Posts Tagged social media
The Brian A. Hill Challenge
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, Dailymile.com, General Running, RunTalkRadio on March 2nd, 2010
Brian A. Hill Challenge from Run Talk Radio on Vimeo.
Brian lives in the 3rd city Chicago so, we will run a minimum of 3 miles for this challenge. There are not many hills in Chicago, but you need hills to make you stronger. This week do a 3 mile hill work out. If like Brian you don’t have hills near you, head to the treadmill for a hill workout!
Kate M. Haiku Challenge
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, Dailymile.com, General Running, RunTalkRadio on February 23rd, 2010
After last weeks challenge inspired by Stephanie, We asked Stephanie if someone inspires her. ” Kate M.… she was my first DM friend. she introduced me to her friends. then we actually got to meet up for a run…..right before she pulled her groin. she hasn’t been able to run lately and we can inspire people to run FOR her! So, she can feel the miles being sent! 
” So this week we are doing a Haiku challenge for Kate. Haiku is 5 syllable, 7 syllable, 5 syllable poetry. Run 5.75 miles and write your update in Haiku format. Have fun with this one.
Goal: Everybody tries to run 5.75 mi
RTR Dailymile.com Kate M. Haiku Challenge from Thomas Neuberger on Vimeo.
Dailymile Challenges Believe in the Run EXCLUSIVE
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on January 26th, 2010
I am having too much fun here. I started with the “Andy” and it has taken off. Each week I have been giving a challenge to my Dailymile.com friends. It is an open invitation so they can invite their friends. I usually try to have the challenge relate to a specific runner, and the goals are reasonable for most runners to complete. The response has been great, each challenge has had over 100 participants. Other challenges average under 10. Here is last weeks challenge, the Honest Abe.
Believeintherun.com exclusive!!! Sneak peak at this weeks challenge: This challenge is based on one of the runners I have known the longest on dailymile.com, Steve Speirs. Steve created the 100 Push-Ups, 200 Sit-Ups, 200 Squats programs. His book 100 Push Ups is available on Amazon.com. I have been using the iPhone App version of all the workouts and I love them. Warning they are tough! Learn more about Steve at his website Run Bulldog Run.
Here is the challenge Steve created for this week: 1 mile run, 10 push-ups, 1 mile run, 20 squats, 1 mile run, 30 crunches, 1 mile run – OR -a 4 mile run followed/preceded by the 10 push-ups, 20 squats, 30 crunches! I will be publishing the challenge on Dailymile.com tomorrow afternoon.
-Believe in the Run
Now for some fun. Run an Andy!
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run on January 7th, 2010
Okay, to fully understand the “before” and “after” image, you first have to follow @AndyO22 on twitter or Andy O. on dailymile. Andy is an inspirational runner that regularly clocks wicked fast times for his runs (mostly in the 7’s if not faster). He is also a great sharer all around positive nice guy that is fun to interact with over the social networking landscape. The funny thing is, I have never actually met Andy. We are scheduled to run the HAT 50k on the same day in March, but at his pace I would be lucky to see him at the beginning of the run or at the end. Anyhow, back to the explanation of the image. A few weeks ago Andy wrote “How many times do I have to run 6.52 miles to trademark it? 3, 10, or 100+?”, to which I wrote, “From now on a 6.52 will be referred to as an “Andy.” ie: I am going to go run an Andy.” And so it started and the “Andy” caught on. Others began to reference Andy’s 6.52 mile runs as “Andys”. Fun, right? Well, yesterday Andy ran another “Andy” and when people were leaving comments for Andy like “There you go with another nice ANDY.” -Jeanne B. I decided that I would create a challenge on dailymile. The challenge was simple, RUN AN ANDY! (6.52 miles) on Jan. 7, 2010. I thought a few people might sign up for the challenge, after all, Andy is a popular figure on the site. To my surprise over 40 people signed up! The virtual turn out was great! I decided as a tribute to Andy I would transform myself into Andy. How would I do that? In all the pictures I have seen of Andy, he wears a yellow tech shirt and a white doo rag. In the picture you can see how the “Andy” affected me.
