I think it was Madagascar....it was some island anyway. This place is loaded with seals and as you know seals are like the monkeys of the sea. They're super lithe and agile and stuff. Anyway, these sharks are not as nimble as the seals...or are they? They started showing all this footage of great whites leaping from the water and catching the seals in mid air! A little seal got wounded and made it over by the boat, and the film people were all "We can't interfere, this is nature." but then they realized that nature was probably going to make a great white shark fly onto their boat and crush them all. So then they decided that nature wanted them to pull the seal into the boat and haul ass back to shore with it. So then in a happy coincidence my friend Troy sent me the above motivational poster. That about sums it up.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Flying Sharks
I saw a special on National Geographic or Animal Planet or some channel about the flying sharks of Madagascar. 
I think it was Madagascar....it was some island anyway. This place is loaded with seals and as you know seals are like the monkeys of the sea. They're super lithe and agile and stuff. Anyway, these sharks are not as nimble as the seals...or are they? They started showing all this footage of great whites leaping from the water and catching the seals in mid air! A little seal got wounded and made it over by the boat, and the film people were all "We can't interfere, this is nature." but then they realized that nature was probably going to make a great white shark fly onto their boat and crush them all. So then they decided that nature wanted them to pull the seal into the boat and haul ass back to shore with it. So then in a happy coincidence my friend Troy sent me the above motivational poster. That about sums it up.
I think it was Madagascar....it was some island anyway. This place is loaded with seals and as you know seals are like the monkeys of the sea. They're super lithe and agile and stuff. Anyway, these sharks are not as nimble as the seals...or are they? They started showing all this footage of great whites leaping from the water and catching the seals in mid air! A little seal got wounded and made it over by the boat, and the film people were all "We can't interfere, this is nature." but then they realized that nature was probably going to make a great white shark fly onto their boat and crush them all. So then they decided that nature wanted them to pull the seal into the boat and haul ass back to shore with it. So then in a happy coincidence my friend Troy sent me the above motivational poster. That about sums it up.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Progress!
My hip has been virtually pain free for three days in a row now. I think it's just about ready to go. Still working on the knee, but it's been much better over the last week or so. I'm stoked to be on the verge of getting back on the road.
I also got a business card from one of the folks at work for a guy who does running coaching. I need to contact him and have him do a gait analysis to see how much of the original injury stems from my running form (I'm pretty sure I overstride) and how much was due to the wrong shoe. The third component was overuse - I ran, and ran only, for the better part of three years. This allowed the muscles to get out of balance in my leg which cascaded to the other problems. I'll keep strength training and biking in the mix going forward to avoid creating that problem again.
I also got a business card from one of the folks at work for a guy who does running coaching. I need to contact him and have him do a gait analysis to see how much of the original injury stems from my running form (I'm pretty sure I overstride) and how much was due to the wrong shoe. The third component was overuse - I ran, and ran only, for the better part of three years. This allowed the muscles to get out of balance in my leg which cascaded to the other problems. I'll keep strength training and biking in the mix going forward to avoid creating that problem again.
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