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Effortlessly Compare Strava Activities with This New Tool

If you’re a cyclist, runner, or triathlete, chances are you’ve spent more time than you’d like clicking back and forth between Strava tabs to figure out where you gained or lost time on a ride. I’ve been there — juggling two activity pages, scrolling, mentally matching segments, and trying to keep my eyes from glazing over.

That’s exactly why I built the Strava Segment Comparator Extension.

It’s a lightweight, privacy-friendly tool that runs entirely in your browser, lets you quickly compare any two Strava activities, and shows segment-by-segment differences in both time and speed. Whether you’re racing a friend, analyzing your improvement, or just curious how different routes stack up, this extension saves you time and keeps your focus where it matters — the data.

You can also see all the TL;DR here.

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Slow Down to Speed Up: Mastering Zone 2 for Better Running

Running is often associated with pushing harder, going faster, and constantly challenging yourself. However, the true secret to improving your endurance and overall performance lies in the often-overlooked practice of running in control (=you will feel it as slow). 

Specifically, training in your Zone 2, also known as the “aerobic base building” zone, can yield remarkable benefits for runners of all levels. We can dive into it a bit later in this post.

But what exactly is Zone 2 running, and why is it so beneficial? 

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How To Run Your Next Trail Mararthon

Trail running marathons are a true test of endurance and determination and require careful preparation and planning to ensure a successful race day. 

I’ve been running marathons and ultra-marathons for the past 25 years. Along the way, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from some of the best trail runners in the world and gather insights. 

In this blog post, I’ll share some things that work for me – It will (hopefully) help you prepare for your next trial run.

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How To Pack To An Ironman Like A Pro

Preparing for an Ironman triathlon requires significant time, effort, and dedication. As the race approaches, packing is one of the most crucial aspects of preparation.
The other two are: eating and resting, but these are for another post. Properly packing for an Ironman can make all the difference on race day, and a little practice can go a long way.
This Post will discuss how to pack for an Ironman like a pro and share my real-life examples and tips to avoid common mistakes.

First, let’s talk about the essentials. There are several important items that you’ll need to have with you on race day, including:

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Golden Gate Relay Run – Progressive Web App

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On May, We (a team from Google) are going to run from Napa Valley to Santa Cruz. It’s a relay 191 miles race or as some call it: “The longest party in CA”. There are teams of 12 members that will run 36 legs (3 legs per runner, 3-8 miles each) through 36 cities and… across the Golden Gate Bridge at midnight. All that is in support of Organs R Us.

Btw, if you want to help us, please donate.

In a quick effort from few Googlers, we came with a nice script that took a KML file and compile the information so we see all the legs of the race on one page.
The goal at the beginning was to print it so we could have it with us during the race. However, the final results is a little progressive web app (you can get it also at: https://bit.ly/ggrr1 ) that is working offline so you can save some trees and still see all the details for your next leg. If you do want to print this page, you can find this ‘printer friendly’ document useful. Continue reading →

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2010 Overall It Was A Good Running/Reading Year

Good running year

Good running year

I had lots of time during the long run to do lots of things: listen to books, thinking and analyzing problems. Here are few tasks I’ve been able to accomplished during 2010 runs:

  1. Listen to great audio books like (the best are in bold):
    • Predictable Irrational
    • Freakonomics
    • Stumbling on happiness
    • Nissim Taleb:  The black swan and Fool by randomness.
    • Stieg Larsson: The girl who… (all the three books).
    • The warren buffet way.
    • Malcolam Gladwell: The Tipping point, Blink, Outliers, What the dog saw.
    • Lost Symbol
    • David Baldacci: Deliver us from evil, first family
      hell’s corner, saving faith, stone cold, the camel club, the while truth and Divine justice
    • Harlen Coban: Back Spin, Caught, Swimsuit, TA, The Christmas train and Wish you well.
    • Thomas Friedman: Languidness and attitude and The World Is Flat – Globalization
    • Unleashing The Idea virus (you can skip this one… wasn’t worth the time).
  2. I’ve meet a lots of amazing people on and off the trails.
  3. I’ve been lucky to be in nature for long period of time.
    Both in summer (Colorado back country) and winter (Colorado – off pistes like: Vail snowboarding).
  4. I did some cool races: Tel Aviv Maraton (so hot you can’t imagine) and the Bay Trail Marathon (so much rain it’s not funny).
  5. I wish 2011 will bring in more of #1 #2 and of course #3 and #4 🙂

Happy New Year to you and yours!!!

Happy new 2011

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Marathon (short) Tutorial

Here is (yet another) lighting talk I gave at the Java Posse Roundup 2010

It’s a short presentation that give you the basic idea what is all about this trend of running 42.195 Km (or 26.2 miles if you want to count less).

Planning – there are lots of good resources out on the web. Here is one that I’ve used – It’s A Guru trainer site. You can pick the right plan base on your current shape. Another good online tool is this pace calculator. But like anything in life, it’s all about execution! You must follow the plan and do your best to stick with the runs.
The hard part and the most important part of any plan is the ‘long runs’. These runs build you body and make sure it will be able to do the distance and be active for 3 to 5 hours.

Be Strong and (try to) have fun.

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