Apr 16-19, 2008: 4 Runs in AL: 3, 6, 3, & 9.3 (Statue-to-Statue Race)

I kept up with the Daily Source Code, caught up with This American Life, and Phedippidations. Steve, host of Phedippidations, is about to run Boston. So, that last few shows have been about the course, Steve's preparation, and some historical stuff about Boston. Good shows.

Gear Rants:

• The Motorola S9 bluetooth headset has lot its ability to manage volume again. So, I will be sending it back for the fourth time.
• iTunes continues to sporadically delete the physical file for a podcast. This forces me to download the file manually and tell iTunes where the file is located so I can manage this in iTunes. I first logged this in the Apple discussion forum on March 25, 2007 (Yes, over a year ago!). Apple archived this discussion, so I added it again (After a Year, Podcasts file STILL disappear from harddrive during sync). I would have to say that as a podcatcher, iTunes f**king sucks! I still have ghost listings of podcasts that are not on my harddrive, not in my iTunes library, not in my iTunes Podcasts library, but show up in iTunes playlists (Stranded Podcasts and Playlists That Have "Non-Existent" Podcast episodes on Apple's Discussion Forum).
• Finally, the Garmin 305's battery was died during my 3 mile run on April 16. I don't know if I accidentally left it on, its button got pushed in the special carry case I bought, or what. I am assuming user error at this point.
  

My running is going well. I just finished the Statue-to-Statue run yesterday and look at my history:

• 2008 - 1:17:39
  
• 2007 - 1:20:48
• 2006 - 1:25:55

I sure can't complain about that. This is a very tough run with some serious hills.

A friend of mine sent me this humorous picture since I am reading The God Delusion:

What a hoot!

Data

04/19/2008: Statue-to-Statue Run, Birmingham, AL

	Distance:	9.38 Miles
	Time:	1:17:39
	Heart Rate:	165
	Pace:	8:16
	Weather:	Few clouds Temperature-55° Humidity-77%
	Route

04/18/2008: Neighborhood

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:28
Heart Rate:	157
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Clear Temperature-52° Humidity-83%

04/17/2008: Neighborhood

Distance:	6 Miles
Time:	54:54
Heart Rate:	156
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Clear Temperature-47° Humidity-80%

04/16/2008: Neighborhood

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:36
Pace:	9:12
Weather:	Clear Temperature-39° Humidity-82%