Getting out of doors
The iPhone experience to this point has been quite fantastic, must say. I’ll try not to be one of those gushing fan-boys and tell you you’re missing out (one douche on Twitter told me my world would go from black-and-white to color), but you’re really missing out. If you have a hobby, and hobby, there’s an application on the phone that you should probably have. My hobby right now is trying to get my health in order. And for that, the iPhone is fantastic.
Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong website has a whole section dedicated to weight loss. For $2.99, they sell an app which links up to the site and allows you to input your daily food intake and exercise. It also graphs your weight loss. I like that particular feature because it makes such steep-looking lines to celebrate my 2-pound weekly loss.
There’s also a great app called RunKeeper which uses the iPhone’s GPS feature to track the distance and pace of your run walk waddle. I turn it on, hit the tunes, and I’m out the door. It did a great job today while I walked the Esplanade downtown after work. And, bonus, it said I shaved like 2-minutes off my time since the last time I did the walk. So that’s cool too.
Sidebar: The scenery wasn’t all that great after work today. Why was that? Is it because the girls prefer to run in Spring and not Summer? Was 78-degrees just too warm? I don’t get it. Perhaps a one-day sample wasn’t enough (I’ll admit I’ve been slacking on the post-work Esplanade thing…the blister on the sole of my left foot can attest to that).
My trip to Redding and Ashland ten days ago along with a piece on NPR this past weekend about hiking the Appalachian Trail has whetted my appetite for hiking. Nothing too strenuous. Perhaps a walk to the top of Multnomah Falls. Or any number of other cool hikes here locally. But it’s going to require a good pair of boots and a hat.
