Pausing the App and Recording My Total Run/Walk Time (#runforsteem post)
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Runnin' The App
This week I decided to do my usual run to work and work to train runs, but instead of stopping Strava and recording two separate runs I just paused it. I was hoping to also log some brisk walking miles at work between classes, and pausing the app definitely helped motivated me to hit record again and do some good loops around campus. The result of the route on Strava made me happy. It looks like I was trying to evade the authorities or something:
There is a stairwell in the old Mint Building that has exactly 100 steps. I make several loops around campus and try to hit that stairwell 3-4 times. It is really amazing how many miles I can end up accumulating like this. I actually use the walk time to catch up on work email.
The run portions were a little different on this day as well. I took a less interesting northern route to work because I had just posted a reflection on running it from a little while back, and decided to get some new pics to update that post. Here is one:
After work I met up with a good friend to talk about absolutely nothing but blockchain for two hours (!) in Rittenhouse Square. After that we walked to his son's school to pick him up, and then I said goodbye and ran back to the train.
As you can see above, I logged a total of 6.4 miles for the day. Not bad for a leisurely work commute and an afternoon chilling with a friend in a park on a warm spring day! Life is grand, especially when you get some movement throughout the day.
Cheers!
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That's pretty cool that you're able to get to and from work without a vehicle. I guess that's one advantage to living in the city huh?
When I do speed intervals I can't decide whether to stop the app during the rest / slower running period or just let the watch keep running. It definitely makes it hard to analyze my performance for each interval but I usually do a quarter mile between each longer interval so I need the watch running to tell me when I've hit my alloted rest distance (I consider a long speed interval being a mile or more).
I wish I could run to work on some days but I live about a marathon distance away from my work place and the fastest route requires driving on a 14 mile stretch of interstate highway (no pedestrians allowed). Not that I could run a marathon distance right now. Maybe 20 miles at most. I'd be quite a sight if I did manage to run to work one day.
I live near a high speed train line, so I usually take the train part way. If I take it to the end, it’s 1.1 miles the rest of the way to work. If I go just over the bridge into the city it’s more like 2. If I stay in Jersey and run over the bridge it’s 3. Door to door is 8.5, but I only do that now and then when I’m close to a 10-miler I do every spring. If you have any kind of public transportation option you might be able to be creative.
That is a great way to stay motivated to move all throughout the day! It definitely does make for a funny map!
And it’s so cool that @runningproject got a video of me walking around work! ^^
Haha! Love it!
Well done nice to see you are in good progress with your running make sure to keep us posted
Very nice - wtf! 😄
I know, right? I just wander around aimlessly until I’m out of time.
"Running in the snow has its own special qualities - softness, quiet, the white landscape - and it can make you feel like a kid again."
-Claire Kowalchik, The Complete Book of Running for Women
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