a homeless guy living in my house while I was away in Switzerland,

Good lord.

my shins started hurting like hell after a couple laps.

Any chance you need different shoes? If the track surface is less yielding than whatever you were running/walking on in front of the tv, it could be your current shoes don't have enough support or whatever.

ODL, Gus. I hope your home is intact and everything gets sorted out smoothly!

My goodness, Gus, it's like you have a magnet for freaky events.

OMGWTF?

Pre-zactly my response when I saw the lights on, rolling up from MSP airport.

Hee, I thought, the crew is throwing a Suprise! welcome home thing. How cool is that?

Dude with bottle watching my television, too stoned to be alarmed at my presence? "Drama student from the U", I thought. "Great makeup!", I thought.

I was gonig to say new shoes - go to a running store and get fitted for how you run

and Gus - I figure as long as the squatter didn't bite you - your one up on the monkey event

JEEBUS, Gus!!!

Debet, you probably need new or different shoes. Are you making sure to alternate your running direction (CW one day, CCW the next)? If you can't afford new shoes, Target has some decent sport insoles that work pretty well. Look in the shoe section (instead of the pharmacxy section, which is where they keep the Dr. Scholl's).

I've found Runner's World to be a useful tool. Jeff Galloway writes their Beginners column for them.

Damn, Gus. You know you need to write a book someday, right?

Calli, I suppose it's possible, although these aren't all that old, I think. I shall investigate further. It's a rubber track, so it souldn't be harder than the treadmills.

eta: Thanks, juliana.

Gus Gus Gus.

t shakes head

beth b: Yup. No biting. Actually, he offered me a drink.

I passed. Recorded here: Gus passed on a free drink.

Special circumstances.

Dear GOD, Gus. How awful.