the26milechallenge

Article about t26mc from work newsletter

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:31:39 +0000

Sorry about the delay. Here is a look at the newsletter from work called Cross Reference about the t26mc. Written by my coworker Donna Davis (thanks Donna!!!).

Cool.

Two bits of exciting news!

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:08:04 +0000

The story of the walk was featured in our department newsletter at work. I’ll scan or take a picture of it soon when I get a copy of it.

The other thing is that the Personal Trainer Walking “game” is pretty simple. Put the “Activity Meter” in your pocket and walk around. At the end of the day (or the end of a couple days) just start the game, click the Activity Meter and it transmits the data to the game. It tracks how many steps I’ve walked and when I’ve walked.

I’ll get a video of this up soon as well.

Personal Trainer: Walking

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:30:50 +0000

There is a game available for the Nintendo DS called Personal Trainer: Walking that came out earlier this year. The game, a term that should be used loosely, allows you to track your walking information by using the two Activity Meter accessories that come with the game. Basically, the Activity Meter is a pedometer.

I saw this earlier and thought about purchasing it but for $50 is was a bit expensive. Amazon has it on sale right now for $19.98 so with a few dollars shipping I couldn’t pass it up. Should be interesting to see exactly how it works.

Right now I don’t have any long distance walks planned but come Spring time I think I’ll be walking a lot more. In the mean time I think I’ll use this to see how many steps I take at work and stuff like that. I’ll post further details once I get the game.

Check out the website here: http://personaltrainerwalking.com/

And a funny/goofy video promoting it.

Arboretum 2

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:24 +0000

Also while we were walking around at the arboretum we saw this Banded Woolly Bear caterpillar. I was testing out the macro mode of the camera for the first time. You can see how it focuses on the street sometimes rather than the caterpillar. I need to use it more to figure out the optimum distance so that the macro mode works as its supposed to.

Arboretum

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:35 +0000

Yesterday I did my first walking since the big walk. Well, my first walking other than normal walking around at home and work. We went to the National Arboretum in Northeast DC. They have some koi there that normally you can feed. Unfortunately they apparently don’t allow the feeding in the Fall/Winter so the video isn’t as cool as it could be. These are some big fish though.

I feel like walking…

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:33:43 +0000

So I really feel like walking some more. The weather here right now (40s and rainy) isn’t really ideal for walking outside though. Hopefully by Sunday it’ll all be cleared up and I’ll go walking.

Anyone have a certain place they want the video check in from? Either some place I’ve been to or some place I haven’t. Let me know.

I’m thinking I should buy a new pedometer. I’ll look for something cheap online but if I can get the same price I’ll just buy one this weekend somewhere. I guess Target or Walmart should have a small selection, right?

Outtakes!

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:10:11 +0000

A collection of various outtakes from everything t26mc related.

The first one is out of focus because the camera was on macro mode. The second one I the lighting is terrible. This one includes a look at my 8GB memory card, wow, that’s sure exciting. The third clip features poor lighting and a bad angle with the camerawork. The fourth is a look at the GW parkway, wow! And the fifth clip features me calling the Lincoln monument the Jefferson (with a bonus look at my memory card packaging again). Enjoy.

Mobile Site up and running

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:20 +0000

Although I’m a fan of seeing the “real” internet on phones, some people like viewing mobile versions of websites when using their phone or iPod Touch. I’ve added a mobile version of the site that is available on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other smart phones.

Take a look and tell me what you think.

Of course if you aren’t feeling it, you can scroll to the bottom of your page (on the phone) and use the option to view the real site instead.

Not 26 miles…?

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:22:15 +0000

A quick bit of math using numbers from the maps shows the walk was about 27.02 miles. Who knows how accurate that is though. Which brings me to two things I haven’t pointed out.

1. The GPS iPhone app wasn’t working for me that day. Apparently I should have made sure it was up to date before setting out on the journey.

2. The pedometer fell off during the beginning of the walk. I looked to check it around an hour in to the walk and it was nowhere to be found. That kind of sucked. I was hoping to at least know how many steps it was.

These are things I need to consider more carefully next time. Next time?!?!? Right afterwards I thought I’d never attempt another walk like this. Now that nearly a week has gone by I’m not sure that’s the case. I can do two things.

1. Walk the same exact walk and try to do it quicker.

2. Walk more miles… 35? 40? Something like that.

What do you guys think?

Chronological Look at The Walk

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:12:42 +0000

I put up a quick page that shows The 26 Mile Challenge walk in chronological order all in one place so that you don’t have look through the site or figure it out on YouTube.

The Walk

Or you can click The Walk link up above in the menu bar at any time as well.