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Tag Archives: Gym
I Cheated
Today I ran 10km in 70 minutes, but for full disclosure, I have to admit that in order to get this done, I cheated. There are a couple of ways to cheat when you are running on a treadmill. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Gym, Running, Treadmills
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Unforecast Rain
I have the AIX weather app on my phone. While it forecast rain for tomorrow afternoon, it certainly did not show the rain and thunder storms that we have had this evening! #612 of my 1000 thanks is for this … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town rain, Gym, Truffles
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Go With The Flow Monday
Sometimes you should look at the scraps of paper that land in your mailbox. Every time I checked the post box over the last week there was a rolled up piece of paper. Presuming it be spam, I left it … Continue reading
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Tagged Electricity failure, Gym, Running
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Cultural Lesson Learned
There was some shouting in the street. I walked across to my bedroom doors and peered out. One of the neighbours who lives down the road was having an altercation with a man. The resident took a photo of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gym, Life in South Africa
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Regular Thursday
It’s been pretty much a regular Thursday, in that I went to gym, did a 20 minute walk, 30 minutes Grid and 10 minute cycle. The Grid is always hectic. My friend Ingrid joins me now on a Tuesday and … Continue reading
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Tagged Burpees, Gym, South African Cricket
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David’s Challenge
It wasn’t really a ‘challenge’, but yesterday when David stopped by he said he had looked at my running times and said I could probably run 3km under 20 minutes. Enough said! That was my challenge today. I did a … Continue reading
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Tagged Gym, Truffles
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Mellow Monday
Today was surprisingly quiet as far as work went, but very productive in other areas. I managed to get done some stuff done that I’ve been intending to do for a while. I’ve got two bank accounts and only need … Continue reading
Autumn Sunday
The wind dropped today and it became a perfect autumn Sunday. We woke at about 6-30am and I made coffee. We hung around in bed, but were at church at 8am. Breakfast followed at Chalk and Cheese where we met … Continue reading
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Tagged Gym, Swimming, The Blue Cafe
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Truffles off to the Vet
Today I had to take Truffles to the vet for her annual shots. A number of people have died in South Africa over the last few months from Rabies. I wanted to make sure she was up to date. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Gym, Truffles
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Productive Monday
This morning, Mike woke up early. He thought he had heard a noise, so he went to investigate. It was just the neighbours getting up and going to work. I was the winner as he bought me a cappuccino. Mike’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Gym, Helga's Work
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David’s Birthday
Today we celebrate David’s 27th birthday. He has grown into a mature, thoughtful, funny adult and we love him! I have spoken to him but we only get to see him in a couple of hours. We are going out … Continue reading
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Life is Full of Compromises
Until we get to heaven, life will never be perfect! It is full of compromises. No perfect country, no perfect city, no perfect suburb, no perfect home, no perfect car, no perfect job, no perfect people. It’s just impossible to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town drought, Compromise, Gym
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Hand Cleaning Stash
Today I went in search of hand cleaners. I wanted one that doesn’t need a rinse. Checkers had none. Dischem had a display at the entrance with hugely expensive options. R150 for 200ml, so I went down the aisle and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town drought, Gym, Hand sanitizer
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Super Sunday!
It’s been a super Sunday. I woke up around 7am and made the coffee. We decided to go to St. Peter’s 8am service, which was excellent. We really enjoyed it. 8am works very well for us. Murray Anderson spoke on … Continue reading
Warm, humid, restful
That sums up today! Warm, humid restful. Very little seems to have been done today, but thinking back I did achieve some things. I went to gym and ran 5km in 35 minutes and 56 seconds. I did a few … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, Gym, Peaceful sleep
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