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Life-Sparring Podcast - Round 7: Show Notes

Synopsis:

Shadowboxing rounds are solo episodes, where I, Life-Sparring host Fabian Gruber share “what’s On and Poppin” in my life, what current books provide “Food for Thought” and what else is going on. No interviews, just a bit of solo rambling and occasionally some bad singing.

March was another uncharacteristically hot month in Hong Kong, so my attempt to run a virtual 50km trail race just before the deadline, ended sadly with my second ever “DNF - Did Not Finish” - result. Sometimes you need to know when to throw the towel to live and fight another day.

With heat already becoming an issue so early in the year and the COVID protocols demanding temperature scans for most buildings, I got a bit obsessed with body temperature as a metric. Unfortunately, there is no straightforward way to get proper body temperature measurements out of my Garmin Fenix 6 so I had to experiment a bit.

Before the heat makes it completely impossible, I went out for my first coached run ever. Old dogs seem to be able to learn new tricks, I felt my downhill technique improved towards the end of the three-hour session.

Food for Thought features Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and a rather prophetic novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving.

Oh, and did I mention I sing again?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Garmin Fenix 6 - Official Garmin Page.

Garmin Estimated Body Temperature Data Field and the Body Temperature Widget by ChunPs.

The Scientific Paper the Body Temperature Widget is based upon.

The Oura Ring and the Core Body Temperature Sensors.

Fabian’s reading list on Goodreads.

Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century on Goodreads and on Amazon (Affiliate Link)

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving on Goodreads and on Amazon (Affiliate Link)

What’s the Minimum Dose of Training to Stay Fit? - Alex Hutchinson, in Outside Magazine

The Buzzy, Chatty, Out-of-Control Rise of Clubhouse - Steven Levy, in Wired

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About the Life-Sparring Podcast:

Sparring is an important part of martial arts; it is the reality check of your abilities. As Mike Tyson famously said: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Life-Sparring takes the sparring from the ring into real life. Hear Life-Sparring host Fabian Gruber punching above his weight, interviewing top experts in their respective fields, trying to fight (his own) mediocrity one round at a time.

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