https://www.rostrum.blog/tags/health/ Recent content in Health on rostrum.blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2023/06/11/apple-health-redux/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2023/06/11/apple-health-redux/ tl;dr You can use R to extract running details from a downloaded of your Apple Health data. My old code broke, so I re-wrote it. On your marks In 2021 I extracted my running activities from my Apple Health data using the {xml2} package. You can read there for some theory and background. At that point I’d been running for one year. I’m nearly at 500 runs1, so I thought I would re-execute my code with the latest data. https://www.rostrum.blog/2022/03/31/hastings-half/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2022/03/31/hastings-half/ tl;dr I made a small R Markdown site that contains interactive maps of the route of the Hastings Half Marathon. Half distance, double delay I signed up for the Hastings Half Marathon in March 2019 and finally got to run it in March 2022 after two years of pandemic-related cancellations. I managed a time of 1:44:151 in terrific conditions and raised money for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity (at time of writing you can still donate). https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/12/30/gpx3d/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/12/30/gpx3d/ tl;dr You can use R to extract coordinate and elevation data from a GPX file and then plot it as an interactive 3D object. I put some functions in the tiny R package {gpx3d} to help do this. Elevate to accumulate I’ve seen recently on Twitter some people using Marcus Volz’s {strava} R package to create pleasing visualisations of their running routes as small-multiples. https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/03/23/xml-health/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/03/23/xml-health/ Run barcode: one year of runs, darker bands are longer distances. tl;dr You can export your Apple Health data as an XML file. This includes workouts linked from other apps, like Nike Run Club. I used the R packages {xml2} and the tidyverse to extract and clean my step counts and running activity. App storage My healthcare provider peeks at the Apple Health app and rewards me if I meet daily step-count targets.