Nike is at it again with their latest innovative soccer boot, the Nike CTR360 Maestri Onitsuka Tiger mexico 66 II Elite, release date set for January 1, 2011 worldwide. The shoe was designed with masterful control in mind, and modeled after the fluid movement of Cesc Fabregas and the pinpoint passing of Andres Iniesta. asics onitsuka tiger According to Nike, the boot’s design was focused around six paramount elements:
Kanga-Lite Upper: A synthetic leather designed to maintain ideal comfort and fit, independent of weather conditions.
Dampening Pods: Cushion zones on the forefoot ensuring optimal immediate ball control.
Receive Pad: Eases ball-trapping while improving instep ball control.
Pass Pad: Ensures passing with pinpoint accuracy.
Lacing System: Asymmetrical lacing model streamlines surface for improved ball control.
Carbon Chassis: Lightweight plate offers top-notch energy return and strength, while stability and traction are maximized through bladed studs.
We’ve already showed you Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens from the , so what’s next? Check out the Brooklyn colorway, featuring a black and purple upper in the same color-blocking as onitsuka tiger ultimate 81 black camel the other three pairs. Brooklyn is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity as well as nationally recognized landmarks such as Coney Island, Dyckman Park, and of course the Brooklyn Bridge. If you recall the Air Force 1 Low Brooklyn that released in 2004, the colorways are obviously different, which leads us to wonder where these different colorways are derived from. These feature the special Borough-specific laces as well as the Nike 5 Boroughs (BE) tongue label.
 
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We gave you glimpse into the unreleased Air Jordan Rainbow Pack last month with the , then again a couple of days ago with the . Today Onitsuka Tiger Ultimate 81 we can hit you with a look at the entire Air Rainbow Pack, onitsuka tiger mexico 66 deluxe blue featuring Air Jordans 1 through 23 and 2009 through 2011. Each shoe features a solid-colored upper finished with an anodized metallic sheen, set against white sole unit for a bit of contrast. These of course never hit stores, but had they — would you?
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One of the all-time great Nike Free silhouettes is back in action, as the Nike Free Trail returns to retailers in a simple white/neutral grey colorway. The neoclassic silhouette sports a Free 5.0 sole for a little extra stability on rougher terrain, while the suede upper and inset nylon offer protection from the elements and extreme conditions. Look for these on shelves now.
Nike Free Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 by asics Trail
White/Neutral Grey
Style #: 537733-110
September 2012
$100
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Well it looks like the is already nearly upon us, with the shoe set to hit select Nike Sportswear retailers on June 30th. (I appears some places onitsuka tiger shoes are dropping the shoe 6/23, so you’d best call around.) The latest shoe in the , created in celebration of the iconic shoe’s 30th anniversary, this eye-catching pair features high frequency digital camouflage, giving the pattern a textured, three-dimensional appearance while 3M materials adds Onitsuka Tiger sale a reflective property. Hit the jump for plenty more photos, and look for these on shelves Sunday. (We’ll of course let you know if anything changes.) I’m expecting best running shoes retail around $200, though I don’t have official confirmation at the moment. Photos via atmos-tokyo.com.
Nike Air Force 1 Low Premium
Style #: 520505-100
24 June 2012
Another Nike Sportswear collaboration with Japan’s Soph, here’s a good look at the FCRB x Nike Solarsoft Sandal. The comfort-first slip-on is suitable for all conditions thanks to the moulded synthetic upper with myriad perforations, while the Nike Free-style lugs and Solarsoft sole ensure maximal comfort. Hit the jump for plenty of photos, and grab these on 6/23 exclusively in Japan, at Shinjuku Isetan Men’s store. Photos via eyescream.jp
 
