Comments on: a few questions http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/ wisdom and tripe from a lifetime runner Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: pjm http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-186 pjm Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:58:54 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/#comment-186 Sure, dry any shoes in front of the fridge. Growing up, it wasn't a winter evening without my father's tall gum-rubber work boots drying in front of the fridge. (Then he got soapstone thingies he'd put on the woodstove during the day, then drop in his boots when he took them off at the end of the day. I guess someone objected to the smell.) We borrowed terms from swimming for the "rig" at the end of a 400 or 800: The Bear (on your back,) The Fridge (which someone handed to you on the back corner) or The Piano Effect (the one being dropped on your back.) Sure, dry any shoes in front of the fridge. Growing up, it wasn’t a winter evening without my father’s tall gum-rubber work boots drying in front of the fridge. (Then he got soapstone thingies he’d put on the woodstove during the day, then drop in his boots when he took them off at the end of the day. I guess someone objected to the smell.)

We borrowed terms from swimming for the “rig” at the end of a 400 or 800: The Bear (on your back,) The Fridge (which someone handed to you on the back corner) or The Piano Effect (the one being dropped on your back.)

]]> By: Steve http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Steve Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:27:35 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/#comment-167 On the subject of ways can you say you are hurting, among sportscasters, I think none are better than cycling's Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, with classics like: - wearing the mask of pain - his legs have turned to rubber and his effort reduced to mere survival Unfortunately, most of their sayings could be used to describe my recent training runs. On the subject of ways can you say you are hurting, among sportscasters, I think none are better than cycling’s Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, with classics like:

- wearing the mask of pain

- his legs have turned to rubber and his effort reduced to mere survival

Unfortunately, most of their sayings could be used to describe my recent training runs.

]]> By: Becky http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Becky Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:49:25 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/#comment-166 These are awesome. Just a note on the last one--I run with a Petzel head lamp on fall and winter early mornings, not nights! These are awesome. Just a note on the last one–I run with a Petzel head lamp on fall and winter early mornings, not nights!

]]> By: Joan http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Joan Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:06:29 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/#comment-164 Yeah, a dictionary's a good idea. One time we were telling a "novice" about Prefontaine. When we said that he died the novice thought we meant he was in the lead and "died" to fourth place. NO, no, he died. In a car crash. We also told this kid that Serge Bubka was a pole vaulter at Tennessee and he believed us. Veterans are mean. Yeah, a dictionary’s a good idea. One time we were telling a “novice” about Prefontaine. When we said that he died the novice thought we meant he was in the lead and “died” to fourth place. NO, no, he died. In a car crash.
We also told this kid that Serge Bubka was a pole vaulter at Tennessee and he believed us. Veterans are mean.

]]> By: John http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-163 John Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:17:51 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2005/08/15/a-few-questions/#comment-163 I personally would not run with a stick in my hand on the trails. Guess I'd rather have a mouthful of spiders than a stick in my eye. In addition to an insider's guide, it could be a dictionary for new runners so they can translate all the strange terms and references they hear at group runs and races without asking too many questions in a large group of veterans. Good luck! I personally would not run with a stick in my hand on the trails. Guess I’d rather have a mouthful of spiders than a stick in my eye. In addition to an insider’s guide, it could be a dictionary for new runners so they can translate all the strange terms and references they hear at group runs and races without asking too many questions in a large group of veterans. Good luck!

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