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Happiness alert: Google Fit can be wildly inaccurate. I like a lot of what Google has done with Android. But, my first job is to tell the truth. As Happiness Is a Serious Problem author Dennis Prager says, “Tell the truth, then give your opinion.” The truth is that Google Fit on an Android phone …
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Congratulations to no SpryFeet.com Readers Club member for winning the birthday-month drawing for September, 2015. Yes, that’s right. There was no winner for September, 2015. I had hoped to give away one of my paperbacks to a member in the USA or Canada, but there were no such members with a September birthday.
What is your single biggest challenge as a runner or walker? I recently began a survey of runners and walkers in these three groups: SpryFeet.com Readers Club Facebook Fans Twitter Followers Here’s the favorite-race-distance spread for “Single Biggest Challenge” survey-takers so far. I’d love to know YOUR single biggest challenge, too. Click here to take …
“Google Fit vs. Garmin Forerunner 310XT” is this article’s title, but “Tracking vs. Training” could be just as appropriate. My 310XT died last week. The hinge-pin above the the display tore through the orange plastic about two months ago. So, I had been running with the Garmin held in one hand instead of strapped to …
10 Happiness Hacks for Runners and Walkers is, as of today — June 2, 2015 — the new free ebook for SpryFeet.com Readers Club members. You cannot buy it from Amazon. You cannot buy it from Barnes & Noble. You cannot buy it from Google Play. You cannot buy it from Kobo. You can get …
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I formerly focused on ebook publishing only for Kindle. When I changed to a better tool for authoring books, publishing for Google Play, Kobo, and Nook became much easier. But, here’s something curious that I noticed recently: A Kindle ebook by default includes the cover image at the front of the ebook. Google Play, Kobo, …
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Congratulations, Goodreads drawing winners of ten paperback copies of the new, second edition of 123 Cellphone Tips for Runners and Walkers! Ken Clay, Clearwater, KS Joe Feeney, New Martinsville, WV Debbie Payne, Colorado Springs, CO Chana Ireland, Glendale, AZ Florissa Colbert, Alexandria, VA Eric Gordon, Milwaukee, WI Elliot Sosa, Katy, TX Lauren Rochholz, Edmonds, WA …
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Goodreads Book Giveaway 123 Cellphone Tips for Runners and Walkers by Kirk Mahoney Giveaway ends July 23, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
Happiness requires monitoring. I started to think about this after I forgot my pedometer for a training run the other day. Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, says in his “The Promise of Free Enterprise” course at Prager University, “Happiness is earned, not given by others.” He explains, “Earned success is …
I hope that your 2014 is off to a happy start. I’ve been working over the Christmas holidays on finishing the first draft of a new book for runners and walkers, and I hope to share news about it with you soon. In the meantime, I’m taking a moment today to share some other happy …