Hawai’i is amazing.
I could just end with that but that would not do it justice.
I promised myself that I would run while we visiting
friends in Hawai’i. Now that meant
taking running gear in the already jammed suitcases… it also meant signing up
for a couple of races while we were there.
I got my first run just a day after arriving. I was a 5.25 mile run up and down and back up
the hills of the Aiea area near Pearl Harbor. Bobbi joined me for the first mile and I found
my way thru the neighborhood and down to the harbor.
The next day was 4th of July. We made our
way to Ko’ Olina to spend the day on the beach and I managed to get another
4.25 miles in before it got too busy.
On Saturday, July 6th, the entire family
ran the Independence 5K Fun Run/Walk on Ford Island. The course was actually a
little long 3.34 miles, but I ran very fast 6:53/mi in the kilt. Bobbi ran a PR
and the girls ran/walked most of it. We
ran past the Arizona and Utah Memorials and down the historic landing strip on
Ford Island to finish.
We made our way to the Big Island next and I got a
very nice 4.5 mile run in. It was cool
only about 55 degrees when I started and despite running at 4000ft, I felt good
running 8 min/miles.
A couple days later we were back on Oahu and got
another 5 mile run in around the Aiea area.
Finally on Sunday, the 14th, Bobbi and I
ran in the Coconut Chase 8K. I ran with
her and kept I good pace for her on a tough course. Despite the beautiful view,
the course was contained in a park and on a bike path. 500+ people crammed on
the tight path, it was not fun. I was
not very well organized.
All in all did well got over 27 miles on 6 runs and
beautiful scenery to go with it.
No comments:
Post a Comment