Thoughts on the Run» Technology http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress Ideas from the Road Mon, 21 May 2012 17:45:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Think Crazy to Redefine Everything http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/11/29/think-crazy-to-redefine-everything/ http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/11/29/think-crazy-to-redefine-everything/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:03:19 +0000 Alex http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/?p=693 1:10:45 – 6.5 miles

Sometimes you have to think crazy in order to redefine everything.

That’s my ah ha moment of my run this morning. Every once and awhile a line comes to me like this that allows my brain to drift for a few miles. It brought me back to registering for http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/11/29/think-crazy-to-redefine-everything/feed/ 4 2011 – Year of Speed http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/01/25/2011-year-of-speed/ http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/01/25/2011-year-of-speed/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:35:05 +0000 Alex http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/?p=435 38:10 – 4 miles

My goal for this year is to actually train for a marathon. Yes, I have done 6 marathons, but really only trained for the first one. In keeping with stretching goals, looking at a 50 mile trail race in July. Just putting it out there!

It’s funny how muscle memory works. [...]]]> http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2011/01/25/2011-year-of-speed/feed/ 2 Advice to College Students http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2010/02/19/advice-to-college-students/ http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2010/02/19/advice-to-college-students/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:18:04 +0000 Alex http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/?p=319 1:42:00 – 8.5 miles

A friend posted a status update yesterday that she was going to speak to college students and offer career advice. She made the joke that they should get a degree and then work in a job that has nothing to do with it. While it’s funny, it seems to happen often.

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The mental aspect of running is fascinating to me. I’m pushing my pace and mentally telling myself that I’m still going slowly. Seems to be working. The main reason I am doing this is not so that I can run faster now, but because I know I will be running faster [...]]]> http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2009/04/22/pace-pusher/feed/ 0 CNN Word Cloud http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2009/03/25/cnn-word-cloud/ http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2009/03/25/cnn-word-cloud/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:45:55 +0000 Alex http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2009/03/25/cnn-word-cloud/ 01:33:00 – 9 miles

Stepped up the pace and noticing I picked up an extra mile in the same time as last week … and feeling great!

Last night was a Presidential news conference and following the speech, CNN had a word cloud ready to go. In the online marketing world that my career lives, [...]]]> http://thoughtsontherun.com/wordpress/2009/03/25/cnn-word-cloud/feed/ 0