Freezing cold! [Eng][Esp] | My Actifit Report Card: January 14 2025

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I've been taking walks in the morning for a while now, fighting the cold and enjoying the early morning steps, until today. Lately I don't have time to go out in the evenings for a walk, besides, I don't like it getting dark so early at all.

Well, today I also went for an early walk, but after only 20 minutes I gave up and came back home. On the short way back, I approached one of the new stops of the Zaragoza public bicycle service, which had been under renovation to return to service starting tomorrow January 15, I hadn't had the chance to see the new models of bikes, but what ended up taking all my attention was the thin layer of ice that was forming on the surface of the bicycles. At that moment I realized that it was -2 degrees and I was finally convinced that the best thing to do would be to cancel the walk. For me that's too cold already.

In spite of it all, I found the thin ice structures I came across beautiful, the symmetry in nature fascinates me. Another thing that caught my attention while I was undoing my way were several posters promoting activities, January is a month of beginnings and many schools promote their classes and workshops. There are offers of anything and everything it seems, but it caught my attention to see posters of a photography school in that area, something that I keep postponing, I don't know for how long. I liked the martial arts school poster a lot, but interesting to me was the functional training program. I also saw an event that involves coffee, this one is public and it might be worthwhile to find out what it is about.

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Llevaba unos buenos d铆as saliendo a caminar en la ma帽ana, luchando contra el fr铆o y aprovechando para hacer pasos a primera hora del d铆a, hasta hoy. 脷ltimamente no tengo tiempo para salir por las tardes a pasear, adem谩s, no me gusta nada que oscurezca tan pronto.

Bueno, hoy tambi茅n sal铆 a caminar muy temprano, pero despu茅s de tan solo 20 minutos desist铆 y regres茅 a casa. En el corto camino de vuelta, me acerqu茅 a una de las nuevas paradas del servicio de bicicletas p煤blicas de Zaragoza, que hab铆a estado siendo renovado para volver a prestar servicio a partir de ma帽ana 15 de enero, no hab铆a tenido la oportunidad de ver los nuevos modelos de bicicletas, pero lo que termin贸 llev谩ndose toda mi atenci贸n fue la fina capa de hielo que se estaba formando en la superficie de las bicicletas. En ese momento me percat茅 que est谩bamos a -2 grados y termin茅 de convencerme que lo mejor ser铆a cancelar el paseo. Para mi eso es muy fr铆o ya.

A pesar de todo, me parecieron lindas las delgadas estructuras de hielo que me encontr茅, la simetr铆a en la naturaleza me fascina. Otra cosa que llamo mi atenci贸n mientras deshac铆a mi camino fueron varios carteles promoviendo actividades, enero es un mes de comienzos y muchas escuelas promocionan sus clases y talleres. Hay ofertas de todo al parecer, pero me llamo la atenci贸n ver carteles de una escuela de fotograf铆a por esa zona, algo que sigo posponiendo, no s茅 hasta cuando. El cartel de la escuela de artes marciales me gusto mucho, pero interesante me precio fue la propuesta d entrenamiento funcional. Tambi茅n vi una actividad que involucra caf茅, esta es p煤blica y quiz谩s valga la pena averiguar de que se trata.

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The truth is that the best decision was to go home, shortly after arriving I saw that a strong wind started, that makes the thermic sensation much worse and I was almost freezing when I arrived. My ears were very sensitive and my legs were freezing. It was a mistake on my side not to check the weather before leaving, but I did not expect such a sudden change, I had left at the same time a few days before and I had no major problem. The truth is that I should have learned by now that you can't let your guard down when it comes to the temperature in this city, but I still fall into the trap of being naive or forgetful.

Besides, my head hasn't finished saying goodbye to the tropical weather I was able to enjoy in my December travels, so let's say I'm rebooting my operating system yet. The good thing was that I brought a good shipment of coffee from Colombia, it is my favorite bean and it is really comforting to be able to prepare a cup of good hot coffee after running away from the cold.

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La verdad es que la mejor decisi贸n fue irme a casa, poco despu茅s de llegar vi que comenz贸 un viento bastante fuerte, eso empeora much铆simo la sensaci贸n t茅rmica y yo estaba casi congelada cuando llegue. Las orejas las ten铆a muy sensibles y las piernas s煤per heladas. Fue un descuido de mi parte no revisar el tiempo antes de salir, pero no me esperaba un cambio tan brusco, hab铆a salido a la misma hora d铆as anteriores y no tuve mayor problema. La verdad es que ya deber铆a haber aprendido que no se puede bajar la guardia en cuanto a la temperatura en esta ciudad, pero sigo pecando de ingenua u olvidadiza.

Adem谩s mi cabeza no ha terminado de despedirse del clima tropical que pude disfrutar en mis viajes de diciembre, as铆 que digamos que estoy reiniciando mi sistema operativo aun. Lo bueno fue que del vine a Colombia me traje un buen cargamento de caf茅, es mi grano favorito y la verdad que resulta reconfortante poder preparar un taza de buen caf茅 calentita luego de estarle huyendo al fr铆o.

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In the afternoon I tried to go for a walk again, the outcome was different but not as good as I had pictured. Again I overlooked checking the temperatures, I just let myself be carried away by the radiant sun I could see from the window.

