Daniel Lieberman, a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, says:
People have been running barefoot for millions of years and it has only been since 1972 that people have been wearing shoes with thick, synthetic heels.
Well, they weren’t running on asphalt for million years. And they weren’t running for the pleasure or the healthy effect of it either, I guess.
There are a few other things I disagree with in the article, but it makes an interesting read non-the-less.
Reading Linus Torvalds’ blog I came across this paragraph:
Not that I actually ever really minded wearing glasses, but I could not recognize my own kids when in a swimming pool and they were more than six feet away. And let’s face it. swimming after other peoples kids and tickling them is not socially acceptable. At least in the US.
Laughing…
Finally, my Christmas / New Year break is over. The gym was closing for a couple of weeks, but, as always, I had some troubles getting back to my P.T. The resulting two and a half month break devastated all my previous achievements…
Before I left the gym for Christmas, I weighted about 109 kilos and could run 3 kilometers for the first run, and another 1 kilometer after a short break. Today, when I got back to the gym, I weighted an ugly 116.5 kilograms. My running was even worse. After half a kilometer down the way, I noticed a really old woman in black coat with a hood over her head running nearby me. When I approached 1 kilometer, this woman picked up a really scary scythe, which was standing against the wall nearby. At that precise moment, I decided to stop.
I went downstairs for some belly pain. Here I managed to catch up with my previous results of 4 attempts of 30 exercises (whatever they are called), and then another 3 attempts of 10 other exercises. I had to take longer breaks though, and it was more painful than I remember it used to be.
Going back upstairs for the second run, I felt really tired. And noticed that the woman in black was still there, and still with the scythe in her hands. She looked like she was waiting for someone, so I decided to skip it this time.
Overall summary: 116.5 kilograms of fat, bones, and flash. 1 kilometer jog is almost fatal. That will need a lot of work to get back to the previous state. And considering that the previous stage was far from perfect, it feels like there is really a lot of work ahead of me… Ouch.
Maxim went through the operation today. Everything went well, and he is now back home, sleeping and recovering. We’ll check back with the doctor in about 20 days, unless there will be any side effects (hopefully not).
Once again, thank you all, who wrote and called.
Yesterday I briefly mentioned that Maxim is about to have a surgery. That was very inconsiderate of me. I got a lot of people worried without providing any details whatsoever.  And for this I want to apologize. Thank you all who called and wrote.
Here are some more details just to lift that burden of the unknown. Maxim will undergo removal of the adenoids and a related clean-up.  We are arranging blood tests and paperwork, and if everything will go OK, he’ll be operated tomorrow (Friday). The procedure is widely practiced and should take only about 20 minutes, but will require general anaesthetic.  He should be back home before the end of the same day.
We tried to avoid the surgery for as long as we could, hoping that the problem can be cured other ways. Unfortunately, in his case, it can’t. And pushing it further is getting dangerous for his health. He has been sick pretty much every other week for the last 6 month or so. More often than not he needed antibiotics treatment. His immune system needs a break, as well as his ears, which suffered to the edge of degrading his hearing.
So, that’s how things are for now. I’ll keep you posted on how it will go.
Once again, thank you all for calling and writing. Your support is very much appreciated.