I don’t know if I said this yet, but I really like Lifeblog. Ok, so I am heavily biased. But, I’d like to share one way in which using Lifeblog has been easier for me than any other tool.
Rapidly approaching an advanced age, I decided to take up running. I started gradually back in August and now I am regularly running a few times a week (6 km, woo-hoo!). After every run, I either sit at Lifeblog on the PC or, with Lifeblog 1.5 (coming soon, I promise!), use Lifeblog on the phone, to type in a Note of my run – the Running log.
I label every note with the title ‘Running’. I also change the time anchor to be roughly when I returned from the run. In the note I mention the route, the time, and anything interesting or notable about the run.
I also have added photos and graphics to the log. At home, I run a regular route, so I went to a local online mapping app, downloaded a map of my route, annotated it in Photoshop, and then imported and labeled it in Lifeblog. When I run while traveling, I usually take a picture of a map to show my route.
And here’s the final touch – whenever I want to look back on my running, maybe to see the times or maps, I just enter ‘Running’ into the search box and Voilá! My whole log is there. The key thing is just to label consistently, making it easier to search later on.
One thing I don’t do is show the days that have no items. Then I get to see all those days I didn’t run and end up feeling guilty when there are too many.
My running shoes
Running in San Diego – overlooking La Jolla Shores.
Running in Monaco – looking back over Monte Carlo
One of the runs I did in Monaco. Ran out of road, so I went the other way the next time.
The other run I did in Monaco.
Today, while running, looking over Seilimäki, in Espoo Finland. It was between -5 and -10 celsius. There was fresh snow on the ground.
