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Run. Then run some more.
A big thank you to all my readers - it's been a blast writing about my experience training for the New York City Marathon and it was fun discovering, playing with and sharing all the fun digital tools that helped me track my progress and marathon race statistics along the way.
This post is the end of the road for 'Running for food'.
Go run. Then run some more.
Breaking 800
I have been training consecutively for 20 weeks in preparation for the ING New York City marathon.
My RunWell tracker reports that I have logged 491 miles.
I never would have donated as much food as I have to this date - 678 non-perishable food items - unless I were training for a marathon.
I decided to express my excitement for my upcoming race by making a significant donation of non-perishable goods. Below is a photo of a 15 lbs bag of rice, several industrial-sized cans of fruits and vegetables and Halloween candy that I dropped off at my local food pantry.
And I like round numbers.
So I'm going to top off my 'piling on the pounds' tally to 800.
8 days and counting to race day!
A comment about comments
I'm winding down from the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists convention and there is one session that continuously pops into my head - it was an open panel discussion on the use of commenting on websites.
'Commenting' is a topic that many journalists have an opinion on - some being strongly in favor of commenting being enabled on new websites and others ardently opposed.
Session title: Where to Stand on Standards
The panelists: Dennis Ryerson, editor/vice president, The Indianapolis Star; Bob Steele, visiting professor, DePauw University; Kevin Finch, news director, WISH-TV, Indianapolis
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The general concensus in the room was that comments on news websites are 80% negative diatribe.
Which made me think of all the running blogs I follow and the positive commenting that takes place on them.
Why do you think running blogs have the opposite behavior in their commenting sections than that of news organizations websites?
Also know that I have not conducted a formal study on this, I am speaking from personal observations.
Here are a few sites where I regularly read positive, supportive, informative comments from visitors:
Please leave a comment with your thoughts on this topic.
Miles ran - 16 (yesterday); 2 (today)
