Comments on: What Would You Like?

By: Flo

Flo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:51:19 +0000

Thanks Tobey, sounds great. I’ll get the info from you after I get them going. I’m going to end up a blubbery mess on that one, I can see it already.

By: Tobey

Tobey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:10:31 +0000

Flo,
I like the idea of some short videos. As a matter of fact, I know someone that may agree to talk with you. He his a runner, and father who lost his six year old son to cancer last year. He has dedicated his running to raising money for a foundation to help combat this disease. Let me know if you are interested, and I will provide a name and phone number privately. Keep up the good work!

By: Flo

Flo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:56:55 +0000

Well that is just super cool to hear, thanks for letting me know, you sweet thang.

By: Priyanka

Priyanka — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:46:03 +0000

I like reading about you, your running stories, your inspirations, your discipline. I like that you put everything out here in all honesty and in a way that explains your experiences vividly. And sometimes, a line jumps out at me when I least expect it. For example, when I was running my half, for some reason this line from when you raced popped into my head: “If I went any slower, I wouldn’t be racing.” It kept me going.

By: Ewen

Ewen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:19:53 +0000

Joe, my main gripe with overly long video is to do with the universally slow third-world broadband we have down here. For example, the HQ Flotrack videos are so painfully slow to download, I usually don’t bother. When we eventually get high-speed broadband (due 2015 or thereabouts), long videos won’t be a problem (except for having the time to view them).

Flo, the water-belt video was fine — I agree, you couldn’t have edited it down much — and probably best to have it all in one video.

Audio is fast to download, so I’m happy to listen to a 30-minute audio interview — I can have it playing in the background while I do something else.

By: Flo

Flo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:01:33 +0000

I think (long video vs audio) depends on how you like your information. I don’t do well with spoken word so don’t have the patience for talk radio or podcasts. In my case, longer video is way better than longer audio but everybody’s different.

As far as interviews, the ones I’ve been watching and that gave me the idea/format for doing them myself are upwards of 40 minutes. Don’t worry, I’m not going to do that, but I can see them being 15-20. The questions I want to ask involve how my readers can apply this person’s experiences, so it requires background from the person, how they got to where they are, what they’ve learned, etc. Seven minutes is a little short for that.

I agree for videos that are outside on a run, that should be short because once you see a shot of wherever you are, it’s basically the same shot until you get quite a bit farther away. Gets boring quickly unless there’s something unusual to be seen.

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By: Joe Garland

Joe Garland — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:48:36 +0000

For interviews, I disagree with Ewen. Let them go. It may be, though, that too-long for video works for audio. Product stuff can be short. And the name: "Flo & Ready."