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Increase the situation in order to explain the battery duration when is realized through the G audio amplifier, our calculation is because of the following value:
PBATT: Power of battery
VBATT: Mains voltage of the battery
IBATT: Electric current of the battery power
VDD: DC/DC converter output voltage cell phone jammer
PDD: DC/DC converter output power
VOUT: Load voltage
RL: Load impedance
POUT: Support the power consumption
IOUT: Load current
In a standard class ab amplifier, the power electric current means exporting the electric current IBATT = IOUT . Use G types step down the converter When, the electric current of the power battery It is part of output current, it is with formula IBATT = car gps tracker IDD x VDD/VBATT shows.
Suppose an amplifier, 200 mVRMS driving 32 Ohm to support, support the output current: IOUT = VOUT/RL =200mVRMS/32=6.25 mA. Assume the quiescent current is 1 mA IDDQ ,Then the totalcurrent that the amplifier draws is: IBATT =7.25 mA.
Then, the algorithmic method of the total power that the class ab amplifier draws is as follows suppose it is Li-Ion battery as the lithium ion of a 4.2V :
PBATT Class-AB =VBATT x IBATT =4.2V x 7.25 mA =30.45 mW Eq. 1
In terms of G amplifer A, its rail of voltage is produced by a switch type DC/DC converter, it depends on DC/DC converter output voltage and efficiency to supply the power. Suppose DC/DC converter output voltage is 1.3V, then the calculation equation is:
PDD = VDD*IDD =1.3v * 7.25mA =9.425 mW Eq. 2
The power of aggregate supply is DC/DC converter output power except that with DC/DC converter efficiency. Suppose that efficiency is 90% to step down, the total power offered to G amplifer A is:
PBATT Class-G =PDD/ 90% = 11.09 mW Eq. 3
At this moment, under the same condition, compare the class ab amplifier, there is about 3 times more less power that the G earphone amplifier draws. The reducing intensity and VBATT/VDD of power consumption becomes straight proportionate relationships. In we give an example, it is that 4.2/1.3 *Converter – efficiency =4.2/1.3*0.9 =~3
The electric-saving situation of the battery is shown as Fig. 1. Here, we use it by the battery-opwered totally identical A-IN of a lithium ion, compare with two ABs and G earphone amplifier. Just as we observed, compare the class ab amplifier 70 hours ,G Kind earphone amplifier battery duration 150 hours It is long 2 times are many. To the terminal user who uses the walkie audiofrequency apparatus, this means more long music reproduction time and holding time.
The battery discharge curve of Fig. 1 indicates G amplifer A has more long operation time than the class ab amplifier
In a word, it Mobile Phone Watches is AB a kind of topological revision that the G audio amplifier is topological, it has power of adaptation, can change with source of the audio frequency. The topological structure reduce power consumption, raise the efficiency, thus bring long the intersection of battery and duration for using G amplifer A topological earphone.
 
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If you’ve been following my shoe reviews for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a fan of running in racing flats. I log most of my miles out on the roads, and I tend to like shoes that are lightweight, simple in design, and somewhat flashy in appearance – flats typically tick most of these boxes.
 
I started running in more minimally constructed shoes back in 2009. Back then, “minimalist” footwear as a category didn’t really exist. The were available, had a few minimal running shoes, and which claimed to simulate running http://www.onitsukatigershoes.co.uk/shoesblog/?p=145 barefoot on grass. At the time, one of the most popular running shoes among minimalists was the . It was a great shoe – ultra light, minimal sole, and a roomy toebox. It did look a bit pinkish in color when wet, but people were running in water shoes, so you took what you could get.
 
Fast forward 4 years and the minimal shoe craze has blown by. In its wake it left a new niche category of footwear, many of which are basically similar to racing flats built with a wider toebox, flatter sole, and heftier price tag. The venerable . Over the past few weeks I’ve been running in the shoe (Disclosure: it was provided free of charge by Mizuno for review purposes), and I have to say that it trumps many of the minimalist shoes that have come out in the past few years when it comes to minimalism. In fact, although it’s categorized as a racing flat, it’s probably one of the best ultraminimal shoes I’ve run in.
 
 
First things first, the Mizuno Universe 5 is incredibly lightweight. . My pair in size 10 come in at 3.1oz. The only shoes I have that are in its league in terms of weight are the and the . You put it on and it feels like nothing - you can barely tell that AIR FOAMPOSITE ONE there are shoes on your feet.
 
