{"id":43824,"date":"2025-07-01T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=43824"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:55:33","slug":"norah-jones-concert-garmin-run-plan-hvanneyri-folf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/norah-jones-concert-garmin-run-plan-hvanneyri-folf\/","title":{"rendered":"Norah Jones Concert \/ Garmin Run Plan \/ Hvanneyri Folf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 01 – 11 July 2025, posted online 27 June 2026. Yes, pretty much a year behind my own self. Anna arrived in Iceland from Denmark last night for a summer break from the extreme heat in mainland Europe.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July always turns into a summer-vacation count-down. Emma went to an all day scout-“camp” (her last year of eligibility, she was denied access the following year). I started jogging a bit after caving into my new Garmin watch’s insistence to make a running plan for me. We made it to the summer house with friends and played frisbee disc golf (folf) in nearby Hvanneyri<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 01 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Emma walking toward the scout-home for her all-day camp that week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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I’d just bought my first Garmin watch ever, and after the Garmin app badgered me non-stop about setting up a running plan, I caved and said yes. It surely helped that the weather was so nice. That hill now has half-built houses crowning it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof it was me! This “baseline” outing was a whopping 1.86\u00a0km, and consisted of 2 min walking, 5 min jogging, 2 min walking, and some mixture thereof until I got home again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Summer shrubbery blooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All. The. Building. Cranes. You can see the Buddha stupa if you know where to look mid-upper-right on the picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I made some nice progress in the Blue Prince puzzle game<\/a>, but getting to\/solving the more elaborate puzzles was starting to feel impossible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 02 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Scents are all the rage among the tweens these days. Emma somehow managed to amass quite a collection!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The electrician returned and installed the correct switch needed for the new charging station. It was a tight fit, but he managed to get it in there without needing to install a whole new cabinet, phew!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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How time flies. All of a sudden it was time for Norah Jones<\/a>‘ concert at Harpa<\/a> I’d gotten tickets to a few months prior.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My reliable concert-loving-partner-in-crime agreed to have dinner in the restaurant on the ground floor in Harpa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yummy dessert!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I nipped down to the parking basement to get rid of my jacket, and got a photo of the confusing payment areas. Cross that line and you park 660 kr per hour during daytime hours, but…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… stay on this side of the line, and you pay 510 kr per hour. And it’s not entirely obvious (if you’re not a local) which zone is which!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We walked about five steps into the auditorium and bumped into the familiar faces of my cousins! Surprise!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The show was lovely, and so colorful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Norah Jones moved between instruments a lot, she’s very much a pro!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Now sporting a guitar!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The crowd exiting at 21:45.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The remnants of a house in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. We used to go there for sushi…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 03 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Big brother went on summer vacation, but left a program for us to follow! These gym-junkies were there at 07:30 in the morning!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Garmin running plan had me going out before dinner for a jog\/walk session. This time I went 2.5 km via 5 min walking, 10 jogging, and 5 min walking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Summer sewing club, yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 04 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Friday morning gymmists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The cafeteria at work always has desserts for lunch on Friday, and every time the ingredients list is terrifyingly long. Do I still eat them? Yes, yes I do, because by Friday I’m an idiot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It just was just girls for dinner, so I took the ridiculously easy way out and got us smoothies and sandwiches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Putting brown-soap onto the berry-shrubs to kill the bugs eating all the leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Every time a “day” ends in Blue Prince, you get a summary of the “house” you built from the types of rooms invoked. This description cracked me up: Garden Shopping Center of Prayers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Around midnight we drove to the summer house (we waited for Anna’s significant other’s evening-shift to end). When we exited the long tunnel on the way, the police was there stopping cars to have drivers blow in to a alcohol-detection meter. Anna got to drive on through, she apparently looked innocent enough.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 05 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The following day was perfectly suited for some frisbee disc golf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The gang heading to hole #2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The views are always so gorgeous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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How big is it?!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Disc-fishing-success!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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But wait, there’s another!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur mid-throw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The basket is that way!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma turns out to be weirdly good at throwing frisbees. She thanks her tennis-practice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The big black tractor was out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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People getting silly on the 9th hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Near-obligatory ice-cream stop in Borgarnes afterwards. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Juicy dinner back at the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We now have a practice basket at the summer house, yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 06 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The grass got mowed, but just barely. I complained so much that Finnur went ahead the following year and bought a mowing-robot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sad looking grass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Flowers looking lively.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Time for goodbyes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Heading back to town in the blazing sun. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Garmin running plans have a minimum of 3 jogs per week. For this “long run” of 3.1 km there were 5 mins of walking, 15 minutes of jogging and 5 minutes of walking. The weather was stupidly awesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 07 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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A salty-fish-dish with olives for lunch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Occasionally we play pool on the top floor. This setup was probably my fault. (If you put the black 8 down too soon, you loose.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 08 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Wind arrived and shredded roses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Garmin week 2, for 5 min walking, 15 min jogging, 5 min walking…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 09 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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We met a specialist who believed Emma when she said that asthma medication made her feel better, and prescribed a second one to use as well. A formal lung test request was entered into the system (spoiler warning; Emma has asthma!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Another Garmin week 2 outing: 5 min walk, 15 min jog, 5 min walk. I practiced holding head high\/not looking down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The stupa had flags on it. It does appear that somebody is actually minding it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 10 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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A photo of three people at the gym at 8 in the morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 11 July 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Oh goodness, the days were so unremarkable that the gym was “it”. This was the following morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My work had a “clean up the back of the house” day. It had gotten quite nasty, with lots of stubs and junk. The nice weather helped!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki decorating an envelope with a birthday present to a friend of his.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pretty cool!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 01 – 11 July 2025, posted online 27 June 2026. Yes, pretty much a year behind my own self. Anna arrived in Iceland from Denmark last night for a summer break from the extreme heat in mainland Europe.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

July always turns into a summer-vacation count-down. Emma went to an all day scout-“camp” (her last year of eligibility, she was denied access the following year). I started jogging a bit after caving into my new Garmin watch’s insistence to make a running plan for me. We made it to the summer house with friends and played frisbee disc golf (folf) in nearby Hvanneyri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 01 July 2025<\/h2>\n
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Emma walking toward the scout-home for her all-day camp that week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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