So sitting around on the injured list is no fun, but I thought I would get in on the year end wrap ups along with all the masses. Here’s my top nine albums of 2007. Top nine? Yup - top nine cause I couldn’t think of a tenth, plus my iPod battery is dead so I can’t browse my music right now.
Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Wilco - Blue Sky Blue
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Feist - The Reminder
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
The National - Boxer
Iron and Wine - The Shepherds Dog
Beirut - The Flying Cup Club
Thin coverage means thin coverage!
And so on the second ski day of the season I wreck chest first into a buried rock. I’m out of commission for a few weeks more. It’s been 3 weeks so far and I’m feeling better, but ribs are slow to heal, so I’m taking it easy for a bit more so as not to do any more damage. I’m gonna get out on the bike tomorrow - finally!
State cyclocross championships were here in Lyons this weekend and the conditions were prime. Four inches of snow, cold temps and sunny skies. The kiddos and I checked out some of the action after a morning of turns at Eldora. Great day! (follow the link for more pics)
Continue reading ‘The races come to town’
Came across this interesting post by Malcom Gladwell regarding a recent article on Kenyan runners. The numbers are pretty amazing
“In Kenya there are probably a million schoolboys 10 to 17 years old who run 10 to 12 miles a day. . . The average Kenyan 18-year-old has run 15,000 to 18,000 more miles in his life than the average”
With those kind of numbers it goes a long way to explaining Kenyan running dominance - it’s sheer numbers.
