Morning all. Hey there Mary on the other side of the pond!
Orbutt - Midichlorians?! Is that something well dodgy from Scientology. I don't go anywhere near that penicious crowd thank you very much. Would hate to end up married to Tom Cruise. Or be part of anything they do.
Eggy - me having a hareem because I am a faster runner? Quite the opposte my friend. Have to be fast to keep ahead of them. Am a one-woman-man. 
And before Leeds Rob chips in, I don't mean one at a time. Congrats on being offered the gift of ATM's daughter. Am sure she's gorgeous like her mother.
DV - I tried barefoot running one day about three years ago. Did 10K on grass. The tear that developed in the Soleus was excruciating and needed about 4 weeks for the pain to go away. Probably too much in one go. It was lovely running on grass but was always worried about treading on something dangerous. My feeling is that by running in a variety of different shoes, you get a more diffuse build up of muscle, rather than your legs just getting used to how one particular pair or style of shoe works. I personally think barefoot is too risky, for benefits which are very difficult to establish. My advice would be a gentle upwards slope. Muscle tears tend to be traumatic (as in sudden), so quite hard to detect the warning that it is due.
HS - 1.500m rather than a mile.... well not only is a mile a weird imperial measurement, but the 1.500m is exactly half of the other popular middle distance event, the 3.000 metres. From a metric perspective, that is much more sensible than 1.600 metres.
Did anyone else notice that neither Bolt or Blake turned round to pay a moment's attention to their injured countryman in last night's 100m final? Everyone else came in under 10s except Asafa Powell. Not once did they turn round to see how he was. Having seen so much team spirit in the last week, I was really struck by the individualism of the sprinters and after 5 mins of watching the build up and a couple of the mins of the race and celebrations afterwards, I'd had enough of their egotism. Still admire their stunning speed but not interested in the rest of the show.
After yesterday's much longer run than I have been used to of late, I woke up with a good deal of morning stiffness today. I also noticed that my ankles, achilles and knees were a bit sore.
