While I am still making the switch to Barefoot style running, a new finding at annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis concluded that it probably doesn't make that much difference if whether you land on your heel or forefoot... Dr Gruber presented a research that she did which showed that heel-striking was the more physiologically economical
running form, by a considerable margin. Heel strikers used less oxygen
to run at the same pace as forefoot strikers, and many of the forefoot
strikers used less oxygen — meaning they were more economical — when
they switched form to land first with their heels.... SO WTF?!
Do I have to return to "classic running"?
Dr. Gruber recommends that runners run the way that is most natural and comfortable for them. So I will stick to that for now...
Underwater Queen Esther Williams died today at a very respectable 91 years old - probably swimming is healthy for you. Her (sometimes outrageous) aqua musicals were a whole new phenomenon back in the 1940's and no wonder she became a huge star. My favorite Esther Williams movie is "Million Dollar Mermaid" directed by Mervyn LeRoy, 1952. In this movie everything comes together and is over the top. Luckily in our video library we have dozens of Esther Williams Titles and I will watch some of those the coming days. Her autobiography (The million dollar mermaid) is worthwhile to read as well. It recalls her extra ordinary live and why she should be an inspiration for all of us.
Now that the summer finally arrived in Amsterdam I am feeling in the mood for some summer music, Ibiza style. So I can listen to my Ibiza playlist on Spotify or... I can make some tracks myself. So that's what I will do!
Because of Eddie's birthday we had dinner at Le Restaurant, the fabulous place of Jan and Kostya (with help from Graham). At least 20 different dishes made an extravaganza of food - which were all superb! Just as the rest of our evening...
I am still a bit of recovering of last Saturdays Stock Aiken Waterman party. It was back in time with all the hits they produced. And there are many. Think of Rick Astley, Mel&Kim, Steps, Bananarama, Dead or Alive, Divine(!), Princess (my favorite), Kylie Minogue, Donna Summer and many more. In the late 80's it seemed that every track they produced scored gold.. (which it did) Here are some on Spotify.
Today was an other edition of the Rock and Run competition. It seems that every years people get more crazy while running this event through the very heart of Amsterdam. The track is nice: running over the channels - but also challenging because you actually can hardly run because of the amount of runners participating. But it was fun anyway :-)
The Ghostbuster's Ecto-1, the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee, the A-Team's GMC Vandura, and Knight Rider's KITT. I really would like to build/have them.
Way back in 2007 Eddie and I went on a trip to al your usual tourist highlights in China. I did some filming, with on of the first solid memory JVC cams, but never got to edit some material of it. So now I finally did. Hmmm... The video quality has improved a lot the last years - even my Nokia Lumia 920 can take better video now a days. But as a memory it is a nice document.
With an all star cast (Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, (spooky!) Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd and (an unrecognizable) Debbie Reynolds) and directed by Steven Soderbergh you would expect the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" an instant winner. But it is not. Based on the autobiographical novel of real-life lover Scott Thorson this is supposed to be a love story between Lee and Scott. But all we see is two guys fighting and having occasional sex. Where is the love?
It seems that even nowadays Hollywood is afraid to show that two guys can actually love each other. Don't get me wrong: Michael Douglas is awesome, the whole set up is that of a campy Hallmark biopic and the art direction (customs!) is terrific. If only...
We were at the live recording of Diskotabel (a great radio program about new released classical CDs) presented by Hans Haffmans. It was nice to see the operation is action after having listened for more then 20 years to it. I wonder though how long this can go on...CDs?! Maybe they have to pivot and have a program about (classical) Spotify playlists..
The new Fast 6 movie is everything you want / need from a Fast movie: funny, fast cars, ridiculous plot and... Vin Diesel. I admit: I am a huge fan :-). But wait! The credits roll…and then they stop rolling. You see a Mercedes driving through the streets of Tokyo with Jason Statham behind the wheel and killing Han. Shocking. This is a preview of Fast 7. So does this mean that there is going to be a scene where
Statham and Diesel have a shirtless shaved-head oiled-up
duel? Let's hope so.
I am a bit sorry for Adam Johnson but his novel "The Orphan Master's Son" has to wait a little bit longer on my To Read List. Today the new Khaled Hosseini "And the Mountains Echoed" was released and frankly I cannot wait to start reading that one first. Luckily I just finished Dan Browns' Inferno.
Never knew that The Game of Thrones was so popular in The Netherlands, today thousands of people were waiting hours in line in the pouring rain to get a glimpse of the special Exhibition which is around the corner at the Posthoorn Church.
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