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Thursday Aug 14, 2008 #
Running 23:27 [3] 2.89 km (8:07 / km) +55m 7:25 / km
shoes: Brooks
Quick run before Michael Phelps is due on TV. One hill route cut short a little.
Felt good. A little winded running downhill, but I didn't have to stop. I did the whole uphill without stopping, which is about as good as I can hope for most days. I was feeling it at the top of the hill, and then I cruised in on the flat. Nice run.
Felt good. A little winded running downhill, but I didn't have to stop. I did the whole uphill without stopping, which is about as good as I can hope for most days. I was feeling it at the top of the hill, and then I cruised in on the flat. Nice run.
Saturday Aug 9, 2008 #
Running 27:42 [3] 3.5 km (7:55 / km) +55m 7:20 / km
max:168 shoes: Brooks
One hill route without a loop of the rec center.
Started out with a full stomach (90 minutes after eating), and it was really hard to get started. Had to stop again running downhill. A little worse than last time---I could tell I'd throw up if I kept running. Heard fireworks from the Union Center Bash.
The hill was a killer today, but I really started to feel good in the last 800m or so.
I so so so need to run more.
Finished a book this week. "Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production", by Taiichi Ohno. He is considered the architect of the TPS, and I was expecting this to be dull and boring and hard-to-read. I've read several books that tried to explain the ideas behind Toyota's success, and the only reason I read this one when I did was because of a video I saw recently of John Boyd where he mentions Taiichi Ohno. I was amazed to find that it is quite readable. It's now very high on my list of "Lean" books to recommend. The single most amazing thing about this book is that my reading of it tells me that a lot of books claiming to explain the Toyota Production System don't do a good job. Ohno not only uses crystal clear explanations, he also puts the ideas in historical context, explaining where the ideas came from and how they developed over time. One odd thing I learned is that Henry Ford's ideas are strongly represented at Toyota. It almost seems like Ford Motor Company deviated from Ford's ideas after he died. I might just have to dig up a copy of Ford's 1926 book "Today and Tomorrow", even though I'd expect it to be dull and boring and hard-to-read...
Started out with a full stomach (90 minutes after eating), and it was really hard to get started. Had to stop again running downhill. A little worse than last time---I could tell I'd throw up if I kept running. Heard fireworks from the Union Center Bash.
The hill was a killer today, but I really started to feel good in the last 800m or so.
I so so so need to run more.
Finished a book this week. "Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production", by Taiichi Ohno. He is considered the architect of the TPS, and I was expecting this to be dull and boring and hard-to-read. I've read several books that tried to explain the ideas behind Toyota's success, and the only reason I read this one when I did was because of a video I saw recently of John Boyd where he mentions Taiichi Ohno. I was amazed to find that it is quite readable. It's now very high on my list of "Lean" books to recommend. The single most amazing thing about this book is that my reading of it tells me that a lot of books claiming to explain the Toyota Production System don't do a good job. Ohno not only uses crystal clear explanations, he also puts the ideas in historical context, explaining where the ideas came from and how they developed over time. One odd thing I learned is that Henry Ford's ideas are strongly represented at Toyota. It almost seems like Ford Motor Company deviated from Ford's ideas after he died. I might just have to dig up a copy of Ford's 1926 book "Today and Tomorrow", even though I'd expect it to be dull and boring and hard-to-read...