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Why I Went Running Every Day Last Month

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Wilko van de Kamp
Jul 16, 2021
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Last month has been an interesting month for me, and I didn’t start it off on the right foot. The end of the Covid19 pandemic may be near, but my 4 requirements before I’ll travel again still aren’t met – so I can’t go anywhere. The press talks a lot about the “easing of Canada border restrictions” for citizens and permanent residents like me who are fully vaccinated. This is great but until they drop the testing requirements I’m not planning on going anywhere. My 4 steps don’t have much to do with the government restrictions (even though those don’t help), but everything with maximizing the experience value of that trip. And not being able to do that is starting to take a toll.

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