So Jonathan wrote this on the Love blog, and I commented with a little challenge, and a day later the above arrived in an email and now we're locked in a spiral of 10K madness which will presumably end up in two fat bloke heart attacks.
This is what I like about all this social media, internet of things, connected worldy shenanigans that's going on. It is of course theoretically possible that he and I might have done this without the nike+. We might have agreed to run 10Ks and compare times with stopwatches and postcards. But, of course, we wouldn't have done. The web/email stuff makes it quick and simple and the nike+ device lends a feeling of third-party verification. Obviously it would be possible to cheat it (I'm thinking I'll lend my gear to Paul if I have to) but cheating would be harder than not cheating.
What I need next is some device that'll allow asynchronous remote verification of competitive eating attainments. That I'll win.
Let the games commence.
He's starting with a decent advantage - running further at a fastest average time - but I like those odds big man. Believe.
Posted by: Colman | January 06, 2007 at 10:31 PM
Fastest. Faster. Fast.
Posted by: Colman | January 06, 2007 at 10:33 PM