The 2012 Runner’s Almanac has officially become available as of this afternoon. On November 29, I tried to go to bed early, but I had an idea. So I got up to write down some notes and went back to bed. Then I got up to take more notes. This went on until instead of…
Training logs are great, especially modern training logs that let you graph workouts and see trends and get the big picture. The single largest benefit for keeping a training log, though, isn’t dependent upon fancy graphs or a searchable database of workouts. You can take advantage of this feature even if you just use pen…
Photo byRefracted Moments™ This week last year, I claimed that caffeine is worse for you than alcohol or tobacco. I fully admit that I’m prejudiced, but at least here in the United States I think that caffeine poses more of a public health issue than either of the other two drugs. I also listed my…
This week last year was a busy one, with a lot of quality articles on a wide range of topics. News bites were mixed in with training advice, and a good description of toys was mixed in with reader questions. The week began with a discussion of a number of different types of toys that…
When all of your training consists of one activity, it is easy to compare your workout load from week to week. If you are only running, you can compare your total time ran or your total mileage. The same goes for biking and swimming. However, when you cross train or train for different sports, how…
Photo by richelleantipoloDuring the week, I have about 30 minutes at lunch time that I can swim and still get back to work on time. I usually swim 24-25 laps in that amount of time. It is a 25 meter pool. That means that I have been swimming 600-625 meters for each 30 minute pool…
My calendars always consider Monday as the first day of the week. I began tracking my weeks this way as a convenience, and have kept it up that way because it made planning and analyzing my workouts so much easier. My wife disagrees with me and thinks that it makes more sense for the week…
The Mead Memo Book is a small spiral bound notebook that is just the right size for recording workouts. It is what I use for recording my weight lifting workouts. I record what I want to do before I go to the gym, writing the day on the top. I record my warm up just…
I am beginning to test layout ideas for the website. Obviously, it is in a very rough state at this point, and it is not going to be a huge departure from normal. I only have a few goals I want to flesh out, and then I am going to adapt a skin for the…
I got to thinking today about the structure of how I want the training log to work when I write it. A feature that I definately want to have is a place to keep comments in a journal type fashion about the workouts themselves. When I was in college, that was the best part of…