Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Happy Pi Day everyone… We celebrated 3.14.15 (otherwise known as Pi Day) with a trip to Welshpool and the finding of a mystery geocache. It was actually one I’d worked out months ago, but seeing as we were going to Welshpool for a day out anyway and there was a Pi Day souvenir up for...
One of the main reasons I didn’t want to go flat out in the Dyfi Dash Sprint Triathlon race on Sunday was the fact that doing so usually takes quite a bit out of me. It sounds silly for a race that only lasts just over an hour but if I give it everything I...
After what was supposed to be a recovery week training wise, it was back to it today with some hellish hill reps. Not that the preceding week was exactly restful thanks to lots and lots of work to do, both website design work and working at the University, which meant that in order to fit...
I think I must have been working in a Tardis all these years. My home office never seemed small while I was in it, but now that we’ve emptied it all out ready for a new carpet to be fitted it’s 4m x 3m walls make it feel quite ‘cosy’. The things is, somehow, moving...
Another busy weekend – I think I need a rest after that one. It was dominated this week by the office makeover. As mentioned elsewhere, a leak in our fishtank prompted a complete re-decoration of my home office. The biggest task was moving everything out of the office and finding somewhere to store it whilst the...
I’ve said it plenty of times before, but I like gadgets and tech, and often use them to provide motivation as far as fitness and training is concerned. Be it a GPS enabled watch such as my Garmin 910XT, Virtual Power turbo training such as TrainerRoad or technical socks, I fall for them all and use...
As regular readers of this weblog will know, I often volunteer as a participant in various studies at the Sports and Exercise Department at Aberystwyth University. Most of these require a fair bit of my time to do but often prove interesting and painful in equal measure. Interesting from a point of view of getting a measure on...
We’ve got a guest post for you today, but one that’s apt as I could certainly do with a nice holiday on a budget. Travelling abroad on a modest budget can seem like a challenge at first, but it’s one well worth taking on. After all, those paid holiday hours should go toward something truly...
Sorry, but it’s time to talk about Poo! I don’t know why I’m apologising really, 9 year old boys might find the topic amusing but as adults we should have grown out of that by now. Defecating, pooing, a number 2, taking a dump, having a sh*t, laying a cable, dropping the kids off at...
After torrential rains in the morning, Morgan and I were supposed to be going mountain biking on Saturday afternoon, but as the skies cleared and the sun came out Morgan couldn’t be bothered so instead I decided to go for a walk along the beach into Borth to get some bread and milk. It turned...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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