Endorphins & Interactions

Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless

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Can you really design experience?

Posted on Apr 30th, 2009 :: Filed in pixels

I don’t think so. I often think of the way we phrase things or the terms we use to refer to things. While ‘user experience design’ is actually in my own work title, I don’t think it applies to what I do. Oddly enough, I was reminded of this issue as I was congratulated for [...]

2009 Boston Marathon race report

Posted on Apr 24th, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

I have an odd history with marathons. I took a fairly large break from running up until a couple years ago and endurance races seem to be lumped into pre and post break categories. All my pre-break marathons fell in a fairly consistent range of 3:06 to 3:17 …

The week before Boston: taper, travel and hotel woes

Posted on Apr 22nd, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

The week prior to April 20th was a real doozy. Not only did I have to finish off a final paper for my present MA course, but in addition to getting ready to fly to Boston I also had to shore up several details for my current big work project …

1 week to Boston – home stretch

Posted on Apr 13th, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

I’ve decided for this race to really pull back and taper as well as I can, particularly since my last big week was late in the game. You always go through this mental game during the taper of worrying about losing fitness prior to the race …

2 weeks to Boston – taper time

Posted on Apr 5th, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

A pretty good week to close out major training for Boston. I had to skip Tuesday’s run due to unforeseen circumstances, but I wasn’t about to skip the mileage, so I decided to shift everything and do three runs in a row, Wednesday through Friday …