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Daily Archives: Friday, March 26, 2010
Initiation rites for novice runners?
I’d like to make a few additions to Kelly Collin’s post on http://www.tribalrunning.net/profiles/blogs/dos-amp-donts-for-new-or?xg_source=activity “Do’s & Don’t’s for new (or newish) runners” with a few things new runners should be aware of. They are sort of unavoidable, yet they seem to take beginners by surprise, even if they have been told about them beforehand. When you first begin running, things happen to you. Things that you notice because they are unpleasant. And the reason a beginning runner is surprised by them in spite of reading about them is that everyone’s body is unique to them so the same unpleasant things happen to them, but in a different order, and in different parts of their own unique bodies. These things are not often spoken about, so I thought I would spell out a few things, just for the sake of new runners and maybe also to bring a knowing chuckle to experienced … Continue reading
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Run 36, 2010 …broken apps and running gadgets…
Today’s 13 km run was a bit weird. The snow was so thick and the flakes were big and wet. The snow stuck to the bottoms of my shoes and it was like running with upside down ice cream cones on the soles. Every few steps a chunk of snow would break off and I’d be flat again for a step or two, then the process repeated itself. I didn’t like it much. I think, for iPhone users anyway, that RunKeeper is the best application anywhere and a real steal at only 10.00 for the professional version. I love that application! I was using RunKeeper as usual but I also wanted to test another app I got for my iPhone called CellFlare (cellflare.com). It uses GPS to let (with your permission) others know where you are via the cell network. You can even allow others without cell phones to know … Continue reading
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