Daily Archives: March 11, 2011

Merrell On Board

Check out the new Merrell web site. They are really on board with the barefoot movement. They have an entire section for nothing but barefoot products. I guess it’s just a matter of time before all the companies out there do what they can to get their share of the pie on this one. It should be easy for them to deflect questions about why they would support running barefoot when they claim to sell products designed to reduce or eliminate injury yet provide no research to back it up. The irony will probably escape most.

Project 42 – “Ronnie Lott” – Day 12

I swam a mile today…although it took me 45 minutes to do it…  Not blazing speed but it felt good.  Actually, I was just short of a mile.  I thought I remembered a mile swim being 1,650 yards but afterward, I did the math and it’s 1,760 yards.  I was one football field short.  Damn!  I took the stairs up to my office (4th floor) this morning to see how the calves were feeling and they didn’t really hurt.  This is very good because I really want to run more…  I am enjoying the runs (although painful) because they are not as boring as the swimming.  I forgot how much I love being outdoors at dawn.  It is a very beautiful time of day and I also get inspired when I see other people running in the morning…  Alarm at 5:15 is becoming more normal also and it is getting easier to get up every day knowing that I am doing the right thing…

I had 5 fried eggs wrapping in iceberg lettuce with a little salt & pepper and Tapatio hot sauce after my swim…  Happy Friday!!!