Hi folks, Exploring relationships between your eyes, eyeballs, visual field, psyche and the rest of your body, can play a key role in how you interact with the terrain whilst running and other people during conversation. When I run or swim, and focus on my 'inner life' as I attempt to optimize my biomechanics, I have a tendency to close my eyes. This is not a good idea on trails, as one pinecone ... Read more
The Study Of Limit Theory, Autism and Athletics Expands Your Worldview
Hi folks, welcome! I never was very good at mathematics, though I gave it the 'old college try' in my mid-fifties. I reached a certain level of proficiency after working problems for 20 hours a week for about five years (not exaggerating). Then I ran into an impassable brick wall, Topology, and so moved on to other things. I knew that there was so much more to learn, so much to see, and so much I would never ... Read more
Dangers And Solutions To Consider When Endurance Training Or Racing Under Potentially Adverse Conditions
Hi folks, We started selling our Christmas trees today at Johnny's Gone Fishing. The second tree to sell went to friends of mine, Stacy and Treasa, as shown in the adjacent photo. They seemed pleased with their tree, and during the process of loading it into my truck with Johnny I was reminded of a run I did about 10 years ago amongst a stand of trees similar to the one in the photo. It was a crisp ... Read more
You Don’t Have To Walk Like An Old Person However Old You Are
Hi folks, I was just reviewing an interesting book handed to me by my Feldenkrais instructor, Karen. The book is about rolling on a ball, and more specifically, 'The Ultimate Body Rolling Workout.' I think Karen gave me the book because of my recent interest in the use of rollers to fix tight muscles and, in my case, cure my plantar fasciitis. This book contains elements of Feldenkrais ... Read more
The Natural Cycles Of Life Go By And The Kids Grow Up Much Too Fast So Don’t Miss It
Hi folks, I was standing in our driveway the other day as Jess (17) was driving off to somewhere, and I thought, "Boy, she was just a kid the other day, and now she's independent [well, almost], and driving her own car." I have watched three batches of kids grow up, including my own three sons, and when they leave home it is always a surprise, and you can't believe it's over. The funny thing is that ... Read more
A Full Life Includes Experiences That May Require Your Trained Attention To Enjoy
"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use." Tao te Ching, translation by Steven Mitchell. Hi folks, The other day I was ... Read more
Retirees Could Put Americans Back To Work By Creating One Local Job At A Time? FitOldDog Is Trying Anyway!
"All we have to fear is fear itself" Franklin D. Roosevelt Hi folks, I had two fortunate experiences in August, 2010, an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which came close to finishing me off (thus this blog), and termination from my lucrative job as a research scientist. The aneurysm was fixed with a rigid stent graft (Thank you UNC Hospital), and losing my job was softened by a generous severance package ... Read more
Of Dabbling, Business And Athletics
Hi folks, A little while ago a friend of mine said that my business efforts were just 'dabbling,' which caused me to think of ducks. There are two kinds of people in this world, duck people and regular people. My eldest son (Nick) and my younger brother (Trevor) love ducks. They just do! Watch them around ducks. They just see ducks. Now, I like ducks a lot, and so does Gary Larson, but not like Nick ... Read more
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