Senegal trip (involves being towed)
Instagram recap reel of only the good moments, not the towing, freezing at night, or being extorted by traffic police 🤣 At the beginning of every foreign vacation I wonder if I will live up to my own plans and travel resolutions. Mostly standard stuff, like discovering all the stuff that’s new and different over there. And: sticking to a reasonable travel budget. For this trip, I also wondered if we’d camp in our tent, as I hoped we would, or if we’d get lazy and book hotel
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Triathlon base training: swim practice
Swimming seems to have a bad reputation among endurance athletes. When I ask other runners if they're interested in doing a triathlon, most answer the same way: "Nope, because I hate swimming." Adding that they're also really bad at it, which I always doubt. Why is everyone saying their technique sucks? Who told them that? I mean, generally when I see people swim, they clearly know how to get from point A to point B, fairly gracefully, and without any panic or risk of drownin
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The Gambia: most of the country in 2 days!
The Gambia is a small country. You can drive around the whole thing in a day if you want to. But there’s no point in doing that, because all you would see would be the road, some trees, and houses. Driving through the towns takes approximately five seconds. So when the time came to explore the countryside, we wanted to take it a bit slower than that. And bring a tour guide who could answer any history, agriculture or other type of question our 7-headed group would throw his w
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