In a world full of information, these are the running and travel stories and articles that stuck with me in the last week.

Good article on training as we get more mature:

https://trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips/train-to-run-faster-as-you-age.html

Some better pictures of some of many fascinating places in Kyoto:

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/14-photos-that-will-make-you-want-to-visit-kyoto

An older post on rehydrating with the correct beverage after a run:

Lastly, a story that broke over the weekend.  I really like Strava but this one make me go hmmmm?:

https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy/

More on The Strava Heat Map here:

https://medium.com/strava-engineering/the-global-heatmap-now-6x-hotter-

This excerpt from the data engineering story linked above suggests that a) they took privacy seriously; and b) folks need to carefully consider their individual privacy settings.

“Most importantly, our platform has numerous privacy rules that must be respected:

• Private activities are excluded outright
• Activities are cropped to respect user defined privacy zones
• Athletes with the Metro/heatmap opt-out privacy setting have all data excluded”

And the Strava CEO’s response to the story:

https://blog.strava.com/press/a-letter-to-the-strava-community/