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#imagine #dream #sustain A tumblog by Sam Hoover

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Garmin Forerunner 220 + Footpod issue?

Just finished a 4.5 mile run tracked with my Garmin Forerunner 220 + Footpod (calibrated).

Here's the elevation map for my run:

Starting around mile 1.5, I did 10 hill intervals (run/sprint up, jog/walk down). I started and stopped the repeats at the exact same place - touched a stop sign at the bottom of the hill, crossed a crack in the street at the top. The first 3 I did at a warm-up pace (~10:15/mile), the middle 4 I did at a normal pace (~8:20/mile) the last 3 I did at a sprint pace (~6:15/mile). Here's the elevation map of the repeats:

As you can see, the start/end elevation points are not consistent at all. 

The elevation start ranges from 6459' to 6520' and the elevation end ranges from 6506' to 6563'.

After syncing the run to Strava, it seems like Strava was much more consistent on elevation:

I'm wondering if the inconsistency comes from running while connected to the footpod. Maybe the inertia of a sprint caused the footpod to "carry" me further up the hill before it realized I had turned around. But shouldn't the GPS data overwrite that?

Any ideas why the elevation isn't consistent? 

PS To "twoskisinapod" comment below, I'm not worried about the distance accuracy. I expect there to be some discrepancy there. :)

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Playing the #BossCard

Being a leader is different than being a manager. Normally, the direction you take your "followers" - be they social or your team at work - is guided by some set goals, objectives, strategies and tactics.

But sometimes as a leader, you have to play the Boss Card.

You play the Boss Card when your team needs a break and you tell them to take a day off.

You play the Boss Card when your team needs to fill in for you at a meeting.

You play the Boss Card when your team needs to drop what they are doing to hit a surprise deadline.

Under these circumstances, if you're a good leader, your team doesn't think twice about you laying down the Boss Card.

But there are other times you play the Boss Card that might get some funny looks. These times are normally predicated with the phrase, "You gotta [see, hear, taste(?), etc] this."

You play the Boss Card to get your team up-to-date on the latest YouTube sensation.

You play the Boss Card for your team to debate Oscar travesties.

You play the Boss Card so your team can have an awesome dance party to the Harlem Shake.

In these circumstances, playing the Boss Card is risky. You're spending valuable time and energy on an unknown return. At best your team bonds over your decision; at worst, your team bonds in spite of your decision.

My co-worker Eryn recently gave me my installment of Boss Cards (10, averaging 1/month for the rest of the year). If I use the Boss Card in a worthy manner, I get it back. If I abuse it, I lose it.

Here are the rules we've defined:

1. The Boss Card can only be played in the latter of the two illustrated circumstances. They cannot be played on legitimate Boss Card circumstances.

2. I cannot vet out whether she has already seen the content in question. No feeling out whether she's already seen Sloppy Swish.

3. Rejected Boss Cards can turn into Approved uses post-mortem should Eryn deem appropriate but Approved uses cannot turn into Rejected after the fact.

4. Boss Cards expire on 12/31/2013

So I've decided to periodically test out Boss Cards on my social networks and crowd source ideas on whether they are Boss Card appropriate.

Follow the action - primarily on Twitter - with #BossCard.

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Social Media is like Cocaine

 A couple of decades ago, Bill Cosby had a comedy routine about cocaine. He says to an enthusiast, “What is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful?”

The enthusiast responds, “Because it intensifies your personality.”

Cosby quips, “But what if you are a jerk?”

(Originally posted by Michael Hyatt - How to Convince Your Boss to Twitter)

The truth is that the illustration applies to social media. Besides it being completely addicting, Social Media turns Jerks into Villains and Good Guys into Heroes.

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I Missed My Grandpa's Funeral

Last week, my grandfather, Mario Lucio Hoover, passed away and literally "walked into glory" as my dad put it. One minute he was walking down the hall in his house in Florida, the next minute he was gone.

Plans were quickly put together for travel to his funeral. Because of another family circumstance, I would be traveling alone.

Unfortunately, due to a major flight delay, I had to make a very difficult decision to miss his funeral. As I called my family, who were already in FL, and broke the news to them, we were all heartbroken.

Then came the flood of texts, emails and Facebook messages from my family encouraging me that while I was sorely missed, there were greater events at work.

Like many who believe in some higher calling or bigger picture, "meant to be" isn't a phrase that is in my vocabulary. 

One of those emails came from my Uncle Rick who passed along a Bible verse:

"The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield…." James 3:17 NRSV

Rick informed me that my absence had opened the door for a colleague of my grandfather's to fill my place as a pallbearer. This gentleman had connections to my grandfather's (and his ancestry) work in the country of Chile and thus would fill a hole of representation carrying my grandfather's body to its final resting spot.

Perhaps this was all part of the Lord's plan to knit together a gift of honor for my grandfather's life in this way.

