18 November 2004

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Running log I don’t know if I said this yet, but I really like Lifeblog. Ok, so I am heavily biased. But, I’d like to share one way in which using Lifeblog has been easier for me than any other tool.<br><br>Rapidly approaching an advanced age, I decided to take up running. I started gradually back in August and now I am regularly running a few times a week (6 km, woo-hoo!). After every run, I either sit at Lifeblog on the PC or, with Lifeblog 1.5 (coming soon, I promise!), use Lifeblog on the phone, to type in a Note of my run – the Running log.<br><br>I label every note with the title ‘Running’. I also change the time anchor to be roughly when I returned from the run. In the note I mention the route, the time, and anything interesting or notable about the run. <br><br>I also have added photos and graphics to the log. At home, I run a regular route, so I went to a local online mapping app, downloaded a map of my route, annotated it in Photoshop, and then imported and albeled it in Lifeblog. When I run while traveling, I usually take a picture of a map to show my route.<br><br>And here’s the final touch – whenever I want to look back on my running, maybe to see the times or maps, I just enter ‘Running’ into the search box and Violá! My whole log is there. The key thing is just to label consistently, making it easier to search later on.<br><br>One thing I don’t do is show the days that have no items. Then I get to see all those days I didn’t run and end up feeling guilty when there are too many.

charlie

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