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Google does public transit?May 21, 2008
 Meredith and I were just doing some trip planning for Zurich Switzerland, when I noticed a Public Transit link in Google Maps. Sure enough, clicking it redraws your route to indicate what portions you need to walk and where to go to catch the nearest bus or train. Brilliant! Go for liftoff: Let's try this marathon thing
May 15, 2008
Thankfully, the last week of training has gone really smoothly. Last Friday, I set out before work to try 12k, which was a pretty big test of my foot. The run went really well, and so I set my sights on trying 16k, 5 days later. I got up at 5:30 yesterday morning and headed out at 6:15. The run went quite well, and it felt to be out in the country again early in the morning.
I wore my heart rate monitor, and it was quite interesting to observe my heart rate lower than what it typically would be. As I was leasurely jogging down Laurelwood, my heart rate was actually below 130, which I've never seen before while running. And many times throughout my route, I'd look down and see it in the 140s. Again, usually I would be in the low to mid 150s.
Although my watch-to-PC link is broken these days, the watch was able to tell me my average heart rate, which was 145. My time was 1:57, and the distance was 17. So:
Heart beats = 145 * 117 = 16965
Distance = 17000 m
Weight = 184
Efficiency = 16965/17000 = 998 millibeats per metre
Efficiency normalized for weight = 5.424 millibeats per lb-m
Past numbers:
May 2007: 21 km in 2:04:44 at 165 bmp and 180 lbs:
980 millibeats per metre, 5.444 millibeats per lb-m
January 2008: 12.3 km in 1:27 at 148 bmp and 190 lbs:
1040 millibeats per metre, 5.445 millibeats per lb-m
All of that being said, it looks like my efficiency numbers are pretty good, it's just the endurance of my legs after a three week period of no running that remains worrisome.
With this 17k run behind me, I'm nervously starting to process what all I need to do to get myself to the starting line on the 25th. Eek! For example, I haven't even looked up where the race starts, where to pick up my bib number, what the route looks like, etc.
And I wonder how the actual race will go. Will I finish? If so, will I limp across the finish line? Only time will tell. Let's hope for the best.
Here are is my final training graph, with the last week and a bit projected rather than actual:
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Here are is my "max weekly run" graph, with the last week projected:
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And here is my current weight graph. Looks like I'll be at about where I was hoping!
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Watching TV on the web
May 9, 2008
We all knew it was coming... TV shows to your computer screen, on demand. But it's always been a shady business of downloading shows with a P2P app, waiting a few hours, and then, finally, watching your show.
Last night Meredith discovered that now you can watch shows directly from ctv.ca! I'm amazed!
We watched an episode of LOST last night on the laptop and I'm just starting episode 10 now. Definitely a new level of convience, and the quality is impressive.
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