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Friday Nov 20, 2009 #
Running warm up/down 20:00 [1] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: 200906 NB MT620 BK
Running hills 31:23 6.0 km (5:14 / km)
shoes: 200906 NB MT620 BK
I didn't bike to work today because of morning rain.
Partly motivated by my uncharged mp3 player, I elected to do a hills workout today. After a pleasant warmup, I did six loops up Lowell St and down Craigie St. The absolute fastest I have ever run this hill was 1:30, and I believe 1:45 is a good target for hill intervals.
My original plan was to do 8 repeats, but I decided that my workout was successful, and I am concerned about increasing my training too rapidly. I wore running tights and a t-shirt; the temperature was 7 C and lightly breezy. I felt very good throughout the workout, and my ankle was strong and without pain or discomfort.
Splits were: up/down
2:04/2:25
1:53/3:19 (changed route down)
1:56/3:27
1:47/3:43
1:50/4:09
1:46/3:04
Contemplated that human behavior, much like robot swarms and possibly insect groups, is best described by the sum behavior of a large collection of individuals. While organization exists, like countries, cities, families, and so on, efforts to control, restrict or adjust the behavior of the group is very difficult. This is obvious with concerns like economics and environmentalism, but something as simple as reproduction is a nontrivial concern. Not unlike a virus, we could reproduce beyond our ability to sustain our population. While the world can support a fairly substantial population, many density problems exist - consider the volume of resources flowing in and out of major cities. It's a fascinating problem, particularly given that even given knowledge of the bounds of our support infrastructure, the collective might not make the optimal global decisions.
Partly motivated by my uncharged mp3 player, I elected to do a hills workout today. After a pleasant warmup, I did six loops up Lowell St and down Craigie St. The absolute fastest I have ever run this hill was 1:30, and I believe 1:45 is a good target for hill intervals.
My original plan was to do 8 repeats, but I decided that my workout was successful, and I am concerned about increasing my training too rapidly. I wore running tights and a t-shirt; the temperature was 7 C and lightly breezy. I felt very good throughout the workout, and my ankle was strong and without pain or discomfort.
Splits were: up/down
2:04/2:25
1:53/3:19 (changed route down)
1:56/3:27
1:47/3:43
1:50/4:09
1:46/3:04
Contemplated that human behavior, much like robot swarms and possibly insect groups, is best described by the sum behavior of a large collection of individuals. While organization exists, like countries, cities, families, and so on, efforts to control, restrict or adjust the behavior of the group is very difficult. This is obvious with concerns like economics and environmentalism, but something as simple as reproduction is a nontrivial concern. Not unlike a virus, we could reproduce beyond our ability to sustain our population. While the world can support a fairly substantial population, many density problems exist - consider the volume of resources flowing in and out of major cities. It's a fascinating problem, particularly given that even given knowledge of the bounds of our support infrastructure, the collective might not make the optimal global decisions.