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December 9, 2011

Oh dear. The Internet is upside-down again.

In the loopy world of blogs, this is the first post you'll see. For us, it's the last.

From the time this blog launched with several contributors, it has always been in a bit of a gerrymandered space between the sports and health worlds, with some transportation and food thrown in.

We've lost some voices in the year since then, so it's with some relief that those of us still active move to Picture of Health this month. We hope you'll come with us so we won't have to miss you.

It's been fun. Thanks for all the comments!

Photo credit: Getty Images

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 6:09 AM | | Comments (2)
        

November 8, 2011

October's most popular posts

Here are our most popular posts in October, by percentage of page views:

1. Antelope tackles mountain biker

2. Man dies running Chicago Marathon

3. Baltimore Marathon street closures, from Michael Dresser

4. Marathon cheater du jour

5. Stephen Muange is Baltimore Marathon winner; Shurkhno repeats for women

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 12:07 PM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Technology
        

October 17, 2011

The Baltimore Marathon looks for a runner tracking fix

From the running festival on FB (via Liz Kay):

Baltimore Running Festival

Following up on the runner tracking issues: for the people who did not receive tracking messages but signed up, did any of you do it before 4AM on Saturday, Oct. 15th? Apparently 328 registered after 4AM Saturday and their information never got into our vendor's system.

FYI: we posted the tracking registration closed at 7AM on Saturday. Our vendor was supposed to shut down the website at that point, but did not. What the issue was between 4AM-6:59AM is still being investigated.

(Continues ...)

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Posted by Patrick Maynard at 4:24 PM | | Comments (1)
Categories: Baltimore Running Festival, Running, Technology
        

October 6, 2011

An Apple II blast from the past

In honor of ... well, you know.


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Posted by Patrick Maynard at 9:45 AM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Technology
        

January 31, 2011

Update on those electricity-generating bikes

The Green Revolution bike modification company that I wrote about here and here hasn't approached the Maryland Athletic Club, according to the the club's head of personal training programs, Jeff Urban, but he says he's intrigued by the idea.

Urban, who is relatively new to the MAC after a long career elsewhere, told me this morning that the trend he's seen in equipment lately has been away from specialized, high-tech solutions and back toward the basics, with "a lot of studio facilities that have popped up; they'll include bars, weights, ropes and pulleys."

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Posted by Patrick Maynard at 1:59 PM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Bicycling, General Fitness, Gym, Technology
        

September 27, 2010

A rather pedestrian debut

I’m Patrick Maynard, and I’ll be writing about running and walking for this blog. At 501 N. Calvert Street, I twiddle knobs and switches on the Baltimore Sun’s cluster of related sites. While I have writing experience with other papers and have written a few briefs and short pieces for the Sun, I’ve mainly been a tech and presentation guy during my time here.

I enjoy racing occasionally, but I’m no Maurice Pointer, so if you have a favorite hike, race or other on-foot topic to rave about, there’s a good chance that it’s new and interesting to me: Send me a note about it, or leave a comment. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Posted by Patrick Maynard at 8:55 AM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Introductions, Running, Technology, Walking, Working
        
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Andrea Siegel, a reporter at The Baltimore Sun, covers mostly crime and courts in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as well as legal issues. She wishes she was more physically fit, and, as she's more fond of chocolate than exercise, fitness is a challenge. Her partner on a one-mile-plus daily walk is the family dog, a mixed breed named Moxie, and she exercises at the gym where the D.C. snipers once worked out.
Jerry Jackson has been a photo editor at The Baltimore Sun for 14 years and an avid cyclist for more than 30 years. Inspired by the movie "Breaking Away," he started racing as a teenager in Mississippi when leather "brain baskets" were still the norm. He regularly commutes to work by bike and still enters several mountain bike races a year for fun.
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Patrick Maynard, who will be writing about running and walking, has been a producer for baltimoresun.com since 2008. In 2009, he tweeted on-course for the Sun from the Baltimore Marathon, finishing in just under 4 hours and almost managing to run the whole time. He sometimes walks to the Sun offices on Calvert Street.
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Leeann Adams, a multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun, also dabbles in content for the mobile website and iPhone app and covers the Ravens via video. She did a triathlon to celebrate her 40th birthday and continues to swim, bike and run -- none of them quickly, though. Her biggest fitness challenge is to balance working, working out, spending time with her husband and being a mom to a 6-year-old boy.
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Anica Butler, the Sun's crime editor, is a former high school runner and recovering vegetarian who spent more of her early-adult years on a bar stool than working out. She is currently training (though poorly) for a half marathon and is trying to live a generally healthier lifestyle. She also hates the gym.
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