barefoot running vs "shod" running

interesting bc i noticed i trot on my tippy toes when i'm in thins shoes/shoes w/ lil to no support (ex. just went to the bank and while crossing the street i pretty much pranced across the street)...down side to barefoot/heel & forefront landing is possible calf and achilles injuries

whereas folks who wear shoes tend to land on their heels more, thankfully shoes have cushion to absorb some of the impact.

read bbc article here...

skipping my morning cup o' joe??

allow me to reintroduce myself ... ok not really, but that songs in my head b/c i was listening to jayz all am as i was working it out on the treadmill!! (yes, yes i was running at 6am as i have that 10k in 3 days... better late than never right??)

bbc world news is the best thing to watch in the am, until i discovered msnbc's morning joe! bbc news is still amazing, but morning joe (think it took imus' old spot?) had a good mix of news & "news you can't use" (random stories) to hold my attention...yes, hold my attention :)

willie is great, joe is joe (a neo-conservative?), but mika seems perturbed about something... you may remember her from the ripping up paris hilton story but it seems like for the past few weeks mika's been a bit angry... this am her & joe were going back and forth about if cbs and/or cbs news knew about mccain blowing off david letterman to do a katie couric interview the same afternoon. after working out i found their banter a bit much for the tired, happy state i was in. which brings me to the title of the blog, think i may watch the show like every other day, i can't deal w/ condescending comments so early in the am... plus i like the bbc reporter's accents better!

outside of that so far so good on this (chilly) thursday morn. after being stuck in random traffic i was rushing to metro, and was told i was "fine as all outdoors" so that's always nice... then ran into a buddy who liked my hair, but not bush or the cbc (congressional black caucus, not canadian broadcast channel for you slowskis). he said he's going to crash an event this week b/c he "doesn't respect them b/c no one's stood up against the bailout bill or even come before america to explain what the bailout would mean for everyday folks"... he's offbeat funny, an intelligent kid, just didn't realize he had a radical side... we went on to talk about motorcycles, bikes (he would never ride his bike outside of takoma park b/c he may run into someone he knows & be embarrassed), some kids he found for me to adopt, etc. the usual banter...

songs of the day:
santogold's "anne"
justice's "dance".... this song rocks!! if you have nothing else to do you should check out the video for their song stress b/c it's 35% entertaining, 65% disturbing but an all around great, creative music video (click here to see it)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, lights out at Bowie High & baggy pants?!

i want chips ahoy chocolate chip cookies... guess i'll just settle for my powdered jelly filled doughnut!

oh yes, despite my cravings i'm still training for the army 10-miler (countdown has begun to oct 5th)... in fact i just signed up for a race (10k dash for dads) this sunday to jolt my body into race mode!

last nite in an attempt to get serious about life i finally attended my pg running group run. it was pretty uncoordinated as 5k & 10k training programs are starting this weekend, so tuesday nite was a fun run around the track at bowie high school... shout out to my little cousin who goes there :)

as i talked to 1 of the coaches that was actually there he mentioned how they usually spend about an hour or so running around the track, then leave as there aren't any lights around there!!! what high school doesn't have lights around their track?? after it started getting dark i decided to run one more lap then go home, as i didn't feel like being snatched up! (i'm an adult, who has time to be kidnapped? i had plans to meet smoe later, plus i had to work today.)

once in my car and reunited with padgekins (my cell phone) i called my cousin and asked him the deal with no lights. he said yep, bowie is real bootleg and they (obviously) don't have any night games. he also said they just recently got ac installed into the school!... no educational pun intended, but i guess it's true you can't judge a book by it's cover as the school doesn't look too shabby from the outside...

with this being said, who wants to join me in a bake sale to raise monies to buy his school some lights???

lastly, where does good police work end and fashion police work begin? is it that much of an eyesore to see someone with baggy pants on, that cities need to take action? are there a rack of stats i'm overlooking which juxtaposes baggy pants to criminal acts?? i'm personally amused b/c they walk funny (i.e. saw a little boy sagging skinny jeans in smoe's neighborhood, it was hilarious b/c he walked like someone from the wild west)... i guess not everyone is a amused (or liberal) as i .... Baggy pants crackdown goes national