New project idea

I just finished the Valley of Gold half-marathon, I did better than expected. I was surprised, shocked, emotionally overwhelmed, and very pleased to see people that I know from The rec center at work out there. They were on their bikes and cheered my on as I passed them going in the opposite direction. I don't know if they were there by coincidence, or by design, but it felt great to see them and I was very shocked and humbled that they were able to see me and cheer me on through the last quarter of the run!

My time for this run was 2:02:31 (my time, not the official time). Soon, I will see how accurate I am, but I did better than what I expected to do, so I was very pleased. During the drive home, I thought of a nifty application (for me) that could aid me in determining my pace. In truth, the pace is the only thing I am really concerned about--and it is not all that important. But, it allowed me to come up with a nifty application. I am sure other people have thought of the same thing, but I think it would be a good application to go ahead and create. Since no one reads this blog but me, it is what I would call a "pace meter". A runner would input their time and distance, and the application would calculate the pace. Or, the runner could enter the distance and pace, and the calculator would calculate the time. Or the runner could enter the pace and time (although this seems a little redundant), and the calculator would the distance. In other words, I want to know at most three things when I am running: distance, time and pace. The application I envision is if the runner inputs two of the three data points, and the application calculates the missing data. The application would give the user the option to save off the data in a spread sheet and/or database (for the OCD runners). This would be an excellent option for shoe mileage tracking. It would give me a chance to work on something in my own spare time, and to me, it would be a great application.

Well anyway, something to think about.