip were the Skyway and 90 between it and the city, which are like the Wild West of Chicago driving.

those wacky Liberians
 

OK, this is a cross between politics and fashion - really.

Why are Liberian soldiers wearing fright wigs?
Few things exemplify the chaos of Liberia more than the sight of doped-up, AK-47-wielding 15-year-olds roaming the streets decked out in fright wigs and tattered wedding gowns. Indeed, some of the more fully accessorized soldiers in Charles Taylor's militia even tote dainty purses and don feather boas. Why did this practice begin and what is the logic behind it?

The cross-dressing combatants blipped onto the Western press's radar screen right around the time the Liberian Civil War started on Christmas Eve in 1989.
According to the soldiers themselves, cross-dressing is a military mind game, a tactic that instills fear in their rivals. It also makes the soldiers feel more invincible. This belief is founded on a regional superstition which holds that soldiers can "confuse the enemy's bullets" by assuming two identities simultaneously. Though the accoutrements and garb look bizarre to Western eyes, they are, in a sense, variations on the camouflage uniforms and face paint American soldiers use to bolster their sense of invisibility (and, therefore, immunity) during combat.

cool picture of a Liberian in a pink wig

those wacky Liberians
 

So much for don't ask, don't tell.