We’re all entering an era where we get to decide what level of automation we want for just about anything. Do we want the free flowing unmediated experience of just running and feeling it all. Do we want feedback, agency, or even at the extreme, the work done for us? It’s all possible now, unlike at any point in history.
Second only to note-taking apps, my phone is full of fitness trackers. Magness makes the important point that we have a choice to make about our own agency in fitness.
I’m deciding to not take this any further than using these analytical outputs for seeing the broad rhythms of my training. My main motivation for even doing these things is to be active and healthy. In part, this surely has to be staying aware of my perceived fitness and capacity for training. My watch can provide some perspective, but I won’t cede control to it.
Finished my quarterly review. I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on how things went, recognize the achievements, learn from the challenges, and prepare for the next few months. Always time well spent.
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter —
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. We had to get to Dylan eventually. Hard to pick one song
Build Canada has a useful resource for the upcoming municipal elections in Toronto
Got some wood guitar picks from Tree Picks. Sound good and feel nice
A large coffee kind of day
I like the new Recaps feature in Everlog. It uses on-device AI models to create monthly and annual summaries of journal entries. Works well and the mechanics are carefully explained to provide comfort about privacy implications
🎶🚴 Cheap Beer by FIDLAR got me through a tough interval on the bike this morning
🏃♂️ Action shot from my coach at this morning’s track workout
🎵 Match Head Girl by Iceage is some good pick-me-up punk rock. The whole album keeps up the energy
🏊♂️ A short test swim in the new lake. I’m looking forward to exploring the shoreline
Finished reading: I enjoyed Jack the Bodiless by Julian May. A fun premise and interesting mystery📚
Nice to see Apple starting to put more effort into generating health insights, like readiness. I have much of this already via other products, but they’re scattered about and don’t integrate well together.
🎵 Song of the week for my daughter —
The Night Starts Here by Stars from In Our Bedroom After the War. The two singers work well together
Dropped kid #2 off at Queen’s University to start engineering. Very excited for him! Now my wife and I need to sort out a new rhythm in a house without our kids
