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I just found out about Urban Dare from a Facebook ad. My sister and I are going to participate! Of course, this only gives us three weeks to learn the history and geography of Orlando. Beki is taking history, I'm taking geography.
We've also lined up the whole family as support. Next I'm going to try to bring my Facebook friends in on it, too. Maybe I could even write a program to distribute the clue research... hmm....
Did my run this morning in the coldest temperature yet: 51 Fahrenheit. Finished in record time too, shaving off a minute, to 37 minutes.
I like the cold. A little rough on my lungs, but a lot easier to exercise!
My left shin has been hurting, so I've been slacking off. Shin pain is what caused me to quit track in high school, and I don't want it to stop me now.
This morning I got back on the ball. I took my run, and although I had some stiffness, the shin was more-or-less fine. It was a little sore, and my right knee was starting to twinge, but otherwise no great pains.
Exhaustion, sure. Plenty of that. Whew! What a run!
It doesn't help that my Palm keeps messing up. It's bouncing around in my pocket, which it occasionally detects as a touch on the screen, stopping the alarm. If I miss it, I keep right on running or walking, messing up my intervals.
I tried PalmRunner, but it wouldn't let me enter anything on my Treo. That meant I would only get one repeat, which makes it just about useless for me.
If I can't find something that'll do the job, I'll either have to program something myself, or build a strap to carry the Palm on my arm. I don't particularly like either option.
This morning I discovered that my intervals weren't 90/60, like I thought. They were only 75/60. I spent some time updating them to 90::60 before I went for my run.
That took almost 10 minutes! I can't find a free interval timer for the PalmOS (a little help? Anybody?), so I'm using TikTok, a GPL timer program. It doesn't understand intervals, so I have to manually set each of its 32 alarms by hand. Luckily, it does remember its settings, so I only have to do it when I change my workout. Still, it's a pain, and prone to error. Even better, it's GPL! So if I can't find a better program, and can modify it myself. (Some days it's nice to be a programmer.)
I missed one of my "walk" alarms near the end, and spent two and a half minutes RUNNING UP A HILL. I'm not ready to increase my intervals that much: it really wiped me out. I compensated with an extra 15 seconds of walking before I reset the timers.
All in all, I finished another two minutes faster than usual, just under 40 minutes!
It was cool when I stepped outside today. Cool! In Orlando!
I estimated 76, but my wife (a weather nut) says that the airport reported 59.
No way.
I enjoyed my run a lot more! I think it's time to increase my running intervals again, especially if it stays nice and cool. I finished nearly 2 minutes faster than usual!