 Upper Construction
Given that it weighs so little, everything about the shoe’s construction is minimal. The upper is nothing more than a thin, well ventilated mesh. There’s really no structure at all to the upper except for a small flexible tab at the back of the heel (presumably to keep it from slipping down) – it feels very much like a sock with a sole attached.
 
 
A big improvement over is that Mizuno ditched the vinyl-like material that used to line the inside of the ankle collar. That stuff would chew up the skin over my Achilles if I went sockless. The collar of the Universe 5 is a soft, lightly padded fabric – it’s a welcome change and it does not bother my skin (just ran 6 miles sockless immediately before writing this and no trouble except for a bit of abrasion from a seam by the arch that appeared at about mile 5).
 
In terms of fit, the Mizuno Universe has been popular with minimalists in large part because it offers a much roomier fit than other racing flats, which typically fit narrow up front. My sense is that the U5 is roomier than previous iterations of the model. The forefoot is downright spacious, and should accommodate all but the most paddle-footed.
 
Here’s a picture comparing the MWU4 (I’ve kept a new pair in reserve, !) and MWU5 – the 5 may appear a bit wider in part because there is so little structure to the baggy upper, but it does feel considerably wider in the forefoot to me:
 
 
I did a set of fast 200m intervals on the track in the U5 and the baggy fit was a bit of a problem on the turns – my forefoot slipped around a bit. Cinching the laces a bit tighter probably would have helped, but I didn’t want to stop the momentum of the workout. I have not had any slippage issues on the road in them.
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As with previous versions, the insole of the U5 is non-removable, and arch support is minimal to non-existent.
 Sole Construction
The sole of the U5 is also quite a bit slimmer than that of its predecessor:
 
 
 lists stack height of the U4 as 18mm heel, 14mm forefoot, whereas the U5 is 13mm heel, 11mm forefoot. The difference should be immediately noticeable to anyone http://www.byairjordan.com/jordanblog/?p=159 with experience running in previous iterations of the shoe. The U4 felt like an ultralight racing flat to me, the U5 feels almost more like a barefoot-style shoe than a flat. There is very little sole underfoot, and it’s a fairly firm ride. It almost fits and feels like the with a thin slab of foam added to the sole.
 
After my first few runs in the U5 I was surprised to notice that my calves were tight and sore. I’ve been running a in zero drop shoes a lot lately, so this surprised me a bit. I attribute the soreness to the combo of the firm, minimal sole and the fact that they made me want to push the pace. Mizuno uses it’s new U4ic midsole compound in the U5, and they claim it provides equal cushioning in a thinner package. The shoe feels more minimally cushioned to me.
 
 
 
The outsole of the U5 carries over the nubby design from previous versions of the shoe, though in a slightly different pattern. I have about 20-25 miles on the pair in the photo above, plus I’ve been wearing them to work, and wear seem to be most noticeable on the exposed EVA in the midfoot and forefoot. I have not experienced any major durability issues, but as always my ability to comment on durability is limited by the number of miles I am able to get on shoes before writing reviews (it’s difficult to review lots of shoes and get a lot of miles on each).
 
Gone are the drain holes under the midfoot that were found in previous versions– this should make some people happy as I’ve heard complaints that they let water in when running through puddles (that’s my general experience with drain holes – they’re more of a risk for letting water into a shoe on wet day than really helping get it out). One other change is http://www.onitsukatiger.us.com/blog/?p=143 that the concavity under the heel is larger in the U5 – this isn’t an issue while running, but while walking on hardwood floors or tile it acts like a suction cup.
 Performance
The Mizuno Universe 5 is a bit hard to peg. It’s designed to be a racing flat, and given its weight, you can’t help but want to run fast in the shoes. I’ve done a track workout, a few tempo runs, and a few easy runs in the shoes and they perform well. However, since sole is so thin, it’s very flexible and lacks the longitudinal stiffness of other racing flats. As such, it lacks the pop found in a shoe with a stiffer sole like the . I guess it comes down to preference – a stiffer flat may provide more pop, but stiffness typically means a bit more sole material and thus greater weight.
 
