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A very nice woman from Germany jumped out of her car to talk to our runners with a big warm smile.
Vingjarnleg kona frá Þýskalandi stökk út úr bifreið sinni til að tala við hlauparana og brosti sínu blíðasta í leiðinni
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Today started out windy for some teams, but it was warm (14 degrees Celsius).
Vindurinn blés mikið á móti í dag, en það var hlýtt, um 14 gráður á celsíus
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The wind knocked hats off heads and blew out torches many, many times.
Vindurinn feykti höfuðfötum út í buskann og slökkti á kyndlum æ ofan í æ.
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We met with kids from a local football club just outside of Borgarnes.
Við hittum krakka úr Skallagrími rétt fyrir utan Borgarnes
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The President of the Town Council of Borgarnes shared a few inspiring and entertaining worlds
Ragnar Frank Kristjánsson, forseti sveitarstjórnar Borgarbyggðar, flutti hvetjandi og skemmtilega ræðu.
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The weather began to turn for the worse on the bridge out of town, so we kicked into high gear.
Er við hlupum yfir Borgarfjarðarbrúna hafði bætt í vindinn og við þurftum að gefa okkur alla í hlaupið
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At about the same time, another Team had a meeting with kids from Hvalfjarðarsveit municipality
Um sama leiti var annað lið í Melahverfi og hitti þar krakka úr Hvalfjarðarsveit
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The wind is difficult to capture in pictures, but this may give an idea of the wind today.
Þessi myndi segir meira en mörg orð um vindinn í dag
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Mayor of Hvalfjarðarsveit, Laufey Jóhannsdóttir, reiceives the Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the municipality
Sveitarstjóri Hvalfjarðarsveitar, Laufey Jóhannsdóttir, tekur á móti viðurkenningaskjalinu
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Salil was inspired to take a short cut, which started out fine.
Náttúruunnandinn Salil ákvað að stytta sér leið yfir melinn.
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But what he didn't see in the distance was that it got very wet, and there was a fence, and this fence had quite an electric charge. But once committed...
En lenti svo í mikilli mýri og kraftmikilli rafmagnsgirðingu. Svo lærir sem lifir...
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Harita is joined by a tourist from Russia to share the torch.
Þessi ferðamaður frá Rússlandi vildi ólm halda á kyndlinum
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Savita from New York City is still acclamating to the Icelandic summer.
Savita kemur frá New York borg og er enn að venjast íslenska veðurfarinu
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"Double clouds" is about the best attempt to describe this phenomenon.
Þetta fyrirbæri mætti e.t.v. nefna tvískýjað
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Gautami seems to like the horses so much that she seems to be growing horse ears.
Gautami virðist hafa svo gaman að hestum að hún er farin að líkjast þeim
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The horses inspired Kaja and Gautami to trot together with the torch.
Kaja og Gautami hlupu inn á Akranes í úrhellisrigningu
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Salil leads the kids in Akranes in warm-up exercises.
Um 40 krakkar hlupu með okkur frá íþróttahúsinu að Jaðarsbökkum að Garðalundi í úrhellisrigningu. Flott hjá ykkur krakkar! Hér er Salil að sýna krökkunum æfingar til að halda á sér hita á meðan á athöfninni stóð
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Most of the kids were dressed in the nice yellow costumes of Akranes sports club
Flest krakkanna voru íklædd fallegum gulum búningum ÍA.
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The kids took it very seriously to find peace in their heart
Krakkarnir tóku það mjög alvarlega að finna frið í hjartanu
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Sveinn Kristinsson, president of Akranes town council, planted the peace-tree in the name of peace, humanity and equality
Sveinn Kristinsson, forseti bæjarstjórnar Akraness, plantaði friðartrénu í nafni friðar, vináttu og jafnrétti
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At the end of the day, after a hot pool and sauna, Salil holds a special yoga position.
Salil kemur sér í sérstaka jógastöðu sem er ætluð til hvíldar
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Suren's aunt and Pujarini's sister Guðrún Margrét Jónsdóttir and her family opened their doors to us for a home-cooked dinner which we deeply appreciated, as we enjoy our last evening before we reach Reykjavík where we started just three weeks ago!
Guðrún Margrét Jónsdóttir og fjölskylda buðu okkur í mat heima hjá sér, sem allir voru stórhrifnir af. Þannig nutum við síðasta kvöldsins áður en við komum aftur til Reykjavíkur á morgun eftir þrjár vikur af hlaupum um allt land