More on record keeping

I realize that the title of this sounds like "Moron record keeping," but that is alright with me as that is  how I often feel when it comes to record keeping.

Another step toward keeping track of stuff. Most of the training diaries that I found, even one from Runner's World, were too fancy. They were full of dietary tips, training tips, photos, and, yuck, inspirational quotes. One had emoticons to circle to indicate whether you smiled or frowned during your run. This one was the simplest and cheapest, like me, simple and cheap (for that is the goal, right?). This one does have words of wisdon like:

Runners share a secret. We know we may look and act a little weird by the standards of the sitdown world, but we know too that our running is settting free the thoughts, words and sensations which stagnate in non-movers

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running was born out of a journal that Murakami wrote while training for the New York Marathon. That is about all I can say about the book other than I own a copy and that I have wanted the book since I first heard of it in or around 2007.