Comparing the U5 to it’s closest competitors, the and , the U5 feels more flexible and has a much roomier fit (note – I have the Blazing Fast, but have not run in them yet). It’s also more flexible than the Universe 4. My feeling is that the Universe 5 runs a lot like some of the minimalist shoes that are out on the market. Shoes like the and come to mind.
 Appearance
I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment on the appearance of this shoe. Mizuno has a history of making the Universe a flashy shoe – the original U4 was bright orange and had flames on the upper. When I first saw a photo of the U5 I was appalled. I thought they looked hideous. I have to say, the shoes have really grown on me. The design is certainly unique, and I’ve taken to wearing them out and about simply because they look unlike any shoe I have ever owned. You will get comments Nike Free Run 3 if you wear these!
 
 Conclusion
The Mizuno Universe 5 is a shoe that will appeal to two niches in the running world. First, those who like to run fast and want as light a shoe as possible to allow them to do that. Second, those who just want a very minimal shoe with a roomy, comfortable fit. I kind of straddle those two groups, and thus this shoe is a fantastic match Nike Free 6.0 FOR WOMEN for me. If you like the gaudy appearance and can handle the somewhat hefty price tag, the Mizuno Universe is a lot of fun!
 
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Things have been a bit quiet here on the blog for the past few weeks. Despite the seeming lack of activity, I’ve been hammering away in the background at a furious rate on a few projects that have been nagging me.
 
For the past week or so I’ve been working almost non-stop on an academic journal article on foot strike patterns from the 2011 New York City Barefoot Run – I didn’t think Women Nike Shox Agent I’d be writing an academic paper so soon after leaving my professorship, but I was invited to submit to a http://www.kicksinthebox.com/kicksblog/?p=294 special edition of a journal and finally got my act together and got it done. I submitted the initial draft yesterday - I won’t reveal the http://www.byairjordan.com/jordanblog/?p=187 results yet, but it’s a pretty interesting dataset.
 
In addition to the research article, I also spent some time last week developing a website for a local nonprofit that I belong to (the ). It’s still a work in progress, but in a nutshell it required that I learn how to use Wordpress to a much greater extent than I have in the past so that I could recreate a site that was previously built on the Joomla platform (which none of the current coalition members, including myself, knew how to use). I’ve been meaning to play with Wordpress for a long time, and this gave me the motivation to dig in. I’m building the site using the and the and so far have had a blast – although I’m far from a pro, tinkering with websites is something that I really enjoy doing.
 
In the process of building the CAWC site, I found that Wordpress offers functionality that is sorely missing in Blogger. I created Runblogger back in early http://www.onitsukatigershoes.co.uk/shoesblog/?p=205 2009 on the Blogger platform, and have used it continuously since then. One of the benefits of using Blogger is that it has forced me to learn basic HTML and CSS coding in order to modify the site template to suit my needs. Blogger has served me well, but I’ve come to realize that if I want to grow the site, I need to make the jump to Wordpress.
 
In particular, the following needs have precipitated this move:
 
1. I need flexibility to create pages with different templates. Blogger allows you to create static pages (pages are different than posts and don’t show up in the blog feed), but you can’t alter page layouts without some cumbersome modification of the site template.
 
2. I wanted to be able to create sub-blogs for off-topic posts and gear deal announcements. I don’t want these to show up in my main site feed so that people can opt in or out of viewing/subscribing to them. Some people really appreciate getting notified of shoe sales, others consider it spam, so I wanted this to be isolated in its own spot. Similarly, I’d like to add more non-running content so having a more personal sub-blog is appealing (e.g., I’d like to post more often about the business/practice of blogging). I got this idea from .
 
