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October 18, 2004
Progress
Nathalie bought herself an exercise bike today at Decathlon, where twice a year they help people sell their old sports equipment. The bike runs with adjustable magnetic resistance, and counts the calories as you burn them.
Timothee and Emma have been taking turns. Tim burned 10 calories and came down to tell us about it. Emma burned 2.2 calories over a period of about 5 minutes. The seat was much too high for her to sit down.
My memories of exercise bikes are of Granddad and Grandmother riding an old bike with mechanical resistance. We had to speak loudly over the noise. This one is nearly silent. My computer's fan makes more noise.
Nathalie's not yet an endurance sports enthusiast. She's been pedalling for almost 5 minutes and is complaining about getting too warm.
Posted by Mark at October 18, 2004 08:10 PM