Preventing Running Injuries — Summary of “Ready to Run”
A summary of all the lessons from the book Ready to Run, a book on preventing running injuries, by Kelly Starrett and PJ Murphy.
A summary of all the lessons from the book Ready to Run, a book on preventing running injuries, by Kelly Starrett and PJ Murphy.
This is one of a series of posts I’ll make on running, in the lead-up to our mission to run distance in Kenya. One of our missions (really, one of my missions) coming up soon in our plan is to go running in Kenya. I’ve been preparing for this, ramping up distance, pace and technique,…
Hebrew is thousands of years old and yet has evolved into a language that many use as their primary — or only — language. This is its story.
Mandarin Chinese was my sixth language to learn to fluency. Here are my favourite resources that I used, all of which are the best today. Most of them are free or cheap!
The story of the Zabaleen – “Garbage People” who have for generations been the informal backbone of Cairo’s waste management.
The best resources we used to get good in beginner Hebrew fast, all of them cheap (and some free).
Lingvist is a fun app that teaches you sentences by getting you to put in the missing word. However, we wouldn’t recommend it for serious language study.
Examining how hard Korean is for English speakers. Quite hard! Don’t be fooled by the phonetic alphabet.
An complete guide to Arabic coffee, including the definition of “Arabic coffee”, where to drink Arabic coffee in Egypt and the Middle East, how to make Arabic coffee at home, and an analysis of Arabic vs Turkish coffee. By obsessive coffee lovers.
Egypt is safe for women – if you’re prepared. Here’s everything we learned from three months of living in different parts of Egypt.