Eight steps to become superhuman

March 8, 2010
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Our species is wired for quick feedback loops. We’re compelled towards tiny victories. Some fancy-pants professors link this compulsion to pleasure centers in the brain. I prefer the simple explanation: quick achievement is fun. Quick response and useful targets create stunning results. Take classic biofeedback – watching your pulse rate change as you try to relax. I mastered stress reduction in [...]

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Seven lessons on Twitter crowdsourcing

March 2, 2010
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I created my first twitter contest three weeks ago. As a novice twitterer, I learned a hell of a lot along the way. Here’s the contest: we need a tagline to describe Roadbud in just a few words. In return: one top-of-the-line iPhone. The game is simple to describe, but difficult to win. I understand every [...]

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Roadbud version 1.0 launch slip

February 28, 2010
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Roadbud was originally slated to ship by March 1. It isn’t ready – we’re still spraying for aphids. I don’t like slipping the schedule, but we need to stand behind good software. Roadbud will ship around March 15 instead. We’re excited about what this iPhone running app will do. A good number of other runners [...]

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How to iPhone in the snow

February 26, 2010
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Another blizzard is slamming into NJ today. We already have piles of snow on the ground and it isn’t expected to stop until tomorrow night. Meanwhile, I’m hoping to get out for a run with my iPhone. One little problem with using an iPhone in the snow. You can’t operate the screen while wearing gloves [...]

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Strong song – Hella Good

February 23, 2010
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Time to admit a nasty little habit – I sometimes enjoy “girly” music. — Too much Pink Floyd warped my musical sensibilities as a kid. I mindlessly accepted that “Disco Sucks” and spent a long time painted in that corner. The day I caved is seared in my brain. A friend gave me Madonna’s debut album. [...]

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Ok to root for a Canadian?

February 15, 2010
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Amazing interview with Clara Hughes (Canadian Olympic speedskater / cyclist) on CBC (I was hoping to tune in Wayne’s World). Bringing your body and your brain to the place to output maximal efforts physically while remaining completely calm in your head and remaining technically efficient is to me the ultimate challenge. What I expect of myself [...]

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Workout gear – Body Glide

February 14, 2010
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Doctors are amazingly devoted to healing their patients. They just can’t know everything about everyone – particularly oddjobs who like to run. So doctors think about what works for most patients. Mainly, this works fine. Just remember you’re a little different from most people. Always pay close attention to your body (except when it tells [...]

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Crowdsourcing our tagline

February 9, 2010
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We had a great experience with crowdsourcing our logo a few days ago. Some people call this “the wisdom of crowds” – the idea that a crowd of people can come up with great concepts. It should be fun, even on the off-chance it doesn’t pan out. Crowdsourcing relies on a mass of strangers to [...]

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Working out for a reason

February 7, 2010
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This isn’t a normal exercise or “healthy eating” article. But it’s important to remember why exercise is worth it. A pretty decent snowstorm rolled through town yesterday and dropped maybe seven inches. Good news for me. I love winter sports – even shoveling snow. Honestly. We live in one of the few remaining neighborhoods in [...]

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Strong song – Badlands

February 1, 2010
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This post starts a weekly series of “strong songs” – music for digging deeper. I listen to all types of music when I run. Fast and slow. Jazz and rap, alternative and country. Once, I even tried an NPR podcast. The idea is to take me out of my head, where I think about pain. [...]

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