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VAL: Squeaking By

February 6, 2022January 31, 2022 aka gringita

When I was approaching the (virtual) border of Malawi, I noted that for a stretch there I was running near the border but not actually getting there.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror, map, maps
@Fitbit

VAL: Skirting the border

January 29, 2022January 24, 2022 aka gringita

On my Virtual African Loop (VAL) I’m so close to the Malawi border.

So close.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror1 Comment
@Fitbit

Unexpected goal achievement

July 13, 2021July 5, 2021 aka gringita

Fitbit gives its badges for various goals and apparently I’m earning them – however unexpectedly- all over the place.

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Tagged @Fitbit, fitness, Health1 Comment
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Um, whatnow?

June 20, 2021 aka gringita

A little over a year ago I earned all the Fitbit daily steps badges. Because I don’t need medals, apparently I will walk for pixels.

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Tagged @Fitbit
@Fitbit, flotsam

The walk

May 11, 2021May 9, 2021 aka gringita

It’s not a far distance. But the motion of real actual steps, up and down the plentiful hills, makes a difference.

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@Fitbit, @myvmission / @TheConqueror, flotsam

Eking out a small lead

May 2, 2021April 28, 2021 aka gringita

So, we’ve established that the pandemic shutdowns turned me into a pacing monster and set me on all kinds of virtual missions, including the one I defined for myself, to circle Africa virtually.

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Tagged @myvmission / @TheConqueror
@Fitbit, flotsam

A little help

February 8, 2021February 1, 2021 aka gringita

I fixed lunch quickly and headed back to my desk. It was too busy a Monday – dear Lord could it still only be Monday – to linger about.

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Tagged @Fitbit, snow, Weather
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The coaster/medal

February 3, 2021January 28, 2021 aka gringita

Amid the miscellany of expected items Amazon brought from my quarterly Subscribe and Save order, was the mystery-delivery the post office has been threatening to bring me.

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Tagged 5k, fitness, Health, silliness
@Fitbit, @myvmission / @TheConqueror, flotsam

Assigning homework

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 aka gringita

A handful of friends are trying out virtual challenges.

Two are trying the Inca Trail, and one is trying Mt Fuji.

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Tagged @Fitbit, @myvmission / @TheConqueror3 Comments
@Fitbit, Fitness and Other Temporary Obsessions

Distance

October 13, 2020October 4, 2020 aka gringita

I knew I had to be creeping up on this Fitbit lifetime distance badge – but I didn’t see it come in, when it did.

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Tagged @Fitbit, fitness, Health

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