That’s not a public health test as it’s not reportable. Just lime I can take my own temperature but public health doesn’t care. Compare the treatment of COVID to sexually transmitted infections that are reported and contact traced.

I’m old enough to remember that some the embassy staff managed to evade capture and were hidden by the Canadian embassy staff until they could be smuggled out.

Then Hollywood made movie about it and gave Ben Affleck all the credit.

Yes. But compare it to getting the clap. With a sexually transmitted disease they will report it for statistical purposes then contact trace etc. With COVID it’s only reportable with a fatality. If you test positive there is no way to get it counted. You just don’t know how much is out there.

When I say you can’t get tested it’s not like there are clinics where you can go in and et tested like you used to. Still can for STBBDs though.

COVID broke public health. You can’t even get tested where I live. Nobody has any idea of the prevelance.

It’s 16 years old. Things have hanged a bit since then.

I sheltered Americans who couldn’t go home. Don’t make me regret it.

Canada checking in. Just paid $7.48 for a freedom unit of premium.

What? What did the 'loaf do to anyone?

Infrequently

Regularly?

If there was an “it” to get, I didn’t.

Weeeeeel. Sort of.

Yes it’s true that modern shoes (especially ultra cushioned shoes) change running mechanics.

Benno Nigg is a world authority on this issue and he will open his talks with the question “is this a problem?”. And the answer is not necessarily.

It’s true that modern footwear reduces the reliance on supporting musculature of the foot and ankle. If you have a philosophical attachment to using everything then this is not good. But if you have poor mechanics or structural weakness, then cushioned shoes represent a chance to participate in sport that might not otherwise be available.

Prior to the introduction of cushioned shoes very few people could participate in running as an endurance sport because of pain and injury. And they were all running in the equivalent of a minimal shoe because there was no alternative. The introduction of the waffle trainer and subsequent shoes powered the first running boom of the 1970s.

For people who switch to a minimal shoe, those with good mechanics may love them, and those with poor mechanics will not, and may injure thselves if they pursue them. They are not a panacea for runners by any means.

This isn’t true. Kids run with any form they want because they weigh almost nothing so there are no repercussions for bad mechanics.

The first running boom happened in the 1970s with the advent of the cushioned shoe. Prior to that you couldn’t participate in the sport long term unless you had great natural mechanics.

You were landing with a straight leg?!!? Were you insane?

Also don’t rip on heel striking. Lots of us do it and it’s perfectly ok as part your stride mechanics.

Your mechanics will vary as a function of your relative speed and heel striking is a natural movement at the upper end. What it sounds like you were doing was overstriding - you were lengthening your stride to try gain speed rather than increasing your turnover. Get those feet moving quickly and that will keep your weight centered.

Your stride will lengthen as you speed up with quick turnover, but the heel contact will establish foot placement without a full transfer of weight. The weight transfer occurs (the stance portion of your stride) as your hips glide over the foot. When you are doing this correctly you glide smoothly without a lot of bouncing up and down. If you have vertical movement, shorten your stride until you are gliding.

I applaud your passion but abhor your taste.

Im not an expert in the area, but I gather it’s just because the Russians consider Finland and Estonia backwaters. I’ll note that Finnish and Estonian are also non-Indo-European languages, they are in the Finno-Ugric family. So my guess is a long ways away with a rustic lifestyle and they speak funny.

The Midge!

Did both.

I did try this and sprayed out the clover after a couple years. It turned out to be super compatible with quackgrass.

I always hated it. Particularly because it ruined that Simple Minds song for me.