Today I discovered, (in line with previous expectations) far too late to do anything about it, that the battery on my Garmin was flat, despite having plugged it into the charger overnight. Nothing I tried[…]
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Month: May 2016
Balls
This evening I took my exercise ball home from the office. This was a source of great joy to La Serpiente, riding behind me in her stroller. “Up” she would say, and I would raise[…]
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Early to bed and early to strides
Because La Serpiente isn’t at school this week, she’s been having her naps much earlier in the day, which means by the time I get home she’s reaching the end of her limit and begins[…]
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Wet at both ends
I got soaked walking to work, and I got soaked walking home. I took my computer home last night, as part of my continuing love/hate relationship with The People’s Favourite Statistical Workbench, R. I walked[…]
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Kaleidoscope hijinks
Because La Serpiente has had no school today, to prevent her or any of the other pupils contracting Hand Foot & Mouth Disease, she’s been a little bit antsy. No scampering around the bus stop[…]
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A series of short sharp shocks
My legs felt exceptionally sore today, coming off the back of one hard run and quite a few easy ones. Today, however, I had a hard session to do: 30 second intervals at somewhere between[…]
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Disappointed at the Funan Digital Mall
They’re decommissioning the Funan Digital Life Mall in Singapore. This is a five storey mall full of camera and computer shops, with some random fast food joints in the ground floor and a few places[…]
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Dead legs
My legs feel useless now. This morning I rode my bike down to the East Coast parkrun, then ran a sub-21 minute 5k, and rode back home. That kind of tomfoolery would have been fine[…]
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My two year old could do that
Today was La Serpiente’s art exhibition, and her fever had cooled sufficiently overnight that she could attend. Cue much wobbling and squawking as her mother explained to her that she wouldn’t be able to nap[…]
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Up and down and up and down again
Last night I had a long, slow run where I ran up Mount Faber and then down the other side, and then slowly jogged home. Tonight was a hill session, which should have been a[…]
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