"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

     John "The Penguin" Bingham has retired.  He is the non-runner who runs and has spent most of his adult life writing columns and books about running. He ran many marathons.  He owned races.  He represented all of us who will never be speedy. He taught us to find happiness at any pace.

http://johnbingham.wpengine.com/goodbye-farewell-and-amen/

Harriette Thompson and a well-lived life

     At age 92, she completed the San Diego Rock 'n Roll Marathon yesterday to become the oldest female to complete a marathon. Last year she set the age-group record for her age group at the same race.  She is pretty amazing.

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/woman-92-becomes-oldest-marathon-finisher

"Many are called but few get up." --- Oliver Herford

     Have a great weekend everyone.  I have been having trouble getting up.  I am re-addicted to coffee since my long drive last weekend.  Maybe next week I'll try to cut back. Meanwhile, I am up and loving my coffee.

     I received my pictures from the Bolder Boulder.  Here are a couple.

How your dentist can treat your prostate

     Here is the link to a very interesting article.
http://sportsgeezer.com/2015/ask-your-dentist-about-your-prostate/

Today's aerobic exercise

I shared this from my FaceBook post from today.
My run for today was aerobic, to say the least. My heart is still pounding. I was running with my dog in the South Valley Open Space park. There were lots of cars in the lot so I figured there would be lots of people and we would be safe. We had been menaced by a big coyote 3-4 weeks ago. After the turnaround, my dog started looking behind her and pulling hard. I turned to see that big coyote running at us, only 20 yards away. Do you know how aerobic it is to walk backwards fast for 1/2 mile pulling a 75 pound dog with one hand, and alternately blowing a whistle, and screaming and waving my other arm while a howling growling coyote as big as my dog follows only 10 yards away? Luckily a teenager ran around the corner and we joined her....safety in numbers...and the coyote slunk back into the scrub oaks and tall grass. I did notify a ranger so they can at least put up warning signs for other dog-owners. Thus ends my solo trail-runs for the year. And my dog was on-leash and we were on marked trail.

Our reality as a simulation?

     You probably saw this in the headlines today, too.  An Oxford philosopher proposes that we are possibly living in a simulation created by our descendants. My first thought is that this is a great story-line for a Sci-Fi book.  My second thought is that if this is so, why create all the inequalities in the world and set us up for wars?  If I were creating a computer simulation for humanity, I would try for a universal utopia, wouldn't you?
      But maybe all the violent video games out there have inured our future children to brutality as entertainment, and they have turned to computer-generated violence with real people of the past as the players.  We could be set up to live in the ultimate reality T.V. show, either for future generation's entertainment or as lab rats for their research.
      The third option is that future generations are doing this as retribution for the actions of their ancestors.  You could relate this to God, heaven, and hell as well.  Humanity does have much to atone for.
      Possibly there will be no mankind in earth's future.  Maybe computers will be controlling all and we people are all simulations along with our surroundings.
      The possibilities are endless, but however you view it, you must agree this is a great plot!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/man-meets-computer/vi-BBkiXke

The story of a family fighting Huntington's Disease.

     Here is a link to a story about an incredible family that is using the power of running to fight Huntington's Disease, which has struck their family.


http://running.competitor.com/2015/05/video/johnston-family-uses-running-to-fight-huntingtons-disease_128569