Andy's profile picture
Check out some of the responses to the posting of the before and after pick:
- “LOL! You definitely look better in the after shot.” – Andy O.
- “Now I am really nervous about my run later. My wife might leave me if I start trying to rock a doo-rag.” – Caleb M.
- “This made me LOL OUT LOUD VERY LOUD!!!” – Michelle
- “This is pure awesomeness.” – David D.
- “Good one Thomas. Great challenge you set up here….inspiring a ton of people in the process.” – Steve S.
I had a lot of fun with this and it was great to connect with all these runners. I am still amazed at how these social media tools can be used to connect with people that in our offline lives we would never meet, and how those people can touch our lives. I love me some dailymile. – Believe in the run
Dailymile.com
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on November 30th, 2009
I am loving dailymile.com, “A social training log for runners, triathletes, and cyclists. Dailymile is the easiest way to share your training with friends and stay motivated.“ It is great to connect with so many other runners and see that there are other running fanatics out there. I find myself comparing pace and mileage with runners all across the USA. The site has a great group of runners that are very positive. I have connected with people I know in the real world and runners I have never met. I am looking forward to meeting some of my cyber friends this December at the Celtic 5 Miler in Baltimore, Maryland and in March at the HAT Run 50k in March. Connect with me on Dailymile.com.
Couple 5 mile runs added to the schedule
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on November 17th, 2009
Green Valley North Turkey Trot
I will be running The Green Valley North Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day with some friends and family.
Then in December I will be running a Baltimore classic, The Celtic Solstice 5 Mile Run. This is a cold one! Jeanne Bayers and Brodie Wise are just a couple of the dailymile.com‘ers that will be there. This race usually sells out. If your interested RUN don’t walk to sign up. You can sign up and get the jacket for $45, or just pay a $15 fee to run the event.
Hope to see you out there!
Guest Blog
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in 2009 Marathon Training, Believe in the Run, General Running on July 31st, 2009
I did a guest blog spot on RunnerDude’s site check out my interview with Jeanne Bayers from Back On My Feet (BOMF).
Runtoon
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on July 27th, 2009
I saw this video on runfasterdaddy. It is very creative and worth watching.
Social Media & Running
Posted by Thomas Neuberger in Believe in the Run, General Running on June 3rd, 2009
Running and sharing the running experience probably goes all the way back to caveman days. When I first got bitten by the running bug talking about running with other runners was a big part of the allure. It made me feel like I was part of a secret society. All of a sudden there were all these people to talk to that shared the passion for running. I found myself at parties talking about shoes, a new Under Armour shirt, what the next race would be, and on and on. This was before I ever thought there might be others like me online looking for others that felt the way I did.
It turns out there are tons of us out there, and I think it is only the beginning. I started to realize this when I began using Nike+. The tool itself is not very accurate, but it shows how many runners are out there trying to connect.
Next, I started communicating with other runners on Facebook. The Facebook runners were an extension of people I had already had contact with in the real world. It just made it easier to stay up to date with what was going on with their running and running events.
Facebook lead to twitter. I originally thought I would be using twitter to talk to other designers and share coding tips, psd tutorials and other work related topics. As I started using twitter more I started tweeting about running more and more. I started being followed by runners and I started following more runners. All of a sudden I was talking to runners I had never met. Currently, I have regular dialogue with with @britishbulldog and @andyo22 two runners that I have no cantact with outside the virtual world. They are much faster runners than me. In the real world these guys and I would probably never talk because of the vast difference in our pace, online I benefit from their help and motivation. Each day that goes buy on twitter I meet more and more runners with all different paces and running goals.
I forget how I found out about dailymile.com. It is a great extension to following runners I have met on twitter. I love it for the sharing training. You see peoples good days and peoples not so good days. It is a great way to see how your training compares to others. I feel connected to their runs. When someone I only know online does well in a race or run, I feel as good for them as I would for a friend I run with in the real world.
The big take away from all the sharing I have done with runners online is that runners as a whole are supportive, caring, and well, they are good people. Maybe we can’t run the same roads, but we all seem to be running the same path.
