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Honolulu, HI:  Yesterday was a long day of travel and I was beat when I got out here so just went to bed and didn't run.  I was up early this morning and felt much better.  It was a nice morning around 75 with a pretty good wind.  I ran out to Diamond Head and then ran all the way around it.  This let me get in 4 pretty good hills.  I haven't run many hills lately so it was a good workout.  I felt good this morning and the running seemed easy.  It started pouring rain on me with about 2 miles to go and I got soaked.  It felt pretty good because I was getting hot.  Nice run this morning now off to go play golf with my customer.

1:20:12 (8:01 avg)

Honolulu, HI:  The weather was pretty much the same as yesterday (mid-70's and windy).  I ran the same route up around Diamond Head except today I ran around the neighborhoods on the back side of Diamond Head.  There were some short steep hills back there that I ran on and starting getting some pain in my calf on the steep downhills.  I felt good other than that and once I got off of the really steep hills the pain went away.  I came back faster than I went out.  Once again it started raining again a couple of miles from the hotel and I got soaked again.  Overall a good run.

1:36:42 (8:04 avg)

Honolulu, HI:  Same weather this morning.  Today I ran down by the beach and then back up by the canal.  I wanted to run this route because I did some tempo miles and wanted to know my pace so I didn't run the hills.  This is the first tempo that I have ran in awhile so just planned on running 3 tempo miles to see how it would go.  I did a 3 mile warmup and then ran the tempo.  I felt pretty good warming up and starting the tempo.  The first mile it was kind of hard to get going.  I was hoping to hit 6:45 pace but only did 6:52 for the first mile.  The next two I felt better and it started flowing better.  I did the next two in 6:42 and 6:36.  After this I ran a couple of easy miles.  Pretty satisfied with the effort.

60:38 (7:35 avg)

Honolulu, HI:  It was a little warmer and more humid this morning.  I felt good but just ran easy today.  I did the loop up and around Diamond Head.  It was a pretty morning up at the point and a lot of surfers were out this morning since the waves are supposed to be up today.  I got rained on a little bit but it was light so no big deal.  I am starting to feel more comfortable on the hills.

1:21:38 (8:10 avg)

Honolulu, HI: This is my last day in Hawaii and I am so glad to be heading home.  This has been a long week of travel and I am ready to see my family again. 

Same weather this morning and I had an early morning conference call with folks back east so had to cut the run short.  I felt good this morning and did the Diamond Head loop for the last time.  It was a nice morning and could see lots of stars off of the point.  After coming back down to the beach I did 8 x 100m strides to shake the legs out.  Good run and a good week of running while I was out here.

55:50 (7:59 avg)

Got back from Hawaii after flying all night.  Spent the rest of the day with the family.  It was so good to see them and be back home again.  That was a long trip and seemed even longer.

I slept about 10 hours last night after only sleeping 2 the night before because of the flight back.  Therefore, I didn't get started until late and it was pretty warm (75) and sunny.  I felt sluggish from the start.  Not sure if it was the jet lag or what but just could never really get going.  I had wanted to go longer today but just didn't have any energy so decided to cut it short and fight another day.  Just glad to get in the miles.

1:21:38 (8:10 avg)