tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post4977706840842143477..comments2023-10-23T23:12:27.656+08:00Comments on Genetically Challenged Athlete: Slow? So what?Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-47196032275896271682013-08-20T02:19:35.854+08:002013-08-20T02:19:35.854+08:00Speed is just relative. No, that's not actuall...Speed is just relative. No, that's not actually correct because it's measurable but the adjectives we use to describe it are relative. Fast or slow - it doesn't really matter because most of us will never run at the Olympics. The most important thing is that we run and what it does for us.<br /><br />As for your dehydration question - I don't seem to get them. I drink as I go during the long run and drink afterwards plus the weather's cool and dry at the moment so I'm not sweating too much.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819714901550763235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-58498408935763210842013-08-19T13:36:17.119+08:002013-08-19T13:36:17.119+08:00I finished The Sports Gene! I need another recomme...I finished The Sports Gene! I need another recommendation! I was also very disappointed to finish when my Kindle told me I was only 67% done. Stupid appendix.Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093299012409826185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-79946799249232119512013-08-15T10:35:32.247+08:002013-08-15T10:35:32.247+08:00Let's briefly waste our time discussing this c...Let's briefly waste our time discussing this coupon code: TRITSIT. At a first glance, I saw:<br /><br />TIT SIT (huh??)<br />then<br /><br />TRIS IT (K, that kind of makes sense if we wordplay tri/try),<br />then<br /><br />TRITS-IT (like a Triscuit?),<br /><br />*defeat* I don't get it. What does this coupon code meeeean??? [My brain is an odd place to be. Don't judge.]<br />Holly @ Run With Hollyhttp://www.runwithholly.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-24532591546248776682013-08-14T23:09:56.220+08:002013-08-14T23:09:56.220+08:00Haha! I would've been a neuroscience major, bu...Haha! I would've been a neuroscience major, but my school started the formal major only when I was in my junior year - before that you had to cobble it together yourself and jump through all sorts of hoops. (So I am a psych major with a smattering of biology. Also an English major.)<br /><br />What changed? I had a good laugh at the nutcase who commented on the Wannabe Athlete's post. I'd still love to not be slow though, but you know. Two steps forward, one step back. Some days I feel better about it. Some worse. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-70293420711830044502013-08-14T14:00:50.713+08:002013-08-14T14:00:50.713+08:00Ahaha, "science nerd." "Science adm...Ahaha, "science nerd." "Science admirer with little to no science education" is more accurate, unless we're calling economics a science (any lab scientist will tell you it's not). I DID fool myself thinking I should major in neuroscience when I started college, but that didn't last long! The ethnicity-athleticism section of that book is really interesting!<br /><br />You definitely switched from "what's the point if I can't get any faster" to "slow is fine!" pretty quickly! I totally agree. You occasionally read a quote from someone (usually an insanely fast marathoner) saying something like "I think the race was much more difficult for the slower people, because they had to spend 2-3 times as long out there!" And that's so true. Your effort level isn't necessarily much lower than theirs, AND you have to run at that effort level for a lot longer! Also, running is running. Pace is unimportant.Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093299012409826185noreply@blogger.com