Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in personal on Feb 22nd, 2010
Here’s part 4 of my running log – my 10 week journey to train for a half marathon – something I haven’t attempted for over a decade. The log is mostly for my own reference but if you’re interested you can read Part 1 , 2 and 3 as well.
Well the running is going pretty well [...]
Posted in personal on Feb 1st, 2010
Here’s part 3 of my running log – my 10 week journey to train for a half marathon – something I haven’t attempted for over a decade. The log is mostly for my own reference but if you’re interested you can read Part 1 and Part 2 as well.
Yesterday I completed my fourth full week of [...]
Posted in personal on Jan 17th, 2010
Just finished week 2 of my 10 week half-marathon training. Despite being away from home most of the week – I managed to exceed my mileage goal again – but didn’t make much progress on my pace. I have goal of finishing under 1hr 50m so need to be aiming for 8 minute miles; currently [...]
Posted in Cogitation on Jan 10th, 2010
I’ve never been much of a runner but always found running to be a pretty decent way to keep fit. It requires very little in the way of skill or technique; you don’t need any equipment; there’s nothing to set up and you can do it pretty much anywhere. If you’re busy with kids and [...]