Frankly, the last thing I want to do when being ripped away from time with my family in their hour of great need is to be willing to yield. No, I'd much rather go down kicking and screaming all the while not getting my way and lose every sense of dignity that I have.

But as my Uncle Rick put it, sometimes we receive the "ouch" but in doing so, we give others the privilege of experiencing something they would not have had otherwise.

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There's something deep within me that's brewing up a giddy expectation for fall and winter.

Which is strange because I've always been a summer guy. My birthday traditionally falls on the first day of summer. 

But this last summer has been quite turbulent.

Between Colorado wildfires that forced us out of our house for a week, family vacations and birthday celebrations (3 out of 4 Hoov's celebrate their birthdays within 5 days of each other), it's been a summer to remember.

But I'm ready to archive summer. And face whatever is headed our way for the rest of the year.

Bring on Fall!

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I got to answer the question, “If a fire were going to destroy your home and everything in it what would you save?”

Here’s my list:

A painting made by my Grandad for me. A box of tea cups and saucers, some my grandmother’s, some collected antiques. My file box. The photo albums that were...

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Six Distinct Consumer Segments of Millennials

Which one are you? Research by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Barkley and Service Management Group identified six distinct segments of U.S. Millennials that could help companies improve the ways they develop their marketing, brands, and business models to reach this increasingly important audience. These segments are as follows, along with representative quotations: Hip-ennials (29 percent)—“I can make the world a better place.” Millennial Moms (22 percent)—“I love to work out, travel, and pamper my baby.” Anti-Millennials (16 percent)—“I’m too busy taking care of my business and my family to worry about much else." Gadget Gurus (13 percent)—“It’s a great day to be me.” Clean and Green Millennials (10 percent)—“I take care of myself and the world around me.” Old School Millennials (10 percent)—“Connecting on Facebook is too impersonal, let’s meet up for coffee instead!” While oversimplified to highlight differences, these categories reveal significant differences in the attitudes and behaviors of U.S. Millennials, a group that numbered 79 million last year and is projected to far outnumber baby boomers, 78 million to 56 million, by 2030. “Understanding and recognizing these distinct segments and their nuances is essential for companies that hope to develop effective product offerings, marketing campaigns, channel strategies, and messaging,” said Christine Barton, a partner at BCG. “A one-size-fits-all effort will fail to connect with every Millennial segment.” --- For more info, visit - http://www.bcg.com/media/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-103623

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The Amazing Music of the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast

The best music heard throughout the day of the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast // #CFALeadercast

Slow Down, Smoove & Turrell // AM break

Can You Give It, The Maccabees // Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, intro

Numb, Marina & The Diamonds // Burberry Taipei video

Return to Paradise (Mark DeClive-Iowe remix), Shirley Horn // Lunch break

The Reckoning, NeedToBreathe // Lunch break

Sunny, Montefiori Cocktail // PM break

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (remix), Dinah Washington // PM break

Uptight (remix), Stevie Wonder // PM break

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But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:6 (via hoover-katie)

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Tebowing Tebow

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Hiking Food Diary

On Sunday, I hiked Pikes Peak. The best part? Consuming a billion calories during and after the hike. Here's a list of food I consumed in the 12 hour process (7+ hours hiking, +/- 4 recovering):

During the hike:

100-120 ounces of water

1.5 Cliff bars (1 Chocolate/Peanut Butter, half of a Blueberry Crunch)

Handful of Goldfish crackers

1 cup of fruit/veggie applesauce

3 large handfuls of trail mix (Peanuts, raisins and M&Ms)

Recovery:

Another 100 ounces of water

Half of a Pikes Peak summit doughnut

Half of a PB and Honey sandwich (extra peanut butter)

The other half of that blueberry Cliff bar

8 medium pancakes (with a dab of butter and a drizzle of syrup)

3 scrambled eggs

4 pieces of bacon

Lesson learned: I could have used more water on the way up. Just another bottle's worth would have been sufficient.

While my soul got ripped out during the hike, engorging myself with delicious food afterward could be enough motivation to make me do it again.

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Breakfast with Superheroes.

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Who comes in the name of the Lord?

Quick thought for the day:

Psalm 118:26 says:

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

I don't know about you but I come in the name of Sam Hoover all the time. So it got me thinking, is it possible to come "in the name of the Lord."

Part of me says, "Yes." To come in the name of the Lord is to lose the selfish expectations you may have and to arrive with the grace and truth that is characteristic of God himself.

The other part of me says, "No." Originally, I came in the name of Jan Hoover who came from Francis Altaffer and on and on. Only one person has ever truly come "in the name of the Lord" and Jesus himself attributed this fact in Luke 13:34-35:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! 35Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

What do you think? Can you come in the name of the Lord?

If so, how? If not, why not?

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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Charles Mingus

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Cycling with my Pops #cycling #dad #happyfathersday (Taken with instagram)

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The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

To be of use Marge Piercy