So, this happened. Kymaia’s Aji (or ‘Aajji’ as she prefers it), wanted to congratulate/appreciate/encourage/bless Kymaia for her first podium finish, and for some reason, also wanted to do the same to me (the words ‘congratulate/appreciate/encourage/bless’ in English do not do justice to the Marathi, ‘कौतुक’, which is what I mean in this case), and what we ended up with was two similar Coros Pace 2 EK (Eliud Kipchoge) Special Edition fitness wearables. While Kym is happy as a lark (frankly, even if her Aji had bought her a bar of Cadbury’s chocolate, she’d have been equally excited and happy, if I know anything of her), I am now under some stress because now that I have a watch that is used to track fitness, I better start on the path of achieving it (fitness, that is, not the stress). And hence, from Monday onwards, if you see a roly-poly, balding, middle-aged, be-watched man trundling along the racecourse, panting and huffing & puffing to keep moving his legs, please do not laugh, but wave in sympathy and understanding.
That’s it. Thank you for your cooperation. And yes, thank you, Aji!
P.S: I have since discovered that I am unable to set the correct age and weight for little Kym on the wearable, since it has a minimum at 16 years (in age) and 30kg (in weight), while Baby bear is 7 years (going on 8) and 22.5kg. However, instead of waiting for another 8 years for Kym to start using it, I just set it at the minimum so her coach can get at least some information that may be used in her training. I have also written to the company about this unique problem. Let us hope they find a resolution. At the end of the day, it is just a software thing; so, it might be doable. Let’s see. Till then, we take what we have and keep moving forward.
Our new fitness wearable – Coros Pace 2 EK Special Edition.
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![Mr Baba: 'Would you like to take off the backpack now that you've been downstairs for like 30 minutes?'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'I like it like this. You should try it. It's very comfortable.'
Mr Baba: [Pulling on his backpack] 'Hmmm, you're right. That's rather snug.'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'Twinning! Yay!'
#LuckiestManAlive #BearFamily](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416920031_3373151642830342_6696851954454537274_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=ZMLmjPdSAEUAX8nnJex&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfB0olvUVmnenPKd2wCllMDehg5gzDgAbc4BDsGLqIm6pA&oe=65BA4561)
![Kym: 'Mr Baba, can I tell you something wierd? You can actually get tired from doing nothing!!'
Me: 'It is called boredom.'
Kym: 'Noooo. I mean, like physically tired.'
Me: 'One can get tired and sleepy due to boredom. I remember reading about it somewhere. Let's find out.'
[Some Googling later]
Me: 'It says here that "A new paper published in the journal Nature Communications finds that a part of the brain that is associated with motivation and pleasure - the nucleus accumbens - also can produce sleep. The new findings may explain why we have the tendency to fall asleep in the absence of motivating stimuli, i.e., when bored." Isnt it interesting?'
Kym: 'I already knew that. Why do you need to research things we already know?'
Me: [Finding a subject worth talking about now]: ' Ah well, that's what we'll talk of tomorrow on your morning run. It's very interesting the way science is done and our understanding of the universe is expanded.'
Kym: 'Can we talk of unicorns instead?'
Me: 'Sure. How do you know they exist? That's an interesting question too that you can use the scientific method to answer.'
Kym: 'Do they have to exist for us to talk about them? We can just pretend they do for an hour and have fun.'
Me: [Laughing] 'Yes, sure. We can do that too.'
#BabaBabyConversations #BearFamily #KymAndI](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416410840_383105434396466_2267910263456009774_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=LIozs445JFcAX_48wGC&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDQ2qbb0yO_wUmLj_L0ZxF61eDdwlIN-vyrd8GZe_pBMQ&oe=65BAFA57)