I got myself to an acceptable 7 degrees, I can handle that temperature with no problems and not too much warmth, but again I forgot the wind factor. The walk lasted longer than the one in the morning, but it wasn't enough to get me over 10k steps, a pity, but it's just that it's pretty good at home.

I was walking for an hour or so, well walking and stopping at places where the sun was shining directly on me to warm up a bit. So I couldn't say it was a productive hour of walking, but I did take the chance to take pictures of the beautiful sky I was under.

January is not the best month to get flowers to photograph, however the buds of the wild roses stand out among the many dry branches in the surroundings.

I decided to focus then on some sunny spaces that provided nice illumination to the places where I was, thinking of being able to illustrate today's walk in some way.

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Por la tarde intent茅 salir a caminar otra vez, el resultado fue diferente aunque no tan bueno como me imaginaba. Nuevamente pase por alto revisar las temperaturas, tan s贸lo me deje llevar por el radiante sol que ve铆a desde la ventana.

Me consegu铆 con unos 7 grados aceptables, esa temperatura puedo manejarla sin problema ni demasiado abrigo, pero de nuevo olvid茅 el factor del viento. El paseo dur贸 m谩s que el de la ma帽ana, pero no lleg贸 a ser suficiente para sobrepasar los 10k pasos, una l谩stima, pero es que en casa se est谩 muy bien.

Estuve caminando una hora m谩s o menos, bueno caminando y deteni茅ndome en los espacios en donde incid铆a directamente el sol para calentarme un poco. As铆 que no podr铆a decir que fue una hora de caminata productiva, lo que s铆 aprovech茅 para hacerle fotos al bonito cielo bajo el que estaba.

Enero no es el mes m谩s adecuado para conseguir flores que fotografiar, sin embargo los capullos de las rosas silvestres resaltan entre las muchas ramas secas que hay en los alrededores.

Decid铆 enfocarme entonces en algunos espacios soleados que brindaban bonita iluminaci贸n a los lugares por donde estuve, pensando en poder ilustrar de alguna forma el paseo de hoy.

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I found the public areas very empty, even though it was school let-out time.
I guess it wasn't too much like hanging around playing in the parks or chatting in the streets. The good thing about that is that it wasn't difficult to take pictures without anyone coming out, if I had worn gloves I probably would have gotten more pictures, but the freezing wind made me think hard every moment if I dared to take my hands out of my pockets for a long time.

The predominant colors, thanks to the sunny day, were the striking blue of the sky, the dark green of the bushes and the inevitable brown of the ground. Let's not forget that Zaragoza is a desert, a very beautiful city of course, but with very arid lands everywhere. The contrast of these colors has always seemed attractive to me, when I walk around the city I always think of all the postcards that I could create with the landscapes so distinctive of Zaragoza, more mundane landscapes and different from the tourist spots. Postcards that are in my head and in these reports that give me the possibility to share these frames that I see and make me feel that I am really connected to the earth.

I've seen pictures of many people, surrounded by snow and going through much more extreme temperatures, it is insignificant to complain in my situation, but it seemed to me an important anecdote to put here, because it has turned out to be a real impediment to maintain a pace with which I have felt quite committed lately. I think I should have compensated it with some exercise at home, but the truth is that I have been thinking about it just now hahahaha I have pending to resume the publications with my training chart, it is a very useful way to track my physical activity and be more aware of how much or how little I do during the week.

January and the resolutions. Let's see what happens this year.

[Esp]

Me encontr茅 con las zonas p煤blicas muy vac铆as, a pesar de que era hora de salida de las escuelas. Imagino que no apetec铆a mucho quedarse jugando en los parques o charlando en las calles. Lo bueno de eso es que no fue dif铆cil hacer fotos sin que saliera alguna persona, si hubiese llevado unos guantes probablemente hubiese conseguido m谩s fotos, pero el viento helado me hac铆a pensar bien a cada momento si me atrev铆a a sacar durante mucho rato las manos de mis bolsillos.

Los colores predominantes gracias al d铆a soleado, eran el llamativo azul del cielo, el oscuro verde de los arbustos y el inevitable marr贸n de la tierra. No olvidemos que Zaragoza es un desierto, una ciudad muy bonita claro, pero con tierras muy 谩ridas por doquier. El contrate de esos colores siempre me ha parecido atractivo, cuando paseo por l ciudad siempre pienso en todas ls postales que me podr铆a inventar con los paisajes tan caracter铆sticos de Zaragoza, paisajes m谩s mundanos y diferentes a los puntos tur铆sticos. Postales que est谩n en mi cabeza y en estos reportes que me permiten compartir esos encuadres que veo y que me hacen sentir que estoy realmente conectada a la tierra.

He visto fotos de muchas personas, rodeadas de nieve y atravesando temperaturas mucho m谩s extremas, resulta insignificante quejarse en mi situaci贸n, pero me pareci贸 una an茅cdota importante para dejar por aqu铆, pues ha resultado ser un impedimento real para mantener un ritmo con el que me he sentido bastante comprometida 煤ltimamente. Creo que deb铆 compensarlo con un poco de ejercicio en casa, pero la verdad es que s贸lo ahora es que se me ha ocurrido eso jajajaja tengo pendiente retomar las publicaciones con mi tabla de entrenamientos, es una manera muy 煤til de hacer seguimiento a mi actividad f铆sica y ser m谩s consiente de lo mucho o poco que hago durante la semana.

Enero y eso de los prop贸sitos. A ver qu茅 pasa este a帽o.


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