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The Ochsner Sport Runday Monday Signy Run

For several weeks I have run with the Ochsner Sport Runday Monday Signy group. Last night the run began at the Abériaux parking before heading towards Gland and skimming the Domaine Impérial before then heading back through some woods towards the parking, before then stopping by a plage for a swim and apéro, before heading home and sleeping.

The course was around 8.8 kilometres long going along the woods and a water fountain where we could get fresh water, before running along the road, turning left, and then right, and then into the woods, before making our way towards the edge of the woods and crossing towards the Aérodrome de Prangins, before running along, and then turning back towards the same woods, and making our way back to the water fountain. We then picked up swimming stuff and went to the plage.

We posed in the water for a photo, and then some swam before apéro and conversation by the lake.

It’s worth noting that water fountains, in hot weather become key aspects of runs and bike rides because they provide people with the opportunity to refill water bottles, but also for people to soak their heads, their hats, their clothes and more to ensure that fresh water cools us down properly.

I didn’t notice myself suffering with the heat but I don’t know whether this is because I hydrated for an hour before the run, because I sleep in a room that is at 29°c or because the air wasn’t actually that warm. According to the watch, and Strava it was 33°c and felt like 34°c. It’s worth noting that the pace for my morning solo run, and then the afternoon social run was slow and conversational, rather than fast.

By planning a run by a fountain, and through wooded areas near a stream you get the cooling effect from the trees and the stream, and splashing water on yourself. You also get the cooling effect of the breeze.

I suspect that I cope with the heat because I’m living in 28°c heat until Octobre or November, due to Minergie being so ill suited to summer. Outside, it’s 20°c at night. Indoors it’s 28-29°c.

It is nice to have a group to run with, and that two or three run groups end with a swim, especially during the canicule. It’s a way of cooling down quickly in the canicule.

EV Charging around Signy and Nyon

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Yesterday morning I plugged the car in to charge at Signy Centre while shopping and for the price of a coffee I charged the car by ten percent. I then went to the lakeside of Nyon to test the Service Industriel de Nyon (SIN) chargers and failed.

They were out of service so I drove towards Chavannes Centre because I thought of using their chargers until I realised that by the time the car is charged I would be driving through rush hour traffic. Instead I drove back to Signy Centre.

I charged the car from 40 percent to 100 percent in about two hours and fourty minutes at about 10.4kw/h. While waiting I played games on the mobile phone but I also went for a walk. In the process I noticed that the Avia garage has chargers, which I knew about, that Bottone has chargers which I knew about, that Signy Centre itself has several chargers, and finally that Shell has a new charger and this is a 300kw charger. In one industrial area you have four charging solutions, and if you include Nyon then the one by the Pisciculture place was out of action but the one by the Aviron was working.

You can tell chargers are working because they're busy. In Nyon if no one is parked at a charging station there is a good chance that the chargers are out of order.

What would be nice is for every town and village to have a public charging point. At the moment we can either shell out and get charging for home, but then if you live in an apartment you need permission to install it, and if you live in a house you get a little more freedom.

If we knew that every village we drove to had public charging points then we could head to these, park, and then go for a bike ride or hike, and get back to a car that was fully charged and ready for the trip home.

And Finally

I was thinking, if only I had people to meet in Nyon for an hour or two, while waiting for the car to charge, but if I had set a meeting point and time, and the chargers were not functional then I would have missed an opportunity to charge. Luckily I had flexibility so I went to Signy Centre and the charge time was not too long. If I was in a rush I could use the 300kw charger but this wears down the battery sooner so it's interesting for road trips, rather than daily use.

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