"Psychiatric diagnoses, in this view, are in the minds of observers and are not valid summaries of characteristics displayed by the observed." Extracted from 'In Being Sane In Insane Places' by David L. Rosenhan "Kevin, you must be crazy doing this Ironman stuff at your age - silence - maybe I should work out more?" By lots of people in FitOldDog's daily life. Hi folks, The thing about Ironman ... Read more
Your MInd Is Your Most Important Raw Material And Tool As An Endurance Athlete And You Get To Choose
Lance Armstrong And Roman Versus Napoleonic Law
"She trusts people who are trustworthy. She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy. This is true trust." Tao te Ching, Lao-tzu, translation by Steven Mitchell "In America, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. Unless, that is, he plays college sports." [or competes in triathlons, it would appear] Joe Nocera, The New York Times Hi folks, Ayn Rand sure got it right, for all her ... Read more
FitOldDog’s Podcast On Safe Exercise For Better Health And Injury Prevention
Hi folks, A while ago I was interviewed by Bill Vick. Bill kindly provided me with a video of the interview, the subject of which was FitOldDog's approach to exercise based on the FitOldDog Training Wheel. It made sense to convert the video to a podcast, which can be accessed by clicking either of the figures in this blog post. The narrative lasts for ... Read more
The Universe Is Best Understood By Seeing Connections And Integrating Them Into Your Road Map Of Life
Hi folks, I was sitting in my blue camping chair, waiting for my eggs to cook on the Colman stove that I've been using for over 40 years, when my mind put together two apparently diverse ideas, thoughts on the role of sheer stress in mucus flow and the therapeutic effects of making noises during my Continuum lessons. I realized that I was dealing with two applications of the same thing, vibrations in ... Read more
And Now For Something Completely Different, My Brother’s Favorite Reading List As An Invited Blog Post
Interviewer: Was there anything unusual about Dinsdale? Lady Friend: I should say not! Dinsdale was a perfectly normal person in every way. Except inasmuch as he was convinced that he was being watched by a giant hedgehog he referred to as Spiny Norman. [Later] Lady Friend: Lately, Dinsdale had become increasingly worried about Spiny Norman. He had come to the conclusion that Norman slept in an aeroplane hangar ... Read more
I Meet Lots Of Persians And I Like Persian Food But Where Is Persia Anyway?
Persian Food Made Me Think of Persia Where is Persia? I think that Persia lies in the hearts and minds of people. Like Mally, who is proud of her origins. I wrote this post long before I converted to vegan cooking, in order to save the animals. Fortunately, Persian food is easy to convert to a vegan cooking format. Where Is Or Was The Country Of Persia? Iran contains an important remnant of this once ... Read more
When It Comes To Life And Exercise Are You A Bulldozer, Tumbleweed Or Taoist?
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." Wisdom imparted to Harry Potter by Albus Dumbledore. Hi folks, It's funny where blogging ideas can come from, but this sure is an interesting process. I just see stuff, the wheels start turning, and I've just got to write it down, which in my case means blog about it in relation to safe exercise for better ... Read more
I Hereby Award Myself The Nobel Prize For Happiness?
Hi folks, I am really enjoying my visit to the Saint George Ironman with my athlete son, Nigel, who is competing. The place has the most amazing geology, all sorts of rock formations, from wind-sculpted sandstone to recent (well geologically-recent) lava flows, set solid just as they cooled long ago. As I was sitting having my quiet morning cup of tea, it occurred to me that our psyches are just like ... Read more
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