June 2011
2 posts
5.11km 33.29min 6.33min/km happy @runningday2011 #runningday
video link: http://youtu.be/PWKZVbG9egQ
mm sent me this, an old hymn called “I know who holds tomorrow” from the album by Alison Krauss & the Cox Family. I’m not as religious as mm, this was very beautiful though.
and each step is getting brighter
as the golden stairs I climb
and every burden is getting lighter
and all the clouds are silver lined
and, over there the sun is...
May 2011
22 posts
I brought another pair of shoes into rotation today, these Saucony Kinvaras in what they call vizi orange. The Vomeros are about 2 years old and I got the LunarRacers about a year ago. I didn’t bring the previous pair of Motos from Chicago and I’m careful with the Racers. This means the bulk of my running this year has been with the Vomeros so it’s time to share the burden a...
12.35km 1:28:54hr 7.12min/km #running
There are 5 Whole Foods in London, the largest, at high st ken is only a bus ride away. I’m so glad I made the trip. Had lunch at their restaurant — a kind of high end food court with salads, sandwiches, hot food, Mexican food, vegetarian, pizza, Japanese. Tried the shabu shabu of lamb with udon and veg. Nice, but pricey. A very decent iphone pic here.
The store itself is split on 2...
shabu shabu @wholefoods london http://flic.kr/p/9MDk2g
This is what I collected this morning at the station, free food — vitamin water, soy milk, tea bags, cereal bar, soy yogurt. The soy milk people have been there all week, and it was nice to have free breakfast for 5 days. I don’t like the after taste of regular milk (not even skim) so this soy milk was great. Their marketing may work, I’m going to look for chocolate soy milk,...
Tesco is testing out in-store sat nav system at one of its stores near London. Shoppers enter their shopping list items and the app gives a map of where the items are within the store. They’re only testing the android app at the moment, and from what I read, it’s a unit attached to the trolley. (Above image only an illustration.)
The aim is to reduce walking? Like those game show...
5.00km 31.26min 6.17min/km #running
I ran 12km this morning, so I’m allowed ice cream. I had this Waitrose stem ginger ice cream that’s supposed to be “seriously creamy”. Well, it’s okay, but why do they have to put chocolate bits in it?? Sigh. Looking around the ice cream cabinets at Tesco or Sainsburys and it’s 90% chocolate or caramel or one of those very sweet flavours. The Haagen-Dazs page...
12.01km 1:21:45hr 6:48min/km #running
This beautiful mondrian cake is enough to make me want to go to SF MOMA already. Made by pastry chef Caitlin Williams Freeman who is part artist, part chef:
she bakes a big oblong white cake and smaller yellow, red and blue cakes, and cuts them into long thin shapes. She coats each of the pieces in ganache - a thick, rich covering of cream and dark chocolate - reassembles it all in a long loaf...
5.01km 31.16min 6.14min/km #running
I’m probably getting an ipad 2 next time I’m in the US. I gave my ipad to my niece and sometimes I miss it. I use the mba mostly at home but I think that it will more likely bridge the gap between the mba and the iphone. There’s a really interesting article from Business Insider on The Atlantic about how people really use the ipad. Usage has increased; almost 40% of respondents...
in a strange situation of worrying about no money taken out of account #london2012 #olympics
5.01km 29.44min 5.56min/km #running
5.01km 29.44min 5.56min/km
It’s frustrating. Routinely going sub-30 for a 5k should not be this difficult. I know the solution is to run more. Does it really help?
I had a conference today that I didn’t need to be at till 10am, so I had an hour. I thought I’d try running in the morning. Did some sort of fartlek on the home straight of the track — 300m normal speed, 100m...
Perhaps it’s a sign that I’m slowly accepting that I’m here now, I made chicken stock today.
10.01km 1:09:48hr 6.58min/km #running
I like Stella Artois beer for its nice clean taste. Plus, of course, it’s reassuringly expensive. Just a couple of weeks ago, on royal wedding day in fact, they launched their own cider, called so imaginatively, Cidre. I bought one yesterday and tried it today. Pretty clean, not too sweet, quite apple-y. And no longer reassuringly expensive, it was the same price as the Magners and the...
4.68km 28.05min 6.00min/km #running beat the banana #race
garmin: 4.68km 28.05min 6.00min/km
Race #3, I did end up registering for the beat the banana race.
It was held at Hyde Park at 6pm, so I left the office at 4.30pm to get there to pick up my bib. Received the t-shirt in the mail earlier this week. I’m glad it wasn’t that hot, and it’s a short distance. It was a nice cotton (sigh) t-shirt, but cotton and racing are incompatible....
