Monthly Archives: May 2013

Running Thoughts

Couple of thoughts I have on running training. These are totally my opinion and do not reflect any training plan

  1. Start with a small lap near your home and jog that to get used to the feeling. If you have a public park nearby, use that.
  2. Plan a route using Google Maps or similar, try to find a route that is 1 KM or 1 mile. It helps you with distance training when you know how many laps you have to do.
  3. If you have a specific distance in mind (e.g. 5K, 10K), then try to plan that as well. Remember that a small lap can double-up – so a 10K can be two laps of a 5K route.
  4. Try not to include any hills to begin with — find a flat route so you are comfortable with the distance before introducing hills. Then, keep working the hills until you are comfortable with it, then work it up to a steeper hill, and try to match your time from the flat route. Then, take up the distance a notch and revert to flat terrain and repeat. e.g.: 3K flat, 5K flat, 5K light hills, 5K steep hills, 10K flat, 10K light hills, 10K steep hills, 20K flat, etc.
  5. Some people find monotony counter-productive. I am one of those. Running laps around the same area repeatedly gets pretty boring, especially when your lap is a small 1KM. If you’re like me, then run on the pavement/sidewalk, and plan your running route in advance. Use this opportunity to explore your area, you may find places you never knew existed.

Zombies, Run! 2 – Base Building

Okay, I have built all my buildings up to L3 and finally managed to fill in some gaps in my info thanks to the latest update to the app. So my Base Building FAQ is pretty much complete now. Here’s the link:

http://goo.gl/bAv2o

iCan’t: 5 Things Android Users Take For Granted and iPhone Users Just Can’t Do

I will resist the urge to gloat….

iCan’t: 5 Things Android Users Take For Granted and iPhone Users Just Can’t Do.

AKB49 (sic)

No, it’s not a typo, I’ve picked up a scanlated manga I stopped reading many months ago. AKB49 is about a boy who tries to help his best friend get into AKB but does so undercover as a girl. He succeeds in getting her in as a kenkyuusei (understudy) – but also ends up getting accepted as a kenkyuusei herself. Err. himself.

All manner of high jinks occur throughout the manga included his/her popularity increasing because of his honesty and straightforwardness.

I’ve now read up to the latest scanlated chapter (#123) and there are similar aspects to AKB0048 — the tough learning, unsupportive parents, lessons day-in, day-out, looking up to your seniors, waiting for your moment.

One thing that really struck me is the similarity between episode 26 of the AKB0048 anime (Next Stage Ep # 13) and the Gekokujyou Vs &Jewel duel. In the anime, the kenkyuusei had to overcome the hatred of their audience after their apparent desertion of the planet Akibastar (play on the word “Akihabara“). In the manga, the Gekokujyou (the subunit of the AKB kenkyuusei consisting of the three main protagonist characters) agreed to a musical duel against &Jewel on their (&Jewel’s) home theatre, leading to a hugely hostile audience. Both teams had 3 songs, plus a possible encore within which to win over their audience. Within one song, GJ dented &Jewel’s effect, the second got them mostly on their side, the third, they let rip and the &Jewel were forced to admit total defeat. After that, the main protagonist – Minoru (f: Minori) collapsed from over-exhaustion, his secret almost revealed. He was saved by the legendary Maeda Atsuko who would keep his secret. Since GJ only had three songs released at this time, they had no encore song, so they sang &Jewel’s song, and did it perfectly. Even the hardened &Jewel fan couldn’t fault them.

Three songs, one encore, total domination.

#1 Draw their attention

#2 Capture their hearts

#3 120%, show everything you have.