Bombay Sapphire doesn’t work
5 11 2006Hmm, week 17 on the countdown and again not a decent week:
| Day | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| Plan | rest | 5km | 5km | 5km | rest | 10km | rest |
| Actual | gin | gin | gin | 5km | 5km | sleep | 20km |
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| Total | 425.4km | ||||||
| Weight | 96kg (and going down) | ||||||
By my reckoning this means that I did about 5km more than I needed too, but not in the right units. Oh well.
My experimentation with Bombay Sapphire continued this week, however I adjourned to a cheaper location (Mumbai) to imbibe. Unfortunately I think that I passed the point where it is a performance enhancer. Mumbai turns out to be about as good for running as my condominium in Singapore. Once you get on that treadmill and turn on the IPOD it really doesn’t matter where you are.
On Saturday I arrived back in Singapore fairly early and although I kept telling myself that I should go for a run somehow I never got out. So Sunday morning I headed off to the Mac Richie Reservoir again. This is a short run of about 3km to get there and then about a 10km run around the Reservoir. However one of the paths was closed and I decided to see the HSBC treetop walk which made it about a 17km run.
Ohh, now here is a problem which I anticipate costing me a fair bit of money. In the reservoir is a lookout tower with a circular stair case. Being one whom appreciates the view and thought it would be good exercise I rapidly climbed the 4 or 5 levels. Just as I was reaching the top my Polar Footpod caught the underside of the step and tore off, sailing down the stairs to the bottom. It took me an additional trip up and down the tower to find all the parts and it seems that the only broken bit is the rubber thingy that clips it on – so tomorrow I have to search for spare parts for Polars. Should be fun.
Hmm better sign off. Next post probably back in HK then Mumbai (sigh)
