Author: hlockwoo
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Iceland Part III: THE hike
(Editorial note that this is the part III blog of our trip. Part II is linked here, part I is linked here and a preamble with links to our full itinerary is here.) [HIKE DATE: JUNE 30, 2017] After Gullfoss, we are off. It is now destination Skogafoss, to park a van, and Selgalanfoss to…
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Iceland Part II: Another Day in Reykjavik & Off to the Golden Circle
(Editorial note that this is the part II blog of our trip. Part I is linked here and a preamble with links to our full itinerary is here.) At some point in the middle of the night (which actually looked like daytime), our final 3 friends arrive from their delayed Air Canada flight. I groggily…
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My own 60 day challenge
I’ve been in a rut. Bad habits, bad coping mechanisms. Loads of stress. You could say some of this started from a personal trauma from almost three years ago now. Lots of healing has had to happen since then. And while the overall trajectory of this path has been positive with a lot of growth,…
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Iceland Part I: Reykjavik, Day 1
As I mentioned in the previous blog post, we had a narrow window for this trip and it happened to be the peak season for going to Iceland. Late June / early July is the best chance for good weather. It’s Summer on the island. It also means no darkness which is great for exploration…
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Another trip of a lifetime
It wasn’t supposed to happen so quickly after Patagonia. We had both savings and vacation time to rebuild. But when adventure and opportunity called, well, we couldn’t pass it up. The circumstances were that the crew we met and immediately bonded with in Peru and then met up with again, two years later, in Chile…
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It’s about damn time I wrote that Patagonia trip recap, right?
Perspective is so important. It’s something we all know. During setbacks and challenges, it’s a “yes, duh. Needs to be done.” Me? I’m a pretty lucky gal with regards to general lifetime developments. No major tragedies or traumas (at least that I can share). I have loads to be thankful for. I know that. But…
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Podcast Round-up
I, like a lot of you, have been obsessed with Missing Richard Simmons. If you are unfamiliar, it’s a 6-episode podcast that goes deep into Mr. Simmons’ absence from public life since 2014. And the story is extremely compelling, but it also left me with some guilt for buying into the whole frenzy surrounding his…
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Today’s Fitness Pairing: Injured + WFH
I am home today working on a big project that requires focus. It’s also winter, cold and I’m injured (long story — but a fall in Patagonia which essentially caused me whiplash in has reared it’s head so I’m nursing both a sore knee and neck as I work with my chiropractor through the recovery)…
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Patagonia Adventure
36 hours back from the vacation of a lifetime. 9 hours back at work. I still have a vacation brain and somehow managed to lock my keys in my car on my way out the door — so I’m back at my desk, waiting for help and thinking back on the amazing trip. After unpacking,…
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Goals
In the old days of my original blog and fitness journal, the post title “Goals” would have most likely been linked to a big event — a marathon, half ironman, bicycle trek across California. After I found fitness (and lost some weight) in my mid-twenties, I became fitness-obsessed. And as I got stronger and stronger,…
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