Comments on: My Street Workout: The Downtown Detroit (Primal) Lunchtime Decathlon http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carrie http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-12803 Carrie Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:48:11 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-12803 Love this!!! I walk the city on my break too - 30 minutes and no showers so it's low impact but I love it!  The city is so beautiful and I adore the pictures.  I wish everyone could see the city like this. Love this!!! I walk the city on my break too – 30 minutes and no showers so it’s low impact but I love it!  The city is so beautiful and I adore the pictures.  I wish everyone could see the city like this.

]]> By: Michigander Upnorth http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-1614 Michigander Upnorth Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:43:06 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-1614 Take a ride down warren and gratiot ave right around 10:00 pm and tell me how beautiful detroit is. I would rather live in a landfill than detroit. Its the downfall of southern michigan. Even Kilpatrick was a fake. Take a ride down warren and gratiot ave right around 10:00 pm and tell me how beautiful detroit is. I would rather live in a landfill than detroit. Its the downfall of southern michigan. Even Kilpatrick was a fake.

]]> By: Karen De Coster http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-1122 Karen De Coster Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:55:56 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-1122 Patrick-- My knees are made of iron and are a perpetual 18 years old. My shoulders: 3 surgeries, 2 joint reconstructions, making my shoulders about 80 years old. I really don't do a lot of concrete running (I'm not really a "runner"), so I've saved my knees. I do sprints/intervals, and get it done quickly, as opposed to plodding along on cement for hours. (Boring!) I also like to run off-road, on the hiking trails, when I do run. Patrick–

My knees are made of iron and are a perpetual 18 years old. My shoulders: 3 surgeries, 2 joint reconstructions, making my shoulders about 80 years old. I really don’t do a lot of concrete running (I’m not really a “runner”), so I’ve saved my knees. I do sprints/intervals, and get it done quickly, as opposed to plodding along on cement for hours. (Boring!) I also like to run off-road, on the hiking trails, when I do run.

]]> By: Patrick O'Hannigan http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-1120 Patrick O'Hannigan Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:05:34 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-1120 Sounds like some of my homegrown "Crossfit" workouts. My hat's off to you. One question, though-- how do you save your knees, given all that pounding on concrete? When I do bench jumps in the park near my home, I can feel it in knees and ankles afterward, which is probably why I much prefer chinups on the monkey bars. Sounds like some of my homegrown “Crossfit” workouts. My hat’s off to you. One question, though– how do you save your knees, given all that pounding on concrete? When I do bench jumps in the park near my home, I can feel it in knees and ankles afterward, which is probably why I much prefer chinups on the monkey bars.

]]> By: Reactionary http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-981 Reactionary Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:35:31 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-981 Too much scenery. Not enough Karen. Too much scenery. Not enough Karen.

]]> By: John Nowlin http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-977 John Nowlin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:03:52 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-977 Great workout, it would certainly kick my butt. Does your workout also work you upper body? Great workout, it would certainly kick my butt. Does your workout also work you upper body?

]]> By: DP http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-975 DP Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:57:17 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-975 I have a lot of joint problems and stadium stairs were a staple for me back in the day. I could go up the stairs however many at a time, sometimes hopping on one foot. I would go down very carefully, using the handrails. It doesn't make sense at first how I could be so broken down but still be able to sprint up stairs, but I was able to control joint impact better than running on a flat surface. Going down, not so much. If the wooden stairs were up, I'd be in joint-protecting heaven, but make a terrible racket -- as if I didn't look silly enough already. Then there's that time a rock band was trying to do sound checks... I have a lot of joint problems and stadium stairs were a staple for me back in the day. I could go up the stairs however many at a time, sometimes hopping on one foot. I would go down very carefully, using the handrails.

It doesn’t make sense at first how I could be so broken down but still be able to sprint up stairs, but I was able to control joint impact better than running on a flat surface. Going down, not so much.

If the wooden stairs were up, I’d be in joint-protecting heaven, but make a terrible racket — as if I didn’t look silly enough already. Then there’s that time a rock band was trying to do sound checks…

]]> By: TG http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-973 TG Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:00:15 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-973 Karen DeCoster for Surgeon General, not Aunt Jemima !! Karen DeCoster for Surgeon General, not Aunt Jemima !!

]]> By: Mike http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-970 Mike Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:03:39 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-970 Karen, Just read the article in the Detroit Free Press about this. It innocuously identifies you as "a certified public accountant... who blogs about politics and fitness," and I was struck with the sudden realization that many more of the people I read pleasant little articles about might be hardcore Rothbardian anarchists. Whoa. Karen,

Just read the article in the Detroit Free Press about this. It innocuously identifies you as “a certified public accountant… who blogs about politics and fitness,” and I was struck with the sudden realization that many more of the people I read pleasant little articles about might be hardcore Rothbardian anarchists. Whoa.

]]> By: John Beeler http://karendecoster.com/my-street-workout-the-downtown-detroit-primal-lunchtime-decathlon.html/comment-page-1#comment-969 John Beeler Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:54:16 +0000 http://karendecoster.com/?p=3967#comment-969 What Mark said. My guess is downtown Detroit is like downtown Wilmington, Del. — nice modern office buildings (Wilmington is dominated by Dupont) but once people are done with work for the day the city just shuts down and you don't want to be out after dark. What Mark said. My guess is downtown Detroit is like downtown Wilmington, Del. — nice modern office buildings (Wilmington is dominated by Dupont) but once people are done with work for the day the city just shuts down and you don’t want to be out after dark.

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