Like many runners, I’m a bit obsessive about data. I love to collect it. I love to analyze it. I love to spend time visualizing with maps, graphs, charts and long lists of numbers. After all of my data is imported from my Garmin 405 and I’ve reviewed the hard numbers from the day’s run, one of my favorite things to do is send the data on over to Google Earth and watch as that big blue ball in the sky rotates and zooms in, aerial spy-like, to view the satellite imagery of... (more...)
The American Hiking Society website. Creators of National Trails Day. Today, the first Saturday in June, is National Trails Day, a day sponsored and promoted by the American Hiking Society to help promote the creation, upkeep and use of America’s 200,000+ miles of public-access trails. Created in 1993, the day has its roots in 1987′s report from the President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors, which endorsed the creation of a network of trails that would allow every single person... (more...)
A quick cellphone snapshot from the trail. Throughout the recovery process for my posterior tibial tendinitis and associated challenges, I’ve been doing a great deal of physical therapy that targets all of the stabilizing muscles in the lower legs. From rocker boards and wobble boards to stability pods, balance discs, foam rollers, resistance bands and a variety of balance exercises, I’ve been aggressively challenged with movements that have me on one foot, eyes closed, balancing precariously... (more...)