3. I want to bring my under the Runblogger domain, can’t do this in Blogger.
 
4. The blogger post editor is awful, and I haven’t used it in a long time (I use Windows Live Writer). Working in Wordpress is much easier.
 
5. Wordpress plugins offer an incredible variety of functionality not available in Blogger.
 
6. I wanted to move my commenting system from Disqus to something else. I get a lot of complaints about Disqus eating comments before they are posted, and it seems to really slow down site load times. It’s time for a change.
 
7. Greater flexibility in mobile site design. I really want a usable site for smartphones that allows more functionality than the Blogger mobile options. The move should allow this.
 
There are more reasons, but these are the big ones. My biggest hesitation in moving the site was that I was afraid I might screw things up and lose my existing links if I tried to do it myself (since this blog is my main source of income now, I couldn’t risk losing my Google juice). Given this, I contracted with a web design firm to handle the job for me. is a company based in Slovakia, and they without a hitch. Foliovision began Nike Hyperdunk 2010 the migration process for me within 24 hours of paying my deposit and have been incredibly professional and efficient so far. I’m very impressed.
 
 is rebuilding my site in Wordpress, and I’ve asked them to use + the since I used them to build the site mentioned above. This should allow me to modify the site as needed once it is up Nike KD 5 and running. Apparently migrating Disqus comments is a bit of a pain, but they are going to handle that as well for an additional fee. I’m hoping that all will be settled within the next three weeks. Fingers http://www.onitsukatiger.us.com/blog/?p=157 crossed!
 
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I’ll never forget the first time I had a panic attack. I was in graduate school in Athens, OH and had spent a long, caffeine-fueled day working in the lab. At the end of day I met my wife at a local coffee shop, and I could sense that something was off with my body. I had no idea what was going on at the time, but I could feel pins and needles all over my skin, my heart was racing, my vision was blurred, and I felt an overwhelming desire to escape from the situation.
 
I told my wife that something was up, and we went outside to get some air. I was terrified, and thought maybe something was wrong with my heart. After a few minutes I began to calm down, but I was afraid. That fear remains with me to this day.
 
Over the following weeks I felt a persistent anxiety that I couldn’t seem to shake. I was miserable, and I wanted to know what the heck was wrong with me. I finally mustered up the courage to go to the college clinic and get checked out. Turns out my health was good, and there was nothing at all wrong with my heart. That was a relief, but it didn’t explain why I was feeling the way I was. The doc suggested that I might be suffering from anxiety, and that what had happened to me was a panic attack. He prescribed me some drugs to take – Xanax and Paxil. Xanax was for emergencies, Paxil for daily use.
 
Dealing with an anxiety disorder can be debilitating. Even with the drugs I was under almost constant stress, and fear of having another panic attack seemed to be what was driving it all. Panic attacks are terrifying, there’s no other was to describe them. I developed a sensitivity to overstimulation – going to the grocery store was a nightmare, the combination of lighting and packaging was overwhelming to a brain on high-alert. The other source of acute stress was being put into a situation from which I couldn’t easily escape. Meetings, lectures, and the like were nightmares. Fearing lectures was not a good thing for someone who wanted to be a teacher!
 
As time went on I did manage to get a bit of a hold on the anxiety. I did a ton of reading on the topic, and got to understand the physiological basis for a panic attack. I developed coping strategies for when I could feel one coming on. But, they did still happen from time to time. I can remember one time in particular when I desperately wanted to escape from a panel discussion that I was on. I think at some point I was doing well enough that I weaned off the Paxil – I hated being on the drug and the side effects were not fun.
 
All through this experience I was ashamed. I’d never dealt with mental illness before, and the only person who knew what I was going through was my wife. She was incredibly supportive, and I’m not sure that I would have made it through the acute stages without her. I didn’t even tell my parents about it at the time.
 
The odd thing was that despite what I was going through internally, I was excelling at my studies and my dissertation was coming along very well. I graduated from my Ph.D. program with a 4.0 GPA, and was “grad student of the year” for my department on one occasion. I had published most of my dissertation before I even defended it – it makes it tough for a committee to be critical when your chapters have been through peer review! My laboratory teaching was getting high marks as well. I was on a trajectory to accomplish big things in the academic world, but I’m not really sure that I was happy.
 
