Category: Switzerland
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Why I Quit Walking and Cycling in 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe reason I quit walking and cycling, this year is the same. I don’t feel safe because of road works that aim to seperate cars from cyclists, without addressing the key issue of traffic density. Highlight: I cycled 2700km, ran 945km, hiked 89km and walked 890km this year. A year earlier I…
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Running With Groups and Fatigue
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is amusing. This morning I thought about skipping the 6am run when I woke at 4am. Within ten minutes I decided to suit up and go anyway. I felt cold when I stepped out of the car, but I also felt fatigue. I do not think that the fatigue came from…
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On Social Media and Positive Feedback Loops
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday, yet again, I deactivated my Facebook account. I kept seeing negative posts about Oxford Street being pedestrianised, and especially radicalising people into hating cyclists. I felt that I was absorbing and radiating that negativity as well. I didn’t like that I was being so negative about something that changes nothing in…
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Playing With the Old Garmin Instinct Solar Watch
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Garmin Instinct Solar is an excellent watch if you like to hike and walk, but falls short if you want more detailed stats when you’re running. It doesn’t have HRV monitoring, fatigue and other features. Years ago, when I was in Spain I was playing with the watch. I would leave…
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The Facebook Lag When Typing
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I noticed that when I type a comment or write a post on Facebook there is a considerable lag between when I start to type and when it appears on screen. We’re speaking about more than a second of lag. For an instant I was thinking that it might be because…
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Running to End on a Round Number
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday I went for a run. When I stopped the tracker on the Apple Watch and the Garmin watch I noticed the same number. 9.99km. If I had run just one more straight, or one more curve of the track I would have had a 10km run. I couldn’t restart the…
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Swapping eSIMs between Phones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday, for fun, and out of curiousity I swapped eSIMS between two phones. If you’re old enough, you remember that swapping physical sims required turning it off and on again. it being both phones. Today, with eSIMS the process has been simplified since the last time I tried. Today if you…
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The Value of Rural Walks
Reading Time: 4 minutesSome series, like Last of the Summer Wine, follow people going on local walks and getting up to mischief. We often hear of people that love to go for walks on the weekend. The issue, as traffic density increases is that the local walks that were along quiet roads are now along…
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On Blogging and a Good Training Session
Reading Time: 2 minutesNormally I don’t like interval training because I don’t like pushing myself too hard. I like, instead, to work on endurance. I’m fine with a 23km hike with 1200m of climbing and I’m okay with a 5 to 8km social run but I don’t like interval training. Specifically I don’t like pushing…
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The Professional Approach to Soft Mobility
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago my fears were confirmed. After a run I had a short talk with one of the people that prepares pedestrian routes during road works. When I spoke of one area he said “I don’t really know that area”, and more. It took professionalism, and empathy of my own…