well duh!

i read and article this morning in runner's world about how running all out can improve your mood and help work out frustration. no kidding! maybe it's just me but this is my number 1 biggest reason for running. it outweighs hitting a lifegoal or my competitiveness. i have a hard time believing that some of the folks who right these things are paid what they are. here are a few jems from this issue:
- people who run to look good (read that as, not because they enjoy it) work out 40% less than people who have other motivation. really?! wow! you mean, if i don't something that i don't like to do, then i tend to do it less than someone who enjoys it? huh...what are the odds?
- soda and 'energy drinks' are bad to drink while running. shit. now i suppose you're going to tell me i light up a cigarette either.
- a direct quote: "when you crave fluids, it's time to take a drink". the profoundness of this statement amazes me.

i should start my own running magazine. i shall call it "On Your Left!"

the death of money

i'm an engineer by training, a retailer by trade, and a finance geek at heart. ever since i was 8 years old and up until i was 22, my dad and I would watch wall street week with louis rukeyser every sunday at 2pm. with the exception of when i was away at college, it was rare that we missed one. he went off the air a while back and his show was being guest hosted by a whole slew of people from cnbc. it just wasn't the same and i quit watching (unless maria bartiromo was hosting...that woman is smokin'). well, i hadn't heard anything from the rukeyser camp in a while and tonight, i surfed on over the www.rukeyser.com only to learn that he had passed away in may. is it odd that i'm actually saddened by this? outside of my dad, he's the only person who taught me about one of my favorite subjects.