SageAgainstTheMachine

Well, they say it's like riding a bike.

Thanks, Faustus...very informative stuff. Most of the others have been echoing your sentiment on the shoes. As for stretching, I actually learned my lesson in the past. My senior year of high school (3 years ago) I tried my hand at running. Unfortunately, the combination of running on sidewalks (concrete SUCKS) and a lack of stretching led to severe pain in my shins. These shin splints sidelined me for a few weeks and by the time I was better, the pain had spoiled my mind to the idea of running and I stopped. So I'm going to take stretching very seriously this time around.

This C25K program seems interesting, I'll have to give it a look-see. As far as downloading the mp3 stuff goes, I'm one of those people who never leaves home without my ipod, so I have a few exercise playlists that work pretty well for me. And yea, shoes must be important. There's a GREAT store called the Ithaca Running Company that's just a stone's throw away from my apartment. I'm sure I could get a good fitting there.

So I'm trying to lose a few pounds, get in generally better shape and find a new hobby, so I figured I would give running a try. I tend to walk about 3-5 miles everyday outside my regular routine, but I know that running the same distance is a lot more stressful on the body. I'm just wondering if there's anybody out there who can give some helpful tips for a novice runner. Really, anything helps...shoes, wardrobe, diet, running style, distances, ideal surfaces, anything. I'm hoping to enter a few 5K's by the time summer hits. Cheers, Sage

What if some of us aren't landlords and we don't have boarders to help us?

Referring to Buffalo as Upstate is just as inaccurate as referring to Albany as WNY. I'm not personally offended by the term, but it's just dumb. In its loosest definition, shouldn't "Upstate" refer to, at the very most, the top HALF of the state?

Yeah, I understand that jeezus was a big fan of the buttsecks.

By the way, you gotta love the mainstream sports media. These guys have eclipsed even the athletes themselves in terms of arrogance. Tiger doesn't owe you anything, pricks. The only reason he had to GIVE a freakin press conference in the first place is because of your vapid sensationalism.

The difference is that McNair got killed, and it's still considered taboo to speak ill of the dead. Some people would've loved to drag McNair through the mud, but they know that they would've seemed like jackasses.

She sounded blonde. What do blonde people sound like? I don't know, but she sounded blonde.

Should she have kissed the other guy? Hell no. But the guy is a jackass. First he wants to spend the rest of his life with her, but then he finds out she slipped up a little (i mean, a kiss isn't the absolute end of the world, especially if she regrets it as much as she seems to) and he just kicks her out of his life for good? Either... a) There wasn't much love there to begin with or... b) He was seeing red and just made an error in judgment (unlikely, seeing how elaborate the plan was)

Being miserable is just a state of mind, not a result of the place where you live. Trying to quantify the top 20 most miserable cities is just dumb and pointless.

they run block duh

I wouldn't joke about twitter if I were you...I hear it's growing very very powerful.

This pisses me off to no end. Maybin had a TERRIBLE season and instead of focusing and working on his game, he's out there partying in Baltimore with Carmelo Anthony and 17 year old girls?????? This jackass needs a reminder that he's a player for the BUFFALO BILLS and NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

I find the attitude refreshing actually, in a world of athletics where everything is taken so goddamn seriously. Seems like nobody's having fun out there, except the boarders.

I bet he starts fewer than 3 games in his NFL career.

Most QBs are cocky douches. In general, not too many genuinely humble guys playing in the NFL.

Shaun White : football as Trent Edwards : football

It's a shame that there aren't 8 events for Shaun White to participate in...I think he's equally dominant in snowboarding to Michael Phelps in swimming.

Considering he barely ever gets hit, he could probably play another solid 6-8 seasons if he wants to.

There's such a high degree of specialization in the NFL due to the elite nature of competition involved. I'm not saying that Richie is 100% incapable of playing the position...but how can we just assume he can do it because he happens to be the correct size? If Evans gets injured next year, would we just replace him with McKelvin?

This is the equivalent of saying, "We need a quality starting pitcher. How about Jose Reyes? He has a good arm!"

Happy Birthday R. Rich. Hope you have a good one, honey.

How I envy Colts backup QBs. $500,000 a year for tossing around balls in practice and holding a clipboard.