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  • Thoughts On The Vapour Glove Six

    Thoughts On The Vapour Glove Six

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesI walk around in socks when I’m at home, so not quite barefoot, but almost. The idea of barefoot shoes is to get the human body, and especially the lower half to get back in touch with walking barefoot.Yesterday I went for an 8.55km walk in barefoot shoes. I didn’t regret it.…

  • Thirty Kilometres Per Day

    Thirty Kilometres Per Day

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Swiss travel an average of 30 kilometres per day in their cars, according to a new survey shared by the Radio Television Suisse. I walk 14 to twenty kilometres per day, and if I go for a bike ride I travel 30 kilometres. I use the car twice a week, for…

  • Connected Watches and Psychological Profiles

    Connected Watches and Psychological Profiles

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesConnected watches know everything about us. In theory they listen to us 24 hours a day for years in a row. My Apple watch has been on my wrist for over four years, every single day. It has been for swims, runs, rock climbing, via ferrata, office work and more.  The watch…

  • Lac De Divonne

    Lac De Divonne

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a lake that was dug out when they built the A1 motorway. The quarry that was left behind became a lake. For a long time cars could drive around the lake. The loop around the lake is good for walking, cycling, rollerblading and more. It is around 3.6km long and there…

  • On The Habit of Daily Walks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMen’s Health has an article about a person that walked 10,000 steps a day for a month, when his normal step count is 4000. According to the Pedometer++ app on my phone I have taken more than 10,000 steps a day for 140 days in a row. I have to take 10,000…

  • A Different Challenge

    A Different Challenge

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI like the long project but I decided to try a shorter one first.

  • Walking With A Fear of Dogs

    Walking With A Fear of Dogs

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI walk every single day, whether it’s raining, windy, snowing, a heat wave and more. I like heatwaves because dog walkers usually stay in. We live in an age and society where fear of dogs is not respected. Yesterday I was on a walk and i saw two big dogs. One was…

  • Garmin’s Auto Goal

    Garmin’s Auto Goal

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesGarmin allows you to select the number of steps you want to take in a single day, or let it be set automatically. For a year or two I allowed the goal to set. The result is a step goal that fluctuated from 12,000 steps per day to 15,000 steps or more.…

  • GPS Accuracy Contrast Between the 45s and Instinct

    GPS Accuracy Contrast Between the 45s and Instinct

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday afternoon I was looking at the GPS track for a run I did with the 45s and I was struck by how wide of the mark it was, compared to the same run with the Garmin Instinct. With the Garmin instinct the GPS track fits like a rail to the satellite…

  • One Hundred Day of 10,000 Steps

    One Hundred Day of 10,000 Steps

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday marks 100 days in a row of walking 10,000 steps a day. It helps that we’re in winter than in summer because my step streaks are broken when I go for bike rides. Step counters don’t count pedalling as steps, so it’s easy to lose a streak. I could pretend that…