During my last year of grad school I started applying for jobs and postdoc grants. I wound up with a three-year teaching offer at a small college in NH, and my grant application to the NSF was funded, which meant I had a paved path to a high-level university job if I wanted to go in that direction. We had recently found out that my wife was pregnant, and New Hampshire was close to both of our families. I think I kind of perplexed a lot of my mentors by deciding to take the non-tenure track teaching position over the prestigious postdoc. This was the first time I chose happiness over ambition, and in retrospect it was by far the correct decision.
 
Moving to NH was great, and I wound up in an awesome department with great people. I was living in a place that felt like home. But, as is typically the case, the first year was incredibly stressful. In my first semester I was tasked with teaching two courses I had never taught before, and my son was due during finals week. We had piled on about every major life stress possible into a period of about 6 months. I was doing great at work, but crumbling again on the inside. I went back to the doc, talked about my previous experience on SSRI drugs, and he prescribed Zoloft instead of Paxil, and Klonopin instead of Xanax. I also went to see a therapist for a bit, but found that she didn’t tell me much that I didn’t already know.
 
If you’ve never been on an SSRI anti-depressant it’s hard to describe what it’s like. Getting on and off of them is the hardest part. When I start taking a drug like Prozac/Paxil/Zoloft I get incredibly tired. It’s all I can do to drag myself off of the couch. Parts of your body start functioning a bit off (stomach, nether-regions). Getting off is a lot harder – if I forget to take a pill my eyes get messed up, like I’m seeing trails of objects in my line of vision if I turn my head too fast. You get these weird zap-like sensations. Not fun.
 
Benzodiazepines like Xanax and Klonopin behave differently, side effects are milder, but I’ve taken them only sparingly as the last thing I want is to get hooked on a tranquilizer (I think it’s been at least 6-7 years since I last took one of those).
 
As time went on the anxiety once again improved and I found that there were really only a few specific situations that triggered acute bouts. One was the beginning of the school year – I’m terrible at transitions, and the first few lectures when I didn’t yet know my big class were always a source of stress (I usually taught a large lecture of about 100 students in 导入空标题 the Fall). I never had a full-blown panic attack in a lecture, but there have been a few close calls where I managed to head one off before it got too bad. Large classes were always more of a stress than small classes, but after a few weeks the stress pretty much dissipated (I’ve found that many teachers experience stress like this at the beginning of the school year, I think mine was just a bit exaggerated).
 
The other stress-inducing situation was a large, formal lecture. Every year I had to give a lecture to the entire sophomore class at my college on Charles Darwin and evolutionary theory. It’s a topic I love, but standing on-stage in a huge auditorium in front of 300+ students who mostly did not want to be there was acutely stressful. I’d worry for and Garmin Forerunner 610 (FR610) GPS Watch Revie weeks in advance about it. Presentations at academic conferences were also awful, so I began opting for poster presentations whenever possible.
 
Once again, my job performance did not reflect what was going on inside my head. Students at the college elected me as teacher of the year twice, I earned promotion and tenure without issue, and I rose to being the Chair of my department in 2011. Fortunately my issues never interfered with my ability to get things done, they just made it more challenging from time to time.
 
My anxiety, though still present at times (like when I started to write this post!), has diminished a lot over the past 5-6 years. I think there are a couple of reasons for this:
 
1. I found a drug that was a good match. I take a daily, low dose of Lexapro (10mg right now). Side effects have been minimal, and I barely know I’m on it. I’ve been doing so well lately that I keep considering coming off entirely, just need to muster up the courage to make the final jump.
 
2. I started running. Almost daily exercise is a huge stress-release for me, and really helps to keep the anxiety at bay. It’s probably a bigger factor than the drugs, but hard to measure. I just need to in and of itself!
 
