WayMarkr Run
I’ve been meaning to duct tape a WayMarkr to the front of a treadmill at the gym for a while now. I wanted to see the kind of funny faces I make when i’m running. I’ve also wanted to get back into running. The weather is nice and I am envious of all the people outside I see enjoying the springtime weather. In a conversation I had with Tikva yesterday around her thesis, in which she is facilitating technological interventions for people (that is helping them recede from technology), I realized that one thing that really centers me when I have too much going on is running.
This morning I went for a short run around Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill/Redhook with a WayMarkr taped to my lower back. I still have to perfect the adhesive method, or maybe find an exercise pouch that was originally made for iPods, so I didn’t end up with a lot of photos as the tape came loose once I got into the workout. I am surprised by the high quality photos, I thought they would be much jerkier, and as always fascinated by the rear view mirror perspective that WayMarkr affords. You can see the full photo set here.
Running, especially when you haven’t done it for a while, isn’t pleasant. Things creak and your legs feel like lead. For me the pleasure of running when not in shape is the calmness of walking after running. When you’re beat and are just glad you aren’t running. It’s kind of like the joke about the guy coming to the rabbi because his home is so noisy he cannot stand it. I’ll have to tell it to you sometime.
