A run and a hike
I’ve been very slack in keeping my blog updated this last week, but in my defence, my family and I are having a great holiday!
Let me see. The last time I updated I’d been for a run around Blue Emerald Lake. I thought I’d done 6K but it turns out I’d paused my Garmin somewhere along the way and had actually done about 7.5K. I went for another run there on Friday morning and it was really interesting seeing the masses of folks out exercising. There was a group doing some sort of martial arts with swords, a plethora of folks doing Tai Chi or something similar and my favourite bunch: a group of nutters who just seemed to be having a good time jumping around and laughing. Anyway, I did 7 laps of the lake which comes in at about 10.5K.
On Saturday we went hiking in the hills above Taipei. My wife’s cousin said we would only go for about an hour but it was such a lovely day that we ended up doing just over 4 hours. The only problem was that the route involved a lot of steps! I think it’s a bhuddist thing that they always build their temples at the top of hills and then have thousands of steps up. Something about having to make an effort to achieve enlightenment I’m sure! I stopped counting the steps after we’d done 1000 and I’m sure there were plenty more. And that was just the uphill bit! I had very sore shins afterwards but it was a great day out.
The steps above led to this temple:
It was quite a nice looking temple but pretty small compared to some of the more impressive ones I’ve seen.
I had a passenger on board which made the hike a bit more of a workout too!
I have to admit that carrying the passenger around Taiwan is a good workout. She’s about 18 kgs once she’s in her carrying pack with all her bits and pieces.
She has been very cute and funny on this trip. Whenever we take the subway to get to someplace she insists on holding on to the overhead handgrip because everyone else is!
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What a gorgeous hike and a really cute passenger!!! Wow scenery like that would inspire me to walk forever
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Gorgeous pictures. Thats is the cutest passenger I’ve ever seen. Seriously, she is adorable! Glad you and the family are having a great holiday.
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Great pictures! All those steps will build your quads and make you even faster, so don’t sweat the shin pain too much. Nice of you to offer your shoulders to such a cute little passenger as well. Cheers!
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Stunning. And I know what you mean about the steps.
Little one is cute as a button
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Looks like you’re having a great holiday!
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18kg is nothing compared to all the weight you used to carry!
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