Biking

My brother after biking 106km in 2hours and 39min. Quite the bad-ass!
I myself have bought a yellow helmet. In the future I can therefore be mistaken for a wounded bee, driving my rattling bicycle through the streets of Turku.

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Nightly exercise

Since I started exercising more regularly I’ve been having some troubles with my sugar levels. I tend to take too much insulin in the evening with the result that I wake up in the middle of the night with levels around 3. Tonight was no exception, and I had the urge to say:
- Honey, isn’t [...]

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Something I should have written about a while ago…

So I know that the Olympics are soon to be over but I just couldn’t go without writing something about it.
Because we’re talking about heroes (see Dark knight review) I thought I should tell you that I was getting up at 5 o’clock every morning last week to listen to the US national anthem.
The way I [...]

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Sports day

And speaking of sports; we had a sports day at work. Starting at 8.30 in the morning when the bus left for Solvalla. At 10am we were forced to do some embarrassing games (building group moral I guess…) followed by lunch and two more hours of intense activity.
I had chosen to go out for a Nordic [...]

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Noux nationalpark (Nuuksio national park)

Today I went out for a little walk with the people I know from my time in Viikin kristityt’s Bible study group (or there were only 4 people that I already knew. As it has been four years since I last attended their meetings some new people have joined in). We went to Nuuksio national [...]

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Sporty

                        
I have finally managed to buy some indoor gym-shoes. Those that are for aerobics and not for indoor games like handball. That is, they are ugly black ones instead of nice white stylish ones.
But my brother has given me a word of wisdom regarding sports clothes: “It doesn’t matter what they look like as [...]

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The Finnish gym experience

This song has been going on and on in my head. It’s part of my Monday interval trainings. I added the lyrics as well, just so you’d get the beauty of this tune:

Groove Goverage – Holy Virgin
I’m a real lady,
Treat me like a baby;
I’ve been waiting weekly
For someone like you
Can you [...]

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Staying in

I might have been a bit too optimistic when I bought my running tuque (as Maureen would call it) since I haven’t been able to go out for a jog for a couple of months now. The Finnish weather is not so pleasant in November. It’s either warm and rainy or cold and slippery so [...]

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Feeling pretty warm

I am one step closer to becoming a true athlete: I’ve bought a cap/hat or whatever it’s called in English. The point is that this “thing” will give me the opportunity to run even when it’s below zero degrees Celsius!
All I need now are the supporting stockings Anna-Karin recommended, to keep my butt from wobbling…
   

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Triathlon next

I feel like such an athlete! I went out jogging today – in the rain! Well it wasn’t my purpose to go out and get soaking wet I just didn’t feel like going back home after only running 200m. So instead of doing the sane thing and return to my wonderful, warm flat, I ran [...]

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