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About Blender Fox

Recreational road-runner, blender/CG rookie, linux user (LE-1, LPIC-1, SUSE CLA 11, SUSE 11 Tech Spec), programmer, avid tinkerer (I'm always breaking things), self-confessed anime & manga otaku & japanophile

Half Marathon Training – Day 10

Today’s run was a complete failure. Most of my runs recently have been depressingly bad and work hasn’t really helped. If anything, it’s contributing to my lack of motivation.

Ubuntu Saucy Salamander

I’ve been running with Ubuntu on my desktop for a long time, even after upgrading it to 4GB RAM (it’s a really old PC). Nonetheless, Lubuntu (which is Ubuntu with LXDE) prompted me to upgrade from Raring to Saucy. I did, and as with all Ubuntu upgrades, it took absolutely ages to complete. But after a reboot, I noticed the login screen is now identical to the LXDE login screen of my Fedora box (which is also using LXDE). This is good and bad — good in that it gives users a consistent login experience regardless of distribution, but bad in the sense that the identity of Ubuntu has been slightly lost.

What’s New In Ubuntu 13.10 “Saucy Salamander,” for Desktop and Phones (lifehacker.com)
Ubuntu Studio 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Officially Released – Screenshot Tour (news.softpedia.com)
Ubuntu 13.10 ‘Saucy Salamander’ Final has been released! | Installation Instructions With Screenshots (unixmen.com)
Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander lands with mostly minor tweaks (engadget.com)
How To Upgrade From Ubuntu 13.04 Raring To Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander (unixmen.com)
Ubuntu Saucy Salamander is Here (phoenixoperands.wordpress.com)

Half Marathon Training – Day 9

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: EASY 3.70 KM IN 28M:11S

Achieved: 3.73K, 22:17min

Next Run: Sunday, LONG RUN 10.00 KM IN 1H:16M:10S

Half Marathon Training – Day 9

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Target: EASY 3.70 KM IN 28M:11S

Achieved: 2.83k, 18:44min. Today was the first day I tried using my new Polar heart monitor. Not a watch, but a chest strap version, and it uses Bluetooth. My previous attempt at using this wrecked havoc on my tracking, but today, it seemed OK. It tracked my heart okay, and it also let me see where my heart rates tended to be. In today’s run, my average BPM was 140, and max 171. I think I can hit higher, but today was an easy run. I really like Endomondo’s bar chart which tells you on what band you spent most of of your heart rate. For VO2 training, you need to hit Anerobic or Maximum, which is bands 4 and 5. The heart rate bands are configurable, so now I need to figure out how to calibrate my bands….

Next Run: Saturday, EASY 3.70 KM IN 28M:11S

Half Marathon Training – Day 8 (blenderfox.com)
Training Plan For Half Marathon (blenderfox.com)

Half Marathon Training – Day 8

Today’s training failed miserably. I was trying to use a new heart monitor, along with Zombies Run and Endomondo. I guess all of them together didn’t work very well together and kept dying. A reboot seemed to work, but we’ll see tomorrow. I have no run scheduled tomorrow, but I’ll run today’s tomorrow.

Airdrop Mode

New update to the app. Airdrop Mode. You select your target and whether you want to go there, or there and back, and you get a dynamic mission created for it. Might give it a go as part of my long run this weekend.