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I had a great week of running last week. I ran almost every day. The temperature was not quite so hot although it was still fairly muggy at noon time when I usually run. This meant my heart rate was getting up into the high zone pretty quickly when I started running. And this means good adaptation if fatigue can be managed well enough. I also took a jump rope with me and tried doing some of the pose exercises as a warm up. This definitely helped me improve the perception and feel of this running technique.

The torture master was ready and willing to give me a good thumping so we got off right around 8 am Saturday near the hand ball court where we usually start. I set the goal of making it all the way down Skinker (we run clockwise) to the water fountain by the park exit before I stopped running. I achieved this goal although it was a little hard on the uphill spots before we got to Skinker. But this downhill part offers a chance to catch a little second wind and enough incentive to make it to the drinking fountain.

We stopped and got a quick drink, walked around the curve and then started up again. Bret decided to attack me a little bit and quickly got a gap of about 15 yards. That voice in my head started complaining just a bit but I kept on. At times like this, I just try to concentrate really hard on form. Make sure I am picking up the feet, landing on the ball of the foot, and changing support. As we came to the history museum, Bret let up just a bit and I drew along side. We hit it hard for the last 100 yards or so and finally finished.

That was a nice workout. 54 minutes and some change is encouraging.  If I can keep up this level of training for a couple more weeks, maybe I will be in a position to beat my personal best 5k time.

I don't think so. We have two candidates right now. One of them says that deciding when life begins is above his pay scale. The other is clearly a neo-con almost war monger like maverick swashbuckling guy. I am having difficulty considering voting for either one.

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I have been a bit leery of Justin Raimondo but this article hits hard at both parties.  I am half interested in funding their cause.  We need more voices of truth that are not tied to a political party and have object integrity that makes them worth listening to (like Ron Paul).  Maybe Raimondo is another one.

• Life is like a box with Windows. You never know what you’re going to get.  Virus, Worm, Trojan horse, Key logger, Root-kit etc….
• Windows VISTA=Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware.
• Or: Very Inefficient, Slow, and Temperamental Application.

Travis gave us this present for Jonathan's Birthday back in February. We finally got around to trying it this weekend. The launch went well with a good parachute deployment but as the ship was coming down, a giant Ent reached out and grabbed it. Darn! I guess we were just too close to the forest.

Thanks to Bretco Productions for doing the nice video work.

Linus Pauling used the word Orthomolecular to describe a concept of medicine.  The word literally means right molecule.  So the question I would like to consider is just what are these right molecules?  The Orthomolecular.org web site suggests that they are "...substances which are natural to the body."   But this is a bit confusing to me.  Vitamins for example are not made in our bodies naturally.  A vitamin by definition is a vital nutrient which will cause extreme illness, even death, if not acquired from outside sources.  So perhaps "natural to the body" refers to molecules which the body uses regularly.  They are certainly natural in the sense of occurring in nature but they are different from something like Strychnine which is a natural occurring toxin.  Strychnine is lethal to humans at a dose of 10mg (not a whole lot).   As far as I know, the human body does not normally use Strychnine for any regular process.

With Orthomolecular Medicine, Linus Pauling was trying to find medicinal qualities of these substances (the ones used regularly by the human body) which occurred at usage levels far above the levels which prevent the common deficiency conditions.  I still think this approach to medicine is valid and these substances are legitimate.  But there are obviously subtleties involved and I am going to inquire more about this to get a better handle on what constitutes an orthomolecular substance.

Update

Here is a paper from the Orthomolecular Journal which describes Pauling's ideas about Orthomolecular Therapy with regard to mental disease.  It's clear from this that Pauling has in mind, "...concentrations of substances normally present in the human body, such as the vitamins."

Dr. Michael Eades, the author of Protien Power, has a blog and has commented on Statin drugs on several occasions. This post in particular details the Liptor Jarvik adds. Take a look at some of the comments, some of which give details of peoples negative experiences.

This is a Pose Running coach demonstrating a jump rope routine. The routine incorporates jump rope versions of some of the Pose Running drills. Foot work and running are not normally thought to go together but they do. In Pose Running, being aware of your feet is vital. Even when running slowley, you use a faster turnover than normal. Lessening the time your feet are on the ground can be developed by these drills. Jumping rope also helps with strengthening the muscles and tendons which are emphasized in the Pose Technique. Good stuff here.