Comments on: At Your Mercy http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/ a tongue-in-cheek quest for understanding... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Erin http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-790 Erin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:13:47 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-790 Maybe over time the whole barefoot thing would work better. I'm sure evolutionarily our feet are made to withstand it. However, I am scared to think about how our feet would end up looking with all of the the calluses. Maybe over time the whole barefoot thing would work better. I’m sure evolutionarily our feet are made to withstand it. However, I am scared to think about how our feet would end up looking with all of the the calluses.

]]> By: Jenny http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-783 Jenny Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:18:10 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-783 "His fate supposedly related more to sudden heart failure than not wearing shoes. Would you hike without em?" :lol: Actually tried that Liara (yep!) at one point when my feet were all blistered up at the suggestion of some guy who swore by it on Steve Pavlina's forum. Made the feet feel better for about a mile and then started making them RAW... Would do it again in a heartbeat though as the trade-off is the only thing that kept me moving! :) PS. Erin walked barefoot with me - same experience on her end with feels great and then suddenly, whoops! the skin is bright red and hurting “His fate supposedly related more to sudden heart failure than not wearing shoes. Would you hike without em?”

:lol: Actually tried that Liara (yep!) at one point when my feet were all blistered up at the suggestion of some guy who swore by it on Steve Pavlina’s forum. Made the feet feel better for about a mile and then started making them RAW… Would do it again in a heartbeat though as the trade-off is the only thing that kept me moving! :)

PS. Erin walked barefoot with me - same experience on her end with feels great and then suddenly, whoops! the skin is bright red and hurting

]]> By: Liara Covert http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-780 Liara Covert Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:53:15 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-780 I came back to this thread thinking about the evolution of views of comfortable footwear. People develop an understanding about which shoes are supposedly appropriate for which activity. Stilettos likely wouldn't be a great choice for a long hike, unless you're a real glutton for punishment. Cowboy boots probably wouldn't be too comfortable for that either. Its curious how cultural associations and assumptions arise. Consider the modern Marathon marks run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died. His fate supposedly related more to sudden heart failure than not wearing shoes. Would you hike without em? I came back to this thread thinking about the evolution of views of comfortable footwear. People develop an understanding about which shoes are supposedly appropriate for which activity. Stilettos likely wouldn’t be a great choice for a long hike, unless you’re a real glutton for punishment. Cowboy boots probably wouldn’t be too comfortable for that either. Its curious how cultural associations and assumptions arise.

Consider the modern Marathon marks run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message “Niki!” (”victory”), then collapsed and died. His fate supposedly related more to sudden heart failure than not wearing shoes. Would you hike without em?

]]> By: Six Month Update http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-609 Six Month Update Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:13:55 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-609 [...] we are taking your advice and are continuing the walks. We are going to keep the original trail miles and allow our timeline [...] […] we are taking your advice and are continuing the walks. We are going to keep the original trail miles and allow our timeline […]

]]> By: Jenny http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-603 Jenny Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:20:39 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-603 Appreciate your kind words Dennis! Thanks for commenting and all the water... ;) How you been? I'll email you. :) Appreciate your kind words Dennis! Thanks for commenting and all the water… ;)

How you been? I’ll email you. :)

]]> By: Dennis http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-602 Dennis Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:34:33 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-602 Jenny, The delays in completing your goals were beyond your control-nobody wants to get hurt and no one controls the weather. Extend the deadline to complete the dare by the walks that didn't happen because of injury or weather. If that goes into next summer, so be it, Minnesota in the winter is not a friend to long, long walks. Dennis Jenny,

The delays in completing your goals were beyond your control-nobody wants to get hurt and no one controls the weather.

Extend the deadline to complete the dare by the walks that didn’t happen because of injury or weather. If that goes into next summer, so be it, Minnesota in the winter is not a friend to long, long walks.

Dennis

]]> By: Erin http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-554 Erin Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:51:06 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-554 Thanks everyone for your feedback. Jenny and I were secretly hoping that it was the trails we could adjust (thanks John), but it is clear that instead it is the time line. I think in the long run we will be happier with the decision to push the end date back and give us some more time to enjoy the trails - the trails we originally set out to walk - rather than turning the dare into a death march. Off we go! Thanks everyone for your feedback. Jenny and I were secretly hoping that it was the trails we could adjust (thanks John), but it is clear that instead it is the time line. I think in the long run we will be happier with the decision to push the end date back and give us some more time to enjoy the trails - the trails we originally set out to walk - rather than turning the dare into a death march. Off we go!

]]> By: Jenny http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-553 Jenny Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:31:14 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-553 Hi Jo! Thanks for weighing in!! Long time since we've talked. The quilt you made me has a new prominent position in my place. Give my love to the relevant men in your life. Jen Hi Jo! Thanks for weighing in!! Long time since we’ve talked. The quilt you made me has a new prominent position in my place.

Give my love to the relevant men in your life.
Jen

]]> By: Jo http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-549 Jo Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:49:56 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-549 Hi Jen! I think it would be very cool if you eventually complete your original goal. It doesn't matter how many summers it takes to walk all the state trails, but it does matter (to you and only to you) that you said you would do it and you do it. I think that will be the ultimate reward. And hey, bragging rights have to be worth something! In the meantime, if walking is truly the goal, you are free to walk wherever and whenever the spirit moves you. Happy trails - Jo Hi Jen! I think it would be very cool if you eventually complete your original goal. It doesn’t matter how many summers it takes to walk all the state trails, but it does matter (to you and only to you) that you said you would do it and you do it. I think that will be the ultimate reward. And hey, bragging rights have to be worth something! In the meantime, if walking is truly the goal, you are free to walk wherever and whenever the spirit moves you. Happy trails - Jo

]]> By: Liara Covert http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-538 Liara Covert Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:22:18 +0000 http://jenny-and-erin.com/2007/08/at-your-mercy/#comment-538 I admire your tenacity with the walking. You establish your personal goals and the timeline will be your own, whether or not it changes. It would be fascinating if more people kept track of how far they walked and where and why. Many people do such things unconsciously. Personally, I've participated in walk-a-thons and other fundraisers, but seldom keep track of distances for other reasons. I have one friend with a counter that measures how many steps she walks. You may have heard of the gadget? I admire your tenacity with the walking. You establish your personal goals and the timeline will be your own, whether or not it changes. It would be fascinating if more people kept track of how far they walked and where and why. Many people do such things unconsciously. Personally, I’ve participated in walk-a-thons and other fundraisers, but seldom keep track of distances for other reasons. I have one friend with a counter that measures how many steps she walks. You may have heard of the gadget?

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