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Comment on Watching the Olympics by drea

drea — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:12:23 +0000

George,

Despite US failings, we also have many successes and we “try” more than any other country. We offer “aide” and support to more nations than anyone else. The US is still an amazing country and I truly believe that most intellegent people here want to do the right thing. And we have tolerance, we do. We allow freedom of religion, of speach, of gender, of orientation…. It’s a good place to be. I wouldn’t want to grow up in China!

Comment on Watching the Olympics by franfinney

franfinney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:07:34 +0000

George, George, George!
I get it that you have no television. That IS a huge obstabcle to viewing the Olympics - or any other televised sport.

But if you have an opportunity to watch some of the distance runners - it CAN be somewhat interesting and informative. I like to watch the runners, the cyclists, and the swimmers -all elite in their sports. I marvel at the range of body types and techniques. The marathon female runners, for example. Some are short and solid. Some are tall and lanky. Some have a quick, powerful gait. Some are loose and easy. Some even look tight and awkward. Yet they are all outstanding performers. I watch them and wonder what they all have that gives them that special edge. I look for similarities and differences. It’s fun! (IF you can keep it from being jealousy-making. . .)

Comment on I’m not really injured today by franfinney

franfinney — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:30:36 +0000

Hey, George -

Just wanted to say that I hear you re: the injury issue. Part of the aging process - avoiding injury actually cane become more important than optimizing performance through training. This frustrating fact is big my mind this week - I’m entered in 3 races between this Sunday and next. Yipes for me. . . .

Decided to start blogging again - intend to dissect this injury vs training conundrum in my next blog. . . .

Fran

Comment on All the running I can do—to stay in the same place by Tony

Tony — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:44:32 +0000

So I found your page linked to the SB Runners Club….Read your desire to run a first 50 next year…White River is Intense for a first 50….! No 50 miler is easy…but try American River 50 mile in Sacramento in April 09…
I am going to put myself through the 9trails run this November in SB…that will be a suffer fest as well…Good Luck…
Tony

Comment on Food by Gary

Gary — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:59:28 +0000

George, I think I have a solution for you. SBCC’s sustainability program is having a series of evening lectures that speak to the issues you discuss. Specifically, Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands will be speaking Friday September 12 from 7:30 - 9 PM in the BC Forum on the west campus. He lives in Tucson and has done some amazing things with little rainfall. I have his book and it’s full of great ideas. He will have his book there or you can get a copy at the SB Botanic Garden where my wife works. For more info on the SBCC program go to
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/new_08/html/community/continuing_ed.html
Gary

Comment on Family History by Food « George’s Meanderings

Food « George’s Meanderings — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:26:19 +0000

[...] family used to own a farm in the Appalachians. But we didn’t work it, oh no, not us. We had people to do that for us. [...]

Comment on An unexpected visitor by kellig

kellig — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:04:42 +0000

thanks for the tips. i have a mama and an adolescent who are big fans of my apple tree and the compost pile. i have three cats, and they all seem to be peaceful with each other. i leave water bowls out, because of the 100+ temps here, and heard someone drinking rather noisily a couple nights ago. the cats were all on my bed (no-one so much as raised a weary head at the disturbance) so i assume it was the skunk. i had been a bit curious about its behavior, it didn’t seem fazed at all by my presence. so. good to know.

Comment on Why - Thank you! by drea

drea — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:25:01 +0000

Nice Goerge, nice!

Comment on But — how far is that? by Dave Webster

Dave Webster — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:52:50 +0000

Wow! I had no idea the failure rate was so high for chips/mats!

Comment on But — how far is that? by georgeruns

georgeruns — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:19:20 +0000

Chips do seem like a solution. But after talking to the race director of the local half last year I gather that (at least in this case) the mats would intermittently fail and there would be stretches of several minutes where no finishers were recorded.

This is why he always insists on recording gun time too.

So there were about 50 runners with no chip finishing times out of roughly 2000. That’s 1 in forty. If that ratio holds then there’s a good chance that the chip would fail at least once for each runner in an hour.