Running Log (repost)

Someday, I will share with you all the legend of Running Log, the great Native American track and field star. But not now.

If you'll look to the left over there, you'll see a link for the Nikerunning website, which contains a free training log.

I really recommend that you keep track of your running. Most obviously, it helps you have a picture of how often you're running, and what kind of mileage you're putting in every week. Most people think it'll make them feel bad when they miss a workout - actually, that's not a bad thing. But it will also give you an appreciation for how much you're doing. When you miss a workout, but you still see that you ran six or nine or (eventually) 20 miles that week, it can prevent that Stuart Smalley shame spiral where you decide it's all hopeless, and you go grab the peanut butter, a jar of Bonne Maman strawberry preserves, and the largest spoon that will fit in the mouths of both jars, and go to town, washing it down with successive Lone Star tallboys, the tinge of aluminum made slightly salty by your own tears.

It happens. Or so I hear.

So, check out the training log. It's fun to do, and you can also track your other activities, like yoga, cycling, swimming, and your weekly pickup jai-alai games. It'll also track your vitals, like your weight.

A training log is also good because it helps you track the mileage on your running shoes, which we call "tennis" or "tenny" shoes in Texas, but which the British, apparently being masters of the obvious and explicit, call "runners."

You guys are doing great - tomorrow, you get to learn how to run hills properly, and how to deal with insane people that scream at you from inside a creepy house in an otherwise yuppie neighborhood. That's right - it's the Pressler Repeats.

The Relentless March of Tech Continues...

No, I don't mean Texas Tech, or Virginia or Georgia Tech. I'm talking technology - I'm experimenting with ways of posting our running schedule.

If you'll look down the left side of the page, you'll see links to the Google Calendars created for the half marathon and marathon training groups. They're not fully populated just yet, and the Upstarts calendar is coming soon.

I'd use the "Month" tab - it actually makes it easier to see everything than the week view does. If you click on a quality workout or long run, you can look at the details, which will include maps, and, you know, details. To use a link, though, you have to click "more details".

If you have a Google username and password, you can subscribe to the calendar, and get it to send you email or text message reminders...

Please note that the "Where" is where we'll meet.

OK, so definitely give me some feedback on how this is to use. Is it convenient, easy, readable?

Finally, we have the running countdown to the AT&T Marathon and Half Marathon, code ripped off from/courtesy of Dr. Mel...