Last time in Bermuda I worked up to a run of 10km in 1 hour.
This time I changed it up. Worked up to a 7.8 km trail run. Fastest time was 57:38.
I ran 4 loops of the Spittle Pond Nature Reserve, the largest wildlife sanctuary in Bermuda.
The pond is salt water. Brackish. I saw it filling at high tide.
It was great to loop past the ocean each morning. Other than myself, I saw only a few dog walkers.
I hate smoking.
I hate vaping less as the second hand smoke is not nearly so bad.
And vaping legal product is much safer for the user than cigarettes. (The U.S. deaths appear to be mostly due to illegal product.)
More than 40 million people around the world now vape, up from just 7 million less than a decade ago. In the U.S., roughly 1 in 5 high-school kids vape. …
It wasn’t long before a vaping champion was crowned: Juul Labs, founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco.
… By 2017, Juul was the U.S. leader in market share, selling one of every three e-cigarettes. …
Why did Juul become so much more popular than its rivals? Michael Siegel has one answer.
Juul has a very different nicotine formulation that makes it much more addictive. …
… the U.K. has regulated these products. And most importantly, there is a limit on the amount of nicotine that’s allowable. You can only have up to 20 milligrams per milliliter of nicotine …. In the U.S., there’s no limit at all.
So Juul comes along, they put 54 milligrams per milliliter in their product …
It’s 17 milligrams in the U.K.
Read more …
The bigger problem in the USA is NOT the deaths, but rather the high percentage of youth who are not smokers taking up vaping. In 2019 it’s still considered cool.
On arrival in Pokhara I noticed posters for the Cassanga Challenge, a multi sport adventure race.
I signed up for the 7.5 km cycling section followed by a 6 km road run ($10).
I rented a decent mountain bike for the day ($15).
As I did not attend orientation, I had no idea the entire 13.5km would be uphill towards the highest mountains in the world! 😕
I managed to ride past transition. Before switching to the run. Uphill.
I was one of the last — of those who finished. Here at the bridge.
Some expats decided to run back the 6km to transition. So I joined them. It was much easier downhill.
For paddling you needed to be experienced Class IV. Not me.
However, the put-in for paddling / transition was a lovely spot.
For my $10 entry fee I got the race, t-shirt and as much dal bhat and goat as I could eat.
Winners of the Men’s division Bike/Run:
1st Laxman Malla (Nepal)
2nd Himal Tamata (Nepal)
3rd Kamal Oli (Nepal)
One thing North America has done right is to reduce smoking.
I hate visiting Europe for this one reason.
According to the World Health Organization, 21.9 percent of Americans smoked tobacco in 2018. In comparison, the average smoking rate for Europe was 28.7 percent.
When you look at the approximate number of cigarettes smoked per person per year, the picture is even more striking. Out of the 20 countries that smoke the most cigarettes, 15 of them are entirely or partially in Europe. The United States is 68th on the list. …
From U.S. surgeon general warnings to campaigns by groups like the American Cancer Society, the messaging has been clear since the 1960s: smoking cigarettes is bad for you. And it’s worked. About 96 percent of Americans believe smoking cigarettes is at least somewhat harmful to your health. …
Obviously the EU has to educate, educate, educate … and legislate.
Here’s my nearest grocery store in Stuttgart. Nothing but nicotine products while waiting in line to check out.
I’ve never been a serious runner. But in Bermuda I usually run as it’s difficult to cycle the narrow roads here.
Day-by-day I built up distance until I reached 10km.
At that point I tried to reduce time to hit the goal of 10k in one hour, a pace I’d done a number of times in the past.
My last full day in Bermuda I walked to the Rail Trail to avoid the one big hill I’d been running.
Pushed hard to stay under 6 minute splits on the kilometre. That worked for the first 7km … then I got tired. A big push on #10 at 5min 34sec got me to the goal.
reality check – That is from my Strava app. … But my Apple Watch workout app says I missed by 46 seconds. I believe Strava is correct. Apple watch less accurate.
No problem for me.
But schools and Gymnastics clubs in Bermuda were closed for at least 2 days.
The Category 3 storm’s 120 mph winds left 80% of the island — more than 27,000 people — without power …
Our power went out for about 14 hours. During peak winds in our home bunker, we played Mexican Train dominos.
Next morning we surveyed the damage. Some gas leaks, nine medical incidents and three structural fires. One roof blew off.
Bermuda rarely sees storms as big and powerful as Humberto. Only 21 hurricanes have passed within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean paradise over the past century …
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The rail trail where I run is impassible due to fallen trees.
Joseph Campbell taught me this life principle:
“Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
For me that means DO the things I like best. Avoid the things I like least.
That includes people. I believe in Freedom of Speech. And also Freedom from Speech.
For example, if you support Trump I NEVER want to speak to you again for the rest of our lives.
I’ve only rarely seen moose in the wild in Alberta.
This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to the normally shy beasts.
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There’s a lot of truth in this cartoon.
I DO think we should keep researching side effects.
In the meantime, vaccinate!
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