A Runner's Journey

 I used to have no goals or keep track of my distance or my time when I took up running in 2002.  Later I started wearing a running watch and found mapping apps so I could know the distance.  I used RunningAhead after Voomaxer shut down at the end of 2011.

Lately I charted my running distance by month for 2012 till now:

In the first block, I had a goal of 30 miles/week, with one long run (10 miles or more) one barefoot run and a pace of 8:00/mile and I made all three goals most weeks for ages, until the wheels came off and I just couldn't do it any more. Yes, even in the winter, there was almost always one day warm enough for a barefoot run--my record cold was 27F but it was sunny and dry, so the pavement was warm.  The next phase was 100 miles/month, which again, I did until I couldn't keep up with it.  Finally, the phase I'm in now:  60 miles/month and I'm pretty psyched if I get below 9:00/mile, which happens a few times/month. 

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I Almost Feel Bad For Him. Almost.

 

Update: from 12:1 to 85:3

I'll grant him this:  At least he didn't take it down--most of the replies are brutal and have more likes than his post. 155:4 for my reply.

Damn! Gave him too much credit.

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You're Allowed To Do It

But whenever a non physician has Dr. in front of their name, their intellect is never past second rate.  To wit...

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The Facebook Vote

 People like this, hate this or love this:

WCAX is located in South Burlington VT

The lists are the same size, but at the bottom it tells you how many more agreed but are not listed:

Like: 247 more, Love: 30 more, Angry: 70 more.  The ratio between people who like this to those who don't like it is about 3.5:1   247+19+30+19/70+19=3.5

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Hypocritical Idiot

A really important thing to do, if you want to avoid looking like a hypocritical idiot:  If some person you don't like does something you think is bad, before you publicly rage about it, check to see if somebody you like did the exact same thing.

Okay, lets say you were lazy and did the raging without the checking and then somebody points out how a person you like did the same thing.  Now what?

No matter what, you're already looking like an idiot for not doing your homework.  You can either ignore the new information and confirm that you're a hypocrite, or and stay with me on this:  

You could deal with the new information by: 

• showing how the situations differ, or 
• admitting that they're both bad, or 
• admitting that maybe you were too quick to judge and neither are all that bad

You will probably not enjoy this, but you'll look like a fair-minded person and not like a hack.

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