Map Your Photos!

Check it out. This is an amazing tool for runners to be able to record and display the experience of a race (or maybe just a normal run, why not?) I wish that I had been able to do something like this for the marathon I ran in 2006 (maybe taking all those photos would have distracted me from the pain too!)

This video shows a running route with photos on it, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (the race was the Turkey Trot back in Nov 2007). Ralph Yozzo created it -- he's an avid runner as well as technology fan-- he's been working on something that uses GPS to track your location and upload a photo from your camera-phone automatically-- but then you can also upload better photos manually (camera-phone photos are not always the best, and not everyone has GPS)

I hope this tool becomes available to us all soon!

Check out the video:

Joining the resolution: Nike Plus scrapable Flash widget

I heart Flash widgets. Now you can post a widget with your 2008 running goals on your blog or website like so:



Of course you must be a Nike+ user to use it. If you haven't seen Nike+, you should check it out (nikeplus.com)--it's my favorite thing Nike has ever done, product-wise, and a project whose precursor, NikeRunning.com, I worked on at R/GA.

Only problems with this widget is the "xx day remaining" which should be DAYS, and the fact that this is a monthly goal which is part of a new year's resolution doesn't appear anywhere on the widget.

(my goal: to run the NY marathon in under 5 hours!!)

Here's a screenshot of the site:

VIVA LA RESOLUTION!

Marathon Sadness

A tragic day for marathon fans today as Ryan Shay passes away inexplicably at mile 5 of the Olympic trials. An Olympic favorite, Ryan Shay was running with his good friend Ryan Hall and other "usual suspects" to compete for the US Olympic team in New York City today, on the eve of the great NYC Marathon, which happens tomorrow morning.

An article in the NY Times describes the shock and disbelief at the sudden death of this fit 28-year-old whom many people admired.

read the NY Times article >

Just another reminder to enjoy every moment of your life....