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Lucy Telfar Barnard

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:05:09 +1300

succame (is that a word? It should be)

No, it's not. Succumbed is what you're after. And succame shouldn't be a word, because silent `b's are awesumb.

Damian Christie

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:17:36 +1300

@Sofie – yeah of course, anyting you want :) Thanks for the donation!

Peter Ashby

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:36 +1300

@David

Ahem, I regularly run and ran home from work, up to 9miles not being a problem. I knew a medic who ran 6miles into work every day of the week.

I also find it silly that you claim we aren't evolved to run but then claim we should cycle…

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:50:45 +1300

@ Damian
If you read my message on your movember page, can we?Can we? please. C'mon sport. ;)

Damian Christie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:59 +1300

@David, I think I mentioned this in the last post – I bought a bike a few months back for exactly that reason – fitness AND transport. Living about a 30 minute cycle from town now makes it worthwhile too, although it does mean on those days I'm running late…

Stephen Judd

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:39:02 +1300

Sure we're designed for running. We're also designed to be eaten by the faster lions some time around 30, so if your joints are packing up by then, tough.

I am enjoying short runs in bare feet — call me an anti-fashion victim. It's all the rage you know.

David Haywood

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:26 +1300

Can I recommend cycling? My Dad was a marathon/half-marathon runner for many years and had endless injuries. Frankly, I'd like someone to show me the medical evidence that humans have evolved for that amount of running.

I've been cycling for years (longest cycle 2,000 km — not in one day)…

Peter Ashby

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:36:47 +1300

@Damian

Another example of sarcasm being easily missed in text conversations. Dammit, I was trying to encourage you!

I'll second George Darroch's points too. Get some good shoes, and keep them only for running. Your feet and legs will thank you. In a couple of weeks it's my birthday and…

81stcolumn

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:45:25 +1300

Damian –

I can only appluad the wisdom that allowed you to choose not to run. There is supposed to be a smidgin of enjoyment involved. Others are not so smart.

FWIW. If you do have long-term mechanical difficulties that make running unpleaasant I highly reccomend Kelly at AUT. The…

Damian Christie

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:41:05 +1300

@George – yeah I did that in order to get the shoes I've got. They're good, but I think any injury was the result of an impromptu 11km run last Wednesday when I hadn't done more than 5km for a few months... bang on with your second piece of advice.…

George Darroch

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:23 +1300

I would thoroughly recommend having your running stride analyzed in a running-shoe shop, and then buying a shoe that prevents the movement that may be causing it. The shoes you buy may be expensive, but arthritis or joint replacement surgery is worse, unfortunately.

Also, if you want to avoid injury,…

Roger Lacey

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:08:56 +1300

... and you don't even have to come to my stupid church or wear a crappy ring of loyalty.

For someone who declares himself so anti-homosexual, I'm still not sure what Brian Tamaki's "First Fruits" scheme was all about.

Lyndon Hood

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:37 +1300

There's a reason why people interviewed at the airport today were still happy to jump on those Fiji-bound flights.

They did that again? I remember thinking last time – if you ask people going to Fiji whether they have a problem with people going to Fiji, what do you expect?

Tom Semmens

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:34 +1300

Seriously though, the situation in Fiji is the proverbial pimple on the arse – annoyingly irritating, but not a life & death issue.

Are you sure?

Whilst the travel ban clearly irritates the hell out of the regime in Fiji, Paul Buchanan says the Chinese are easily negating whatever sanctions we…

Peter Ashby

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:43:46 +1300

Damian that ankle is telling you that running is not just for one half marathon, it is for always. Otherwise you will always be thrashing a vulnerable body into shape in not enough time. I have recently survived Swine Flu (apparently regular exercise prior to infection reduces its severity). All…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:08:53 +1300

"...having spent today being blown around Wellington in increasingly deteriorating conditions"

"...having spent today being stuck in Auckland in increasingly gridlocked conditions"

Seriously though, the situation in Fiji is the proverbial pimple on the arse – annoyingly irritating, but not a life & death issue.

Tony Sutorius

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:12 +1300

"...having spent today being blown around Wellington in increasingly deteriorating conditions"

Damn straight Aucklanders, ditch your preconceptions about the recreational opportunities in grey old Wellington...

Public Address

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:01:12 +1300

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