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Zak Brown
I like to run over hills, grow food, make maps. Grew up in Australia. Continue to grow up in New Zealand.
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@fabioteixeira thanks! I am very grateful for having this at my doorstep

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Not a bad run commute this evening. Spring is in the air. #running

View across a lake with mountains in the backgroundView across a lake with mountains in the background with afternoon sun shining.River view from atop a walkbridge (out of picture)Afternoon golden colours on clouds and bridge with peak hour traffic crossing a river.

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Allocate Smartly Trading Update zakb.micro.blog
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About me: running zakb.micro.blog
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Snow run out the back of Arrowtown (Miner’s trail). Also, I’m sick. Probably shouldn’t have done that, but I needed to check, and yep, definitely sick. 2024 has been shyte. #trailrunning

Grey day, snowing, faint trail showing under snow looking down the hill, snow stops halfway down. Marker post on the right.
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Weeknote 2024-W30 zakb.micro.blog
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Grim crime thrillers zakb.micro.blog
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I pretend these are boosters from Mario Kart. Pew pew.

Cyclist symbol and forward arrow painted on road
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In a rabbit hole zakb.micro.blog
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Rolling fog on the lake this morning. Eery and beautiful.

Shot over the lake with a must rolling through, ducks in foreground and the Remarkables in the back
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Pretty fresh jog this arvo.

Hore frost off the side of a frosty trail
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Small trimmings to my landing page, a weekly accumulated elevation profile, and updated colour scheme for light mode. Small wins. zakb.micro.blog

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I had heard of Gomez, but for whatever reason had never given them a chance.. til now, and oh boy am I loving their 1998 debut album “Bring It On”. They’ve got a decent discography so looking forward to diving in.

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#gomez #music

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Hard slog but very rewarding run today with beaut weather and good chats. First 3k in the fog, next 7km under the snowline, then 20k of undulating snow covered range “running” making it slow and taxing. Point to point. 29.97km/2049m. First longrun in a while. I’m wrecked!

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Man running through brown grass approaching a snow covered range in the distanceTrig station on hill above an inversion layer down the valleyA long snow covered range showing the farm tracks underneath. Clear blue skies.Runner on hill, closer half covered in snow, farther half brown tussock

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It’s hard to get out the door for a run at -2°C but scheduling with a mate increases the chance of it happening. Gonna be a cold one. Cool route planned today. First long-run in a while.

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The creek is cold.

walking

Cracked ice of a frozen creek running between a small plantation of young natives, the backs of houses and suburbs up the hill and a snow capped mountain far in the b...

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96,019 blocks since I installed uBlock Origin on #firefox 3 months ago. Wonder what I’m missing.. or not. Can’t believe I lived my life without it. Those numbers are ridiculous. uBlock Origin rocks.

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Weeknote 2024-W28 zakb.micro.blog
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Finished reading: Revenge by James Patterson 📚 ⭐⭐⭐ Patterson is not really my type but it was on my shelf from god knows where. It was a quick easy action romp which was what I was after, if a little silly at times.

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Current #queenstown #trailrunning conditions. 👌 Fernhill loop

Singletrack with snowcapped mountains in the backgroundTrail winding up hill under pine canopy Trail through beech forestSmall creek

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Totally switched off, ready for the weekend. Sorry boss.

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Lunch walks

#walking #lunchwalk

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Quarterly Review 2024-Q2 zakb.micro.blog
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Glorious day to be back at it. Knees felt good. In fact, I could feel the new muscle groups (from strengthening exercises) doing their thing. Maybe I’ll bounce back stronger.. 🤔 #trailrunning

Meandering trail through golden grassy rounded hills on a bluebird day.