Friday, April 13, 2012

Uggh! GPs and getting lost

I can admit it I'm a bit of a techie. So when it comes to my running I've been using a GPS app for my blackberry and using the information to analyze my progress.  Now this has led to a couple of observations about myself.

First, I need to pay a little more attention to where I'm going.  I start out with a planned route and distance.  As I'm out there running listening to the music and thinking about the info that the running app is telling me I loose track of where I am.  I end up turning a block early or late (usually early) and not making the distance that I have planned.  Of course I end up cursing myself every time.

Secondly, I have no patience.  After each workout I hit the upload button and the little wheel spins for what feels like forever.  After 30 seconds or so I get mad because I don't think it's doing anything and restart my phone.  I try to synchronize the data once it restarts and the little wheel appears again.  I get mad and start pressing buttons.  Now I have discovered that if I had just let the little wheel spin until it was finished things would have a) taken a lot less time  and b) the data would not be there 3 times.

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