Vancouver gym’s tortoise

Vancouver gym’s tortoise

May 3, 2023 8:03 pm PST.

Vancouver’s Raincity Athletics is full of gym-goers pushing their limits and beating their own personal bests. But one member takes his own sweet time: a tortoise named Pong. Sarah Chew has the story.

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