I loosely follow cycling, if I see it on TV I’d watch it a bit. I was very saddened to read about the horrific accident that claimed the life of Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt. I can’t help but cry at watching his teammates and friends lead the peloton in a tribute on the neutralised stage 4 of the race. Each of the 23 teams took turns leading the peloton, and his team Leopard Trek...
When I made shakshuka for the first time, I liked it very much. So for this week’s vegetarian day, I thought I’d have it for lunch. Made the base last night — garlic, tomatoes, red pepper, yellow pepper. Brought 2 eggs with me, cracked them into the base and microwaved in the office. Took about 2mins to get to the soft-boiled stage. Scooped it up with a naan. All done in a...
March 2011
11 posts
supermoon →
Everyone’s talking about the supermoon tonight. For some reason I keep reading superMOM instead of moon, sigh. Didn’t feel like setting up the tripod and getting the big camera out,…
really big, free and fat (running related) →
Was reading Christopher McDougall article in the NYT about trail running. Not just any old trail run or race, but Fat Ass races, which are trail races with:
no fees, no awards, no…
recycled commercialism →
video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqx4-d_4g1U
Talking about commercialism, this feels propaganda-y and cliché-y, and they have a less than stellar reputation but I’m a nike…
5.01km 30.35min 6.06min/km #running
applying for #london2012 tickets. so far: beach volleyball, diving, handball, athletics, swimming, table tennis, opening ceremony
london 2010 fail →
How embarrassing. On the day that 2010 Olympics tickets go on sale online, there’s a glitch with visa purchases (only visa is accepted). And to add insult to injury, the official…
macbook air →
I spent the weekend setting up the macbook air, which I bought in Chicago and only unboxed this week. Unfortunately migration assistant didn’t work, and after spending hours and hours…
8.09km 52.10min 6.27min/km perfect #running weather
count again →
Got the census 2011 survey today. I didn’t even know this is a census year. Funny, that I already completed the US census last year, so does it mean that, since governments do census…
shove it tuesday →
A couple of years ago I made pancakes and tried paczki for the first time, last year I was on vacation. This year all I feel is blah, I have zero inclination to do anything…
doesn’t see the point of making pancakes for just one person
April 2010
5 posts
painting eggs →
A $2.99 paint kit, a dozen eggs and I was happily colouring easter eggs. What can i say? I’m easily satisfied.
easter pie →
I’m down at the house to celebrate Easter. All new traditions for me. One being working in a tag team to make pie. I’ve never liked pastry, but this seemed straightforward —…
ran 8 miles →
13.01km 1:29:28hr 6.52min
That’s 8.08 miles at 11min/mile. Not fast by any stretch of imagination but the idea today wasn’t fast but distance. This is the longest distance I’ve ever run. Ran all…
this is not a joke →
I’m not buying an ipad yet. I know I will, eventually. But not now.
Some other people also think this way.
how to square large numbers →
I know up to 152, above that I need a calculator. Until today. via lifehacker, john graham-cumming gave us a great method using mental arithmetic. So if I want to find out what is 482.
…
March 2010
7 posts
a runner's life is worth approx $500 →
This is the title of a thread on the runner’s world forum. Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. — A driver who fatally struck a jogger from Zelienople who was running…
photographing restaurant meals →
I can’t pinpoint exactly when I started, but I have been taking pictures of food for a long time. Both what I make, and when I eat out. To the point that none of my friends and…
#59(9) rigatoni with broccoli rabe →
A lively discussion was had when my post about broccoflower fed over to facebook. Among the topics discussed were canned asparagus and broccolini. Broccolini is known in the UK…
turn those lights off →
8.30pm local time today around the world is earth hour when we’re supposed to turn our lights off for 1 hour.
Honestly, I couldn’t see any visible participation. I think one window…
where should i live? →
This came up yesterday. If i get a job that is mostly working from home, where should i live?
My standard answer has always been Zurich. But if it’s US only? Hunch tells me: NYC, SF, Boston,…
hunch twitter predictor game →
I love hunch. I haven’t used it that much to ask questions, cos I don’t have a lot of decisions such as “what should I do during my commute?” or “which space heater should I buy” to make in…
almost local →
Even after several visits, as recent as a year or so ago, my friend commented that I walked around chicago like a tourist — with my head tilted up looking at the architecture. Today my…
September 2009
29 posts
#21(5) reading: chasing cézanne →
Peter Mayle is famous for his autobiographical A Year in Provence. I haven’t read it, nor did I see the film, but I’ve always been aware of him. Mr Mayle was a sort of expert on Provence, and…
reality junkie →
I had to get home by 7pm today to catch the return of TAR. It was a 2 hour premiere!! Although at first when the contestants were running out I was like why are there so many YDCs?? [not a…
95 years and counting →
It’s Car’s grandmother’s 95th birthday party today. And what a party for an amazing lady! There were many family and friends, and I’m no longer surprised that I know quite a few and get greeted as a…