Page turner..

Are Page 3's days numbered?  (nothing to do with it being numbered as '3' of course) I see the Girl Guides are keen to put a stop to it, but that shuts off one career path doesn't it? My guess is that one of the more prominent Brown Owls (or is that Brownie speak?) is a feminist and has exerted undue influence.  Personally I think it's closure/deletion etc is well overdue.   I notice that Yahoo.com had a saucy picture of Linda Lusardi (swimsuit only) accompanying the headline about this Girl Guide recommendation.  She is from my era (the70s) which is an interesting picture to add to this story.  Maybe they think she epitimises all that's bad about Page 3, or more likely she's one of the few well known faces/bodies from Page 3 that the sub-editor whi obviously in his 50s could remember.  I would go for Sam Fox, well, not go for her, but add her picture anyway.  I was never that impressed with her despite her obvious assets.
But, this Page 3 debate surely goes beyond Page 3 - what about all the titillation we find in most newspapers/websites that show celebrities in various states of undress?  I guess it's a bit like picking on the worst offender and hoping everyone else takes notice - a bit like Lance Armstrong or that bad lad at school you used to hang around with.  One thing is for sure, the Sun still sells plenty of newspapers despite the move to digital, and I would hazard a guess that there is sizeable minority that turn to Page 3 the moment they are sat in their van with their breakfast snack.  ..or 'snap' as one brickie used to call it.  That's probably because he mis-heard 'snack' when he was an apprentice and it's stuck with him ever since.

As for training, I splashed on a new pair of trainers yesterday from my local running shop, taking advice and trying them out on the treadmill first.  I went for a 4 miler to the village and back and ended up walking the last mile due to a sore inside thigh.  What a blow!  It must be the shoes.  I've never had any injury like that before, so my early enthusiasm has vanished.  Because I couldn't even do a slow jog back I took them off and jogged slowly back in my socks which seems to point at the shoes.  I'm now in a quandry over what actions I need to do - should I try them again? Should I try my old shoes to prove it was the new ones?  Should I ring the shop to ask advice, or wait until I try them again?  Questions questions questions.