{"id":1927,"date":"2018-06-22T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T21:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2018-06-22T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T21:56:41","slug":"new-runnin-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/new-runnin-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"New Runnin Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got me one of them there Apple watches. My trusty Garmin 10 was losing some of its juice, and I wanted to upgrade my running buddy. Also, I\u2019ve been carrying an iPod Nano on my hip forever, and I thought it would be nice to have an all-in-one contraption, now that Bluetooth is a thing (yeah, it\u2019s been a thing, but it wasn\u2019t ten years ago). Also, the fam just switch to a new mobile provider and got iPhones (my first) so it was kinda fait acompli<\/em>, as those ol\u2019 Romans useda say.<\/p>\n

Took it out on a maiden voyage this morning with an hour run, using the Strava app. Worked like a dream. A little too dreamy\u2014I\u2019m used to hitting a button and waiting for GPS to connect. This time, the connection was already there, so off I went. Of course I kept checking my pace for the first few minutes, and was dismayed to see that I was going super slow. Finally I realized that I was looking at my over-all average, which I had shot in the foot by starting off with a walk (a clumsy metaphor, but as a meta-metaphor, it aptly describe what kind of doofus I am).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And just now I went out for another foray, this one a long walk to find a Friday bar. But the bar I ventured for was closed when I arrived. Oh well. Got in a decent 4.25 miles and burned, what 400 or so calories. More than double what I would have consumed at the bar. Add that to the 600 or so from this morning and I should be one skinny feller.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not, which is why I need this watch. And this phone. Yeah, sure, \u201cneed\u201d is a strong word here, and reeks of First World. But what am I supposed to do, just accept that at 47 my gettin-lean years are all well behind me? Nah. I\u2019m too much of a doofus to do that. Yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I got me one of them there Apple watches. My trusty Garmin 10 was losing some of its juice, and I wanted to upgrade my running buddy. Also, I\u2019ve been carrying an iPod Nano on my hip forever, and I thought it would be nice to have an all-in-one contraption, now that Bluetooth is … <\/p>\n

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