114th Boston Marathon

Wed, April 14, 2010 Boston

For all the people I love who love to run!

Monday, April 19th 2010 ~  Boston’s 114th Marathon

The world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon and part of the World Marathon Majors. A maximum field size of 25,000 participants begin in the rural town of Hopkinton and run the legendary course through eight cities and towns before finishing in Boston’s Back Bay.

I am not in Boston to run the marathon, ha ha, that will never happen!

But, I am here to rub some tense leg muscles… And, as I was lying in bed last night, this ad came on TV about some new running shoes that are supposed to help tighten the ass. I googled it this morning and come up with mostly rebuff. Then I came across something very interesting on Wired.com, according to a report by Harvard biologist Daniel Lieberman ~

Running barefoot is actually the best thing for your feet and knees, and wearing conventional running shoes is bad.

People who grew up running barefoot — such as boys in Kenya’s Rift Valley province, which is known for endurance running champs — tend to land mostly on the front or middle of the foot when they touch ground. And when these runners do use shoes, they continue to run in that way.

The least you can do, is stop wearing shoes indoors. It’s not specifically related, but another recent study showed that wearing shoes indoors brings pesticides and other toxins into the home. One report I’d read said that removing your shoes at the door had a greater impact on the levels of pesticides in kids’ bloodstreams than giving them organic fruit. There’s even a Shoes Off at the Door, Please blog, listing all the reasons you should keep shoes out of your house.

Read More http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/born-to-run-but-crippled-by-shoes/#ixzz0l6lcZJYO

Hmmmmm, I thought, as I was reading through these articles, maybe the fact that I grew up barefooted in Montana every summer and still go barefoot whenever possible has led me to have pretty decent legs and strong, agile feet even though I really don’t work out! That, and the fact that I tense my leg muscles when I’m building an orgasm… I always have and I actually have a hard (impossible) time coming if my legs are not stretched out reeeeeeaaaally tight.

Anyway ~ Its always fun to learn new things and I think I’m getting some of those strange looking Vibram FiveFingers because I do need to start running more and getting my heart rate up for longer than an orgasm lasts!

Here’s to running and to Boston, all my runner friends, and to strong legs and heart healthy orgasmmmmmmms!

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