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All done for now

Patrick — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:37:30 +0000

I’m going to stop posting on here for a long while. Possibly forever.

When I first started this site, my employer was the Annapolis Capital, a wonderful paper that (at the time) had no running or transportation blogs. Now, however, I work for the Baltimore Sun, which within the last year has launched both a wonderful transportation blog and, more recently, a very nice running section. Since these vastly outdo my blog in terms of quality and quantity, I’m happy to say that it’s now quite redundant.

That said, I’d still love to see you at a Friday meetup, as those will continue.

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Yes, but is it good with mustard?

Patrick — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:01:40 +0000

A story on TechRadar.com tells of a new RFID pill the could tell runners or bicyclists if they’re in danger of a heart attack from overheating. The pill, an experimental device developed by a team of Netherlands researchers, is essentially a thermometer that you swallow; it is designed to be passed shortly after the race, according to the article.

The story focuses mostly on the questions of how race organizers could use the pill and whether runners would actually be interested in using it.

That second question, however, might eventually be a non-issue if the first is figured out. I imagine that most insurance companies would fairly quickly start mandating any successful version of such a device for running events. Imagine how many lawsuits could be prevented if race organizers could simply say “your computer told you to stop. That heart attack was not our fault.”

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(Post edited December 2008)

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Looking for more voices

Patrick — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:52:30 +0000

One of the main goals of this blog is to build community.

Specifically, I want a community of happy, well-adjusted people who like to discuss walking, biking, running and related topics. Maybe sometimes they’ll even walk and run together. Maybe they’ll even spontaneously break into song once in awhile. You never know.

Starting on the very modest level of my blog, I would like to invite you into that community. If you would like to write about walking and/or running in the Baltimore area, please e-mail my gmail account, which is named “patrickmaynard” (minus the qoutes, of course). I’m not posting it with the little twirly “at” symbol because evil robots will pick it up and send me spam, but I’m sure you can figure it out.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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