Well yesterday I proved why cycle couriers can be so useful. It only took me 15 minutes to get home from work but it takes a minimum of 25 minutes by public transport. Before you start to assume I jumped every red light I saw, I didn't. Okay I did jump a couple but only where it was very easy to see what was coming, and I never do that at crossroads for instance.
I am trying to break up the pattern of long slow rides and inject some fast paced ones into my regime. I was pushing quite hard whenever there were no traffic lights or junctions in site, and breathing heavily enough to get arrested if I was speaking to someone on the phone at the time. Tomorrow morning I may try another fast one of no more than an hour, whilst Anny is still sleeping.
Next week will be back to the usual long rides though. It will most likely be my biggest one before La Marmotte itself. Anny has a friend coming over which gives me the perfect opportunity to disappear on my bike from the crack of dawn to the close of dusk.
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Disappointment reigns supreme - the holiday has had to be cancelled
As I am usually a rather positive person this is the first hint of a negative post from me. Last night our dog Negrita got sick and was vomiting again and again, and there was some blood in her poo. After a rather sleepless night, we decided she needed to go to the animal hospital today to be checked out. Anny was kind enough to take her during her lunchbreak, and after some hours they told her that she has some kind of viral infection that has made her very weak, and she needs to stay at the hospital till Friday so she can be monitored and rehydrated/ treated.
Unfortunately this means we need to cancel our holiday to the French Riviera as we will need to be there to pick her up on Friday. Also we will visit her tomorrow so she is cheered up a bit. She isn't a dog that takes well to new people. In fact she is normally very afraid of strangers so she probably isn't too happy right now. I get the impression though that when animals are sick they know the vets are trying to help them, as despite having needles stuck in them they usually display no signs of aggression and behave well. Or sometimes they are just too sick to care.
We are both disappointed about having to cancel, but it is more important that Negrita is okay. So my beach running will not happen it seems, as unless you didn't pay too much attention in your geography classes at school, you will know that Switzerland is a land locked country. You could call the areas around the lake "beaches", but for me this is like calling a gust of wind a hurricane. A beach where there are no waves is for me not a real beach.
I don't know yet what we will be doing, but I will certainly have to try and fit in some kind of physical training over the coming days. You know me, I can't do without it at the moment. Or rather I can't afford to do without it at the moment.
Unfortunately this means we need to cancel our holiday to the French Riviera as we will need to be there to pick her up on Friday. Also we will visit her tomorrow so she is cheered up a bit. She isn't a dog that takes well to new people. In fact she is normally very afraid of strangers so she probably isn't too happy right now. I get the impression though that when animals are sick they know the vets are trying to help them, as despite having needles stuck in them they usually display no signs of aggression and behave well. Or sometimes they are just too sick to care.
We are both disappointed about having to cancel, but it is more important that Negrita is okay. So my beach running will not happen it seems, as unless you didn't pay too much attention in your geography classes at school, you will know that Switzerland is a land locked country. You could call the areas around the lake "beaches", but for me this is like calling a gust of wind a hurricane. A beach where there are no waves is for me not a real beach.
I don't know yet what we will be doing, but I will certainly have to try and fit in some kind of physical training over the coming days. You know me, I can't do without it at the moment. Or rather I can't afford to do without it at the moment.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
The 6 month gym and spa membership is now available on ricardo.ch
Hi everyone
I have just finished my ricardo.ch account activation and got round to putting the 6 month Holmes Place Zurich gym and spa membership up for auction. http://www.fr.ricardo.ch/acheter/sport/fitness-et-home-training/autres/6-month-membership-to-holmes-place-zurich-gym-and-spa/v/an645470774/.
I know that anyone who wants to join Holmes Place can just go along and pay at the club directly, but the difference here is that all the money is going to charity, and not a penny to me or to the club itself. I know if I was going to join I would find it really cool that all my money was going to go to charity, and no one was taking any cut.
The other great thing is that normally you have to join for a minimum of 1 year. Well here you have the chance to try it out for 6 months to see what you think, and then you can decide whether or not you wish to continue.
If you know anyone who is thinking of joining a gym in Zurich please let them know about this offer and please help to spread the word to anyone you know in the Zurich area. Even if they are not sporty themselves, they may well know someone who is.
I know how many hits I normally get per day, so I hope to see it go up guys, as you all do your good work and spread the word. Get those smoke signals going, those jungle drums beating, and pass it on.....
I have just finished my ricardo.ch account activation and got round to putting the 6 month Holmes Place Zurich gym and spa membership up for auction. http://www.fr.ricardo.ch/acheter/sport/fitness-et-home-training/autres/6-month-membership-to-holmes-place-zurich-gym-and-spa/v/an645470774/.
I know that anyone who wants to join Holmes Place can just go along and pay at the club directly, but the difference here is that all the money is going to charity, and not a penny to me or to the club itself. I know if I was going to join I would find it really cool that all my money was going to go to charity, and no one was taking any cut.
The other great thing is that normally you have to join for a minimum of 1 year. Well here you have the chance to try it out for 6 months to see what you think, and then you can decide whether or not you wish to continue.
If you know anyone who is thinking of joining a gym in Zurich please let them know about this offer and please help to spread the word to anyone you know in the Zurich area. Even if they are not sporty themselves, they may well know someone who is.
I know how many hits I normally get per day, so I hope to see it go up guys, as you all do your good work and spread the word. Get those smoke signals going, those jungle drums beating, and pass it on.....
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