Human Telemetry - a new theme and a new theme
Renamed the blog, and changed the theme - both of them. Both a new look and a new focus for the blog. I've changed to one of the new themes the Roller crew have brought us in the latest upgrades - they are getting more stylish as far as I'm concerned.
As for the new topic its going to be pretty much sports based and to be a bit more specfic, aerobic endurance sports. Running, mainly trail running and cycling and currently that is going to be a bit more roadie than MTB but I've not shaved those legs yet so the MTB stuff may still make a comeback... Also there will be a bunch of rock climbing and bouldering assuming "Enduro Girl" (over there on the left) lets her parents get back on the rock - its why we moved to Colorado in the first place! Unless you are a galactic alien reader I guess its safe to assume that you're Human and that the Human part of Human Telemetry needs no explanation, but what about Telemetry?
Wikipedia tells us (or at least did in June 2007): "Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. The word is derived from Greek roots tele = remote, and metron = measure. Systems that need instructions and data sent to them in order to operate require the counterpart of telemetry, telecommand."
So "Human Telemetry", I'm very interested in training and training hardware and software so want to focus on that a bit from time to time. Certainly there is a powerful array of hardware available for the endurance athlete including toys/tools (your pick) such as:
Garmin Forerunner and Edge Series
Polar Heart Rate Monitor Series
Sunto and others etc etc
Cycling Power Meters etc
However despite all that good, though not always perfect, technology the mainstream training software so far seems to lag a bit behind as far as I can see. Particularly when vendor supplied it is often centered too much around the device. For example Polar takes a "heart rate" centric view whilst Garmin takes a "distance/speed" centric view. Ultimately these devices are just tools and the software would do well to be more athlete and discipline focussed. For example when I run time, pace and distance are of greater interest, generally, than heart rate which is useful additional telemetry but Polar focus primarily on the latter.
However got to run, literally, but will endevour to keep this more up to date than the old blog...
