Runner's Heights: Cinnameg or Nutamon

So, about a yoga before your run? Perhaps that would allow for a little perspicacity in your thoughts and perspectives when you run. I am talking about a tranquil session of gentle yoga, not the gut wrenching, sweat-dripping ardour of say, Bikram Yoga. Well, if I have any of memories of the thoughts and imaginings left, I'll record them in my next batch of musings. However, it seems clear that as you approach your goal to beyond 30 miles a week, you've got to have a strategy to steer clear of injury and possible boredom. Ice packs and radios and ipods help are your frequent friends and accept them into your running life unless you are built with the still mind of the Buddha and the feckless physique of Hercules. And the flexibility of a ballerina...

The metaphor for adaptation has to be Japanese curries. Inspired by creations from India, brought to Japan via trade with the British, the curry has a life and zing of its own in a Japanese dish. And most of all, the Japanese almost serve it up like gravy on any protein matter that you can imagine -- tofu, chicken, beef, pork, and even eel. Did the slithering eel ever imagine that it would depart the ocean only to swim in a pot of viscous curry, not knowing whether the flavour was actually cinnamon or was it actually nutmeg? That's the question most heard among egg nog drinkers...is it cinnamon or is it nutmeg...How about a couple of portmanteaus just for the occasion...cinnameg and nutamon. Take your pick...

Razrpics: Marina Freeway 90 on a Summer Holiday