Saturday run in graphic form

Now you can exercise by proxy, by staring at the graphs of the workouts Blauw Oog and I have on Saturday nights. (Lots of beautiful women on the road as well in Utrecht on a dark evening, no need to worry about our social life.) Anyway, this graphic was made during the 5,5 km run described below, using a Philips-Nike MP3RUN, which is an obscenely expensive device consisting of a) an MP3-player, b) a Bluetooth enabled sensor which attaches to a shoe and tracks your progress. I've been testing it for quite a while now, as I had to write a review about it in NRC Handelsblad (a national Dutch quality newspaper). In that time, I've found it to be quite accurate. The only downside is the price tag of about 350 euros, which is excessive for a 256 MB player. Even if it does produce graphics like these:

(The parts where we slow down reflect time spent waiting at busy intersections.)

18:34

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Minor annoyances of life

• Having just exercised for over an hour, and feeling all freshed up, only to walk into a cloud of smoker's exhaust on my way out of the fitness center
• Stopping before a zebra crossing in a one lane street because a mother with her baby is trying to cross, only to find a Frenchman (go figure) tries to overtake you anyway, nearly hurting said pedestrians in the process
• Trying to drive into the street where you live, but nearly crashing into a road block which wasn't there when you left, meaning it was probably put there by construction workers who have been terrorizing the neighborhood for five consecutive months already

If any Americans still don't understand why Europe has gun control laws, this is why. Because it sure as hell is good I can't get my hands on one today. Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Phew, that feels better.

(In no way does low blood sugar due to intense dieting have anything to do with my explosive mood. No sir.)

17:45

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