be honest? who smokes weed here?

Wow - what a "fascinating" topic! To answer your question, though, I haven't smoked pot (or inhaled, etc.). That being said, I do support de-criminalization of marijuana.

BDG

Don't worry, this should get interesting very soon...

Yup

About 3 months ago I smoked almost everyday for like a month straight. I had trouble making the transistion back to running everyday, but now I can say I havent smoked at all for 3 months and im back to running 70 miles a week with no problem now. The first couple of days I kinda had like a pain in my chest.

Did you have a pain in your chest?

Or was it just kinda a pain in your chest?

Or was it merely kinda like a pain in your chest.

Good luck with that...

BDG

I havn't smoked any pot for several months, nor do I feel any need to anymore as I believe it has taught me all the lessons it had to offer. I am confident when I say it does have a profound impact on your running. It takes a lot of energy to smoke pot, which is why so many potheads rarely dream while sleeping, they simply don't have the energy to. It has been proven to reduce your testosterone levels as well,(nearly four years without morning wood proved that to me) another thing that certainly will not help your running. These are just two negative sides of pot, however, even weighed along wih all the others, such as wasting time on writing posts that people can't relate to, or burning the aveoli (sp?) sacks in your lungs, I still feel it has tremendous potential for runners that are in it for the long run.

You see, the reason I kept smoking is that it kept teaching me how to move more efficiently, and now I can float like a ballerina while sober whereas four years ago in the pre-pot stage I didn't know how to tap that feminine energy at all. There are many clinical studies showing that the acitive ingredients of cannabis are extremely useful for patients with movement disorders. Now, if one can't control their body to the extent they are diagnosed with a disease they would be considered to definitely have a movement disorder, but where do you draw the line? Almost all the elites have movement disorders if you compare them to Bernard Lagat. So, maybe the sub-elites are just wasting their time by only putting in more and more miles as they just aren't efficient enough. That is my belief, and why I think pot can be helpful for those that have reourring injuries and don't know why or for those sub-elites who have been at a plateau for years and are willing to take a year of "down time" to improve efficiency in the long run. Not many will argue that smokin pot drastically reduces one's ability at short term recall. However, it's very rarely mentioned how useful that can be. You see, if you aren't remembering the past, you are then available to experience the present more intensely. The ability for acute listening to one's body while moving is why I feel it allows one to take a step in the direction of the physiological geniuses such as Michael Jordan. Until I turn a fast time however, most everybody will feel, and basically be right, that what I say is mere speculation.

I used to smoke weed a whole lot but i am proud to say i havent in like 3 years. I know many fellow runners who used to smoke and it hasn't seemed to slow them down any. I also, by the way, support de-criminalizing marijunana.

i think you should have quit more than 3 mos ago.

Hey man, Im all about the herb baby.

Offered some of my finest bud to ElG and you should have seen the fear in that cats eyes..I own that bitch now..

el doesn`t smoke the Herb.

Brownies, brothers, brownies

Once or twice a year, at most. But in Jamaica last year, a few of us split a big brownie and about two hours later--things got reallllly weird. That was great.....

I was never what most here would consider an elite runner. Kind of like spending the night in the Holliday Inn Express I did smoke weed for 20 years though. The only real adverse effect was it brought out the worst in allergies. At the time I only thought I was allergic to the typical seasonal allergy things. Since I've been off for over 10 years I don't have all those nasty get on the floor coughing fits I thought were allergy related. I myself enjoyed all those years partaking. I could toke up on some high quality ganga drink 2 beers and be in the hypothetical nirvanna. I've often asked myself why I did it. I've come to the conclusion of that I simply liked it. I was privy to some primo ganga over the years. Of course I only ran in the 32 range for 10-k's so if I'd of been some real elite type guy I don't know how it would have affected me. Is it affect or effect? See I don't know because I may have fried that part of my noggin that is the spell checker. On the saftey side I smoked through a high tech ice water bong. You know the kind that filter 5 or 6 of the chemical ingrediants of THC out the possible 50 or so.

In conclusion I know I didn't have any trouble with my weight. My main problem was I like that skanky feeling of having to put my foot on the floor as I was flat on my back to keep the damned boat from tossing over. Nuff said. Slam away.

you know, you come across as a little uptight. do you want to talk about it??

Observer-

OK, let's talk. What do you want to know?

BDG

QUESTION 1: how would you describe your sense of humor?