Tracy
Tracy had a question about trackbacks - and wanted to see how they worked. If you haven’t read her site by the way, I recommend it - insightful, zany, and just occasionally there’s something about running ;-)
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Running Towards Fitness
Personal AwarenessThe ancient Greeks used to believe that a healthy mind and a healthy body not only went together, but were both critical for happiness and a successful life. They were also intertwined, meaning that a weakness in either area would affect the other. When I started this transformation I was overweight and full of excuses. And by overweight I don't mean just a few pounds - I weighed over 70 pounds more than I do now. I finally took my life into my own hands and started exercising. At the time, I had no idea where it would lead - to a stronger body, a happier, more nimble mind, and a chest full of race medals. Healthy mind, healthy body, indeed! It hasn't been easy, or without issues, but I wouldn't trade the experience for the world.
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I'm Richard Stanford, a fit, happy runner. Of course, that wasn't always the case. Dip into the archives to follow my progress from couch potato to sub-four hour marathoner.
I also like to cook, write, code, and play with power tools...
Personal Records
| Distance | Race | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | 2006 Freescale | 3:54:07 | 8:56 |
| 20 Miles | 2006 RunTex | 3:00:08 | 9:00 |
| 30K | 2005 RunTex | 2:42:44 | 8:45 |
| Half M | 2006 3M | 1:42:57 | 7:51 |
| 20K | 2005 Decker | 1:40:42 | 8:06 |
| 10 Miles | 2005 Pervasive | 1:20:13 | 8:01 |
| 10K | 2005 Dublin Dr Pepper | 48:43 | 7:51 |
| 5 Miles | 2005 Turkey Trot | 37:01 | 7:24 |
| 5K | 2005 Margarita Run | 22:32 | 7:15 |
| 4K | 2006 Fila Relays | 17:24 | 7:15 |
| 1 Mile | 2006 Congress Ave | 6:23 | 6:23 |
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Apr 6th 2005
9:49 PM
Pardon my complete stupidity, but I still don’t “get it”. I mean, you linked to my site… is that all you did? And that’s how it shows up as a trackback on my site? it just knows?
And why do they call it “trackback”… because it seems like it tracks FORWARD.
Apr 6th 2005
9:50 PM
Thanks for the advertising by the way. Very kind of you!
“awww shucks!”
Apr 7th 2005
12:07 PM
Yes - it just knows. Trackbacks reflect a special kind of “ping” sent to your site. And most blogging software will (or can be set to) scan any post for URLs, download those URLs, and see if there is any information within the webpage that gives a ping address. If you do a view-source on your post, you’ll see this line in the middle of some RDF data:
trackback:ping=”http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2202650″
That’s what my blog software looks for to figure out how to communicate the fact that I’ve linked to you to to your blog software. Ain’t technology grand?
Apr 7th 2005
2:05 PM
i seeeee.
So I’ll have to hunt around to see how I can get TypePad to spamblock my trackbacks too like you said. Cool.
I’ll give it a try. Seems like it’s more interesting for me than anyone else - seeing where people are linking to me.