Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Running with Eric Orton

Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Something on Running

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

I'm a Runner: Bear Grylls
The sixth season of Man vs. Wild tests Grylls's survival skills in remote areas of Arizona, Scotland, and Borneo.

His website and blog. Man vs. Wild.

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

Random House

I was reminded of this book's existence at Whole Earth Provision Company in San Antonio. (Not surprisingly many of the people in the store looked like they could be from San Francisco or Berkeley.)

Apparently it does not discuss proper form too much though it is somewhat of an endorsement for barefoot running. (The book was on top of the display with all of the Five Finger shoes and socks.) Then there is the question of whether how much long-distance running is too much, or detrimental to one's health, and what place it has, if any, in one's regular exercise routine.There is this entry at PāNu, for example, Still not born to run, and Mark Sisson's take on long-distance running. Some other paleo reflections: Born to Run? and There's Running, and there's Running.


I don't know if long-distance running is healthy or not, and to what extent. It's not something that I would pursue, though maybe I would change my mind if I were able to do it without any unpleasantness. For now, I'd be content to be fit enough to run the required distances for various fitness tests.





Christopher McDougall (his blog)
fansite for the book
Google Books

The book section at Whole Earth Provision Company had a section for survival manuals, including The Survival Handbook, plus some of Army manuals, as revised by Matt Larsen (who also developed the 
combatitives program for the Army).

Wilderness Survival
Survival IQ