The Lonelyness of the Long Distance Runner

A bit of an update regarding the morning runs vs breakfast. I get up at 5:30 without any problems at all. I just bounce out of bed and get my training clothes on. I then eat a banana and drink a glass of orange juice, just to have something in my stomach. After that I go out and run. It’s great!

Currently the air is very crisp and cool in the morning and the temperature is usually around 0ºC. I don’t really mind the temperature much since I get sweaty quite fast. Being able to run next to Drevviken during sunrise is more than enough to compensate for the temperature.

When I’m home again I do some streching and then it’s time for a shower (or a long warm bath if I have the time) and after that some real breakfast.

In other news; I’m spreading the love that is ubuntu to my friends and family. So far I’ve installed it on one of my brothers’ laptop and yesterday I installed it on Malin’s sisters’ computer. I encourage all of you to spread it to all your loved ones who don’t depend on Windows specific software. Surfing the web in Firefox and writing stuff in OpenOffice is the same on both platforms and I have had less problems with drivers on ubuntu than on windows. Everything generally just work out of the box in ubuntu.

You can get a download an image from here. One of the great things with the ubuntu is that when you boot from the live cd you get the option to try ubuntu without installing it. This feature is really neat if you’re not sure if you want to get rid of your windows installation or not. The installer can resize your current partition as well, that way you keep your old OS and can choose which one to boot when you start your computer.

Another great thing with the Linux community is that there is almost always someone who’s had the same problem that you do and you have the solution is just a search away. Otherwise you just ask at ubuntuforums.org or similar forum.

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