Outdoors
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From 2008, this has been on my exercise mix for a while. The Red Helmet (2008) from Tyler Young Films on Vimeo.
Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo. Beautiful footage with a great soundtrack by M83 (“Outro” from the “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming”)
One of the great tools of the web (and mobile) has been the emergence of social tools with an exercise-centered focus. Â As a competitive data geek who loves to play outdoors, these tools really excite me. Â I bought my first heart rate monitor (HRM) Â – an old Polar that had […]
Simply put, how cool are these!? Want one of your own? Â Get your orders in here by Sunday, April 8th! Look for them “in the wild” this spring.
 Garmin is, hands down, some of the best GPS and heart rate hardware. Their software, however, leaves something to be desired. In fact, they leave a few things to be desired. I’ll skip over some of the technical complaints (like site or product bugs – search Amazon reviews for those) […]
I recently began reading Christopher McDougall’s, “Born To Run”. Â I had heard of it from a few places, including my wife, but my interest really wasn’t piqued until I saw the following TED video (below). Â I finally saw the book on a friends bookshelf and stole it since it was […]
How many trees make a cord? Â Well, it depends on the size of the trees, obviously. Â I’ve wondered this myself and finally stumbled across this information from the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension. Â This 1-page PDF from UNH describes an easy way to estimate the amount of firewood you’ll […]
If you follow me on Twitter or DailyMile you’ll know that I spend a lot of time running, hiking, and skiing with my dog. Getting her out for a run has been a big motivator to get me out and it’s morphed into bringing her along as much as possible. […]