Stride length – Is it important?
Everywhere I goand almost everything running that I read recently seems to be talking about stride length. (Well not everything, but enough to make me stop and think) Athletics coaches refer to increasing stride length, books tell you that stretching will increase flexibility and thus stride length. But no-one tells you WHAT the optimal stride [...]
Does she mean me?
Out for a run this morning and coming the other way were a couple of ladies. Just as I went past, one of them said “good boy-well done” which I thought was a very odd thing to say. Then I realised that she was talking to the horse she was riding and not me… doh…
Running in the midwinter
It is very cold and icy in the UK and roadrunning is increasingly treacherous and even dangerous. Not only is the weather against us – it drops below freezing almost as soon as it is going dark. “Christmas cheer” spreads to motorists who think they can do what they want even more than they usually [...]
Nokia N82 sporttracker
OK, so the N82 has a nifty bit of software called the sporttracker. In a nutshell, you turn it on, put it into you pocket or whatever and set it going. It then “talks” to a satellite in the sky and you can track where you have been. Just noticed an option called “live sharing” [...]