My phone went dead this morning.
When I picked it up to go running, I saw it was at 18%. I have an old iPhone 4 on its last legs and the battery drains really quickly, so I was worried that I wouldn't get my run in on the app before the phone died.
I didn't want to wait for it to charge more, so I went anyway.
I kept checking it to see if it had died, and it was still chugging along, like me.
I did my Olympic imitation again, and passed the same woman that I passed the other day, right before 2 miles.
"It's going to make it!" I thought. Then it died at 2.24 miles.
I kept going. No app is going to rule my life.
I hit what I guessed was about 2.46 and stopped. When I got the phone charged back up, it showed that I had run 2.24; that was where my mileage was when it died. But I know better.
I found out a few minutes ago that you can actually edit your mileage on the Nike + running app. Why they give you this ability, I don't know, but I'm glad because I was able to fix it.
I promise that my distances are what I say they are. Even if my app dies.
So here's something that you can really use: about a year ago, I heard about a guy named James Altucher. James is an entrepreneur, but he doesn't give you all the self-employment porn that a lot of other people do on the Internet. His philosophy is to make sure and "choose yourself" every day, even for a little while. James is an author and has a weekly podcast; his book "Choose Yourself" is one of the most influential books I've ever read. I have linked to his podcast from this blog a few times, because he talks about health and personal happiness as much as he talks about business and finance.
The best thing about him is that he gives away about 99% of his advice and info for free. Check out his website at www.jamesaltucher.com. You can get emails several times a week, alerts for his latest podcast, and yes, you can buy stuff if you want to.
Hope you check it out.
Today's run: 2.46 miles (really!), verified by me and the Nike + running app.
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