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Category: Swiss walks

  • Apple Health Step Data Sources

    Apple Health Step Data Sources

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I spent some time looking through Apple Health Data Sources. I see that there are plenty of data sources. These are the Apple watch, the iphone, Alltrails, move, connect, stepsapp, pacer, Suunto, Ingress and three more that are marked as inactive. Move is the app that gets data from some Casio…

  • Catkins in January

    Catkins in January

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteUntil today I didn’t know what catkins were because I never looked them up. “A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals…” according to Wikipedia. They are out at the moment and I know this is unusual because a few days ago I saw an article about how it was…

  • The GBD-800 Continued

    The GBD-800 Continued

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe GBD-800 Continued is a step counting Casio with two serious flaws. The first of these flaws is that although the GPS from the phone can be used to map walks and other activities it has to be activated at the start of a walk and deactivated at the end of the…

  • Getting Back Into Running

    Getting Back Into Running

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI am getting back into running at the moment. I have run several times recently, irregularly enough not to feel pain in my knees or other articulations so this is a good sign. The advantage of running, over other sports, is that it’s easy to catch a bus, car, train, parapente or…

  • Tomorrow I Have The Long Drive

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow I have the long drive. For 12 hours or so I will be driving the car with few stops and plenty of time to daydream.

  • Negative Watch Displays

    Negative Watch Displays

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Casio GBD-200 and GW-B5600 both have negative displays but the GBD-200 has a display that is much easier to read in low light. The contrast is good enough to read at dusk with the GBD-200 but not the GW-B5600. When backlit both are easy to read. I chose to wear…

  • Feeding the Seagulls

    Feeding the Seagulls

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman feeding seagulls by the sea.

  • Feeding the Seagulls

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman feeding seagulls by the sea.

  • Playing With Garmin Coach

    Playing With Garmin Coach

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I began playing with Garmin Coach. I decided to try one of the running programs. It’s the first of January, first day of the year, and I have already been for two walks and a run. The run was a calibration run so I ran too fast and too hard so…

  • Running Around in Loops

    Running Around in Loops

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last week or two I decided to run and to swim. These are two sports that are easy to do if you have access either to a pool, or the right shoes. Swimming was in 14°c water for 17 and ten minutes. The first time my hands and feet were…