3. I understand what’s going on inside my body. There’s nothing really physically wrong with me (it’s not my heart!), it’s just that my sympathetic nervous system likes to sometimes go into overdrive a bit. Somehow understanding that makes me feel better
 
4. I’ve developed coping strategies to deal with periods of acute stress. The first lecture of the school year was always tough. But, I found that if I got to the classroom early, chatted with the students as they came in, and practiced deep breathing I could mitigate the worst of the stress.
 
5. I’ve identified the trigger, and I and Mizuno Hitogami Preview From Running Warehous can mostly avoid it. Large, formal lectures to audiences I don’t know are what trigger my issues. It’s pretty much standard performance anxiety. I’m like the Barbara Streisand of academics!
 
Most people who have seen me speak probably have no idea that I suffer from these issues. Most of my former students probably have no idea, though I have discovered from years of watching them give class presentations that fear of speaking in front of an audience is by no means uncommon. I’ve even read a statistic somewhere that more people fear public speaking than fear death. You’d think that after giving probably a few thousand lectures that this would get better, and it has, but the fear always seems to come back at select times.
 
The benefit of having identified the trigger is that it allows me to avoid situations that I know will induce acute stress (i.e., large, formal lectures). I’ve found that my medium of choice is the written word. Although I’m a pretty quiet guy around people I don’t know well, I also thrive on one-on-one interaction and working with small groups. I loved working with students in the lab and teaching my small, upper-level courses. I love working with groups like I did up at the Crafstbury Running Camps this summer. I love working with clients at my new job (more on this soon). But, I could never run for president since the thought of having to give campaign stump speeches to large audiences day-in and day-out scares me to death.
 
Given all of this, you might think that my anxiety was why I decided to quit my job as a college professor. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that it wasn’t part of the decision process, but it was far from the main motivating factor. Teaching was actually the part of the job I liked most, and helping students find their way into a career was a source of great joy. The reason I quit that job was to once again pursue happiness over ambition. I had climbed nearly to the top of the academic ladder (made it to dept. Chair and one promotion away from Full Professor), and the higher I got the less I liked what I saw, and the more stressful life became. This was good, old-fashioned job stress, not anxiety, and at times it also could become acute. I would have been much happier as an adjunct or lab instructor where teaching was my only duty and it involved a kind of anxiety I could deal with. The endless committee work and academic politics are what really wore me down – they drew me away from the part of the job that I loved, and made me miserable.
 
I came to realize that living with persistent stress is not healthy, and that I had alternative career options that would significantly reduce the amount of stress in my life. My happiness stems from helping other people make positive changes in their lives. I loved imparting knowledge to students who go on to do great things, and I love helping people who are trying to get healthy and active. The latter is what I do now, though I won’t count out going back to teaching at some point. I’m trying to make decisions these days based on what will make me happy, and it’s going well so far.
 
I’ll finish by admitting that I had no plan to write this post today. The post was triggered by an email exchange with a good friend who had asked if I’d be willing to give a lecture at a conference. It would have been a good experience professionally, and at first I said yes. However, after realizing that it would take place immediately after a family vacation in Florida, I began to rethink the choice. This was a stress inducer, and it could quite possibly put me in a state of acute stress while on vacation. Not good, not going to make me or my family happy. So I backed out and felt guilty in doing so. I offered to attend and write about the conference instead
 
I’m and Altra The One Guest Review   Runblogger actually surprised that I’ve made it this far as I find it very hard to talk about things like this. It’s hard to admit to weakness in a public way, but I’ve held this in for far too long. Once I started typing the words just started to flow. Writing has become a release for me, and if someone can benefit from what I have written here then it was well worth it. Anxiety sucks, but it can be managed and overcome.
 
Choose happiness.
 
If you are suffering from anxiety-related issues and need advice, I'm happy to help in any way I can. Feel free to .
 
Update: Adding the following video that was shared by my friend Brian Martin in the comments. Pretty much speaks for itself. Also wanted to thank everyone for the outpouring of support, both private and public. It means a lot!
 
 
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