13 October 2024

Garmin had an elegant solution to my heart problem

Remember how my heartbeat goes way over my max HR? Heuristically, it should be around 163 (220 minus my age). But, as I have reported before, I often go over that. In fact, look at today’s run… I peaked at 172 bpm… that is 106% of Max HR.

I think today Garmin got as worried as me. Its solution though was devastatingly simple, yet effective. It notified me that it is going to use 180 as my Max HR from now on!! Heuristics be danged! Why did I not think of that?

That corresponds to a 40 year old’s Max HR. With my growing years, my conversations with my skeleton has become louder and louder. But I will take this heart report to my “W” column!!

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10 October 2024

From the barista’s corner – Coffee from Country #17 : Kenya

I have this friend and ex-colleague in Chicago – Leecox – who hails from Kenya and has his own coffee business. Got some of his Kenyan coffee from his online store and tried it out. You can read about their story here. The package came with 3 different packs of coffee. Gave two of them to two current colleagues of mine – Julia and Akshay. The three of us are neophytes in coffee culture and trying our best to gain some expertise. We even have a name for our group – “Sip Happens!”

In any case, all three have liked this Kenyan coffee. A bit bitter as coffee should be and less on the sour notes.

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8 October 2024

Geometry quiz

Found this on the internet. Could not find the answer. If you work it out, let me know. Want to see if I got it right.

There is a square and a rectangle sharing a diagonal as you see in the picture. The shaded portion shared between them is 75% of the square’s area. Question is what percentage of the rectangle’s area is that shaded portion.

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7 October 2024

8 mile morning ride

First ride after a couple of weeks being away from home. Got scared by two cars. Need to find some quiet roads. Also realized something else. My Garmin watch often says it is synced to my tail lights. I never knew what it meant. Other than that I was frustrated the lights were not working after I had fully charged them. Then I realized… the lights come on moment I start my ride! I guess the Garmin watch is trying to save battery for me!! Now, I have no idea how to connect my front lights too!

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