- Get big round from VCs for startup with “pay per follow” business model.
- Win the Tour de France seven times before getting Twitter account.
- Tweet every affiliate discount code you can find with standard opening “I’ve wanted one of these for years!”
- Perfect elusive 140 character “jokes about affiliate discount codes” bot.
- Study The Bloggess carefully and tweet things like “I’m beginning to wonder why I even have minions in the first place.” Oh wait, she doesn’t make money either.
- Buy the Guy Kawaski book in which he reveals the secret of how to do 20 tweets in the hour after you tweet that you’re off to play hockey.
- Invent next generation social network in which you merely think 140 characters and telepathic interface makes it flash through follower’s minds.
- Counterfeit a Harvard degree and hire yourself out as an online celebrity impersonator. To Britney? Oh, never mind.
- Hack Mr. Tweet, Twittertise and all the MommyTweeters.
- Figure out how to get paid for writing “Top 10 Ways to Make a Living Being a Witty Writer who Wears Sweats and Refreshes Twitter Page All Day”
Great LA Runs
- Running 3.1 Mile Loops Around the Rose Bowl
A great place to run whatever distance you need - From the Santa Monica Pier to Venice and Will Rodgers Beach
6 to 12 miles, your choice, with great people watching - Loop from the 101 to Griffith Observatory
- Hollywood Sign Loop with Photos
Best route I've seen for the Hollywood Sign. - Rave Run Near LAX: Randy's Donuts
Run 9 miles, eat one Randy's donut at the end, and you still come out ahead in calories. - Half Marathons in Southern California in 2009
The half marathon is the hottest racing distance going. Here's a collection of races coming soon near me. - Mulholland Fire Trail to the Nike Missile Site
A great run with a fantastic view and a lesson about urban wildlife and the cold war thrown in.
Merchants I Use and Recommend
Weight Calculations
- Ideal Weight Calculator that Considers Body Type
Great for getting a better take on ideal weight based on body type ... and with a nifty, fool-proof way to gauge your body type. - Max Jones on Calculating Your Likely Marathon Time
You slow down a minute for each pound over your ideal weight, but Max Jones lists 9 other factors. - I Don't Recommend BMI, But If You Must
Don't look at this without also checking out the healthy weight by body type calculator
January 15, 2009
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Marathon Training Plans
- Runner's World Custom Training Plan
If you have a limited amount of time to train for an unfamiliar distance, I recommend these quick custom plans. - Marathon Recovery Plan
- Furman "Less is More" 3 Days of Running a Week
There are two days of cross training as well, but I can vouch for Furman. I ran a 3:21 on only 30 miles or so a week at the peak of my training schedule. But don't think it's easy: no junk miles, and weekly speed work and tempo runs.
Best Racing Calculators
- Age-graded running results
Shows age-graded result based on your percentile rank against your age-group world record - Race Pace Calculator
See what your pace was or figure out what pace you should run to hit a target time. - McMillan Running Calculator
Absolutely amazing estimator of what your time at any distance will be based on previous results at any other distance.
