How was your #GivingTuesday?

Greetings from Bergheim, Germany! It is mighty cold here. There's snow and ice and it is making running a bit more interesting than I was used to in Namibia. I'm here because much of my family is German and I love coming back to go to Christmas markets and catch up on German beer. The best thing I have seen so far is VERY MANY happy dogs in the streets and out in town. It is great to see them out of the apartments and calmly enjoying towns.

So what did we do for #GivingTuesday? If you don't know what it is, it is the Tuesday after Black Friday and Cyber Monday and focuses on giving back to the community. I love it and have giving a little extra through Trot with Spot to the organizations we support (Naankuse, SF SPCA and WCC) in addition to Charly's bakery as they do great things for kids in the community through food. Thanks to a very kind soul at the airport who let me go through without charging me at least $160 USD, so I decided to pay it forward through TWS. It feels great!

While I was in Cape Town I got to experience a fantastic running adventure through Run Cape Town. I saw the activity in a running magazine. It is a woman named Philippa, local South African, who loves to run and show people around Cape Town. She has a guiding certificate and has picked out some first class places to take you running which are off the beaten track. We went to a wonderful town called Darling and did a 10k trail run. After that she drove us back to Darling proper and we tasted locally grown olives, wine and beer. It was absolutely great and a wonderful day of activities and getting to know locals. The best was that I got great gifts for home along the way! Highly recommended and a fantastic deal at roughly $35 USD (depending on the exchange rate). Link to the Darling tour here.... Here are the Facebook pics! One last thought on Cape Town - RIP Mandela. We are forever indebted to your leadership and kindness.

We have some wonderful designs going up in the store for the holidays so we hope that you get your gear in time for Christmas! The best thing of course is that the profits go straight to worthwhile charities around the world. 

Darling Brew in South Africa

Time to taste the local beer!

 
 Finished the 10km trail run!

New design - more to come!