Easy Monday 3.2 mile run
January 26th, 2009
Archive
Archive for January, 2009
Thank You Brooks Running. Free exchange!
January 15th, 2009
UPDATE: Brooks Running (Brooks Sports) are providing me with a FREE exchange for my broken Brooks Racer ST 3 pair!
Anybody got some super glue?
January 15th, 2009
I guess I’m not completely mid-foot striking. I started out well up on my fore-feet, and I thought I at least maintained a mid-foot strike style throughout my 4 mile run (30:07) on the awesome Woodway treadmills at Lifetime Fitness.
But, my right outer heel of my Brooks Racer ST 3 now looks like:
Running form awareness
January 8th, 2009
I’ve never really paid attention to my running form even though I’ve ran a bunch of races (5K up to marathon). I had heard of mid-foot or even fore-foot striking, but it never really registered.
Recently, a tweet led me down a search until I found Newton Running’s “run better” page. The animation really drives home the point.
This morning I was conscious about my foot strikes, and had a fast and easy 4.67 miles.
Using Emacs again
January 6th, 2009
Make up your F’ing mind Andy! Thanks to Ryan’s comments on my previous post, I’ve decided to revisit using Emacs as my editor. This time I’ll make the time to learn Elisp to really appreciate this editor.
There seems to be smart tab-completion everywhere (file finding, command finding, …), which is nice. And, Ryan’s blog “M-x all-things-emacs” is an excellent source for tips and links on Emacs. I particularly enjoyed his post “Giving ido-mode a Second Chance”. The referenced screencast really drove home the importance of having an editor with a great lower level of composable tools.
