running log

[arguchik]

ran 2.5 today (same as monday). kept it low and slow, working on the posture and stride stuff from the chi running book i wrote about awhile back. it's brrrr cold out today, overcast but dry. my favorite running weather, actually. anyway, that makes 5 for the week so far. planning to run another 5 (2 x 2.5) between now and saturday. next week i expect to run 5 x 2.5 unless something alarming and untoward happens.

p.s. i have decided to adopt the mongoose as my running mascot. isn't she cute? yeah, but don't be fooled. she's probably stalking a cobra that you didn't even know was there. :-)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I love that icon. Reminds me of a ferret I used to have.

What was the chi running book? I think I missed that. I took a class in HS (a gym class) called Zen Fitness that was about combing meditation and running. It was great--one of the best things I took in HS. I still think of that class every time I run.

[seanmoon.livejournal.com]

That's me, seanmoon. Forgot to log in.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

the book is called ChiRunning and it's by Danny Dreyer. ISBN 074325144X. here it is on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/ChiRunning-Danny-Dreyer/dp/074325144X/sr=1-1/qid=1168468087/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9764625-6483868?ie=UTF8&s=books).

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

p.s. yay for the weasel family! although...mongooses aren't actually in that family... (weasels are in the family mustelidae; mongooses are in the family herpestidae, presumably because they're snake-like or eat snakes. i'm such a dork.)

[seanmoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know, but they do look a lot alike!

I must've explained the mustelid thing about 100X when I had ferrets. Everybody thinks they're rodents for some reason. I read a book recently (a mediocre urban fantasy) where there was a semi-important plot point that revolved around ferrets supposedly being rodents. Great editing, huh?

The other thing people think is that they're in the same class as skunks...

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

you're sorta right...they're in the same class (mammalia) and order (carnivora) as skunks, but the family is, indeed, different! shows what i know--i always thought skunks were in the family mustelidae too, but i wiki'ed it and the family is, in fact, mephitidae.

[seanmoon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew that...I meant that *most* people think that, re: skunks and ferrets being in the same family. They used to be right, though. I think that either skunks were considered mustelids, but then were moved into mephitidae, or ferrets were mephitidae and then were moved into mustilidae. I only know they're different because I had sick ferrets and had to do a lot of research online.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

p.s. ugh. the editing thing is infuriating, though i would want to give the old finger-shake to both the editor and the author...

ferrets don't even LOOK like rodents!!!!!

[seanmoon.livejournal.com]

I know! Ferrets and skunks? Understandable. Ferrets being rodents? Not even close. Look at the freaking teeth!

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

and the feet, and the tails, and the facial structure, and the ears, etc. etc. etc. LOL