Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

After a long 6 hour flight, arrived in Hawaii!  Lovely.  Pooled and sunseted it up, and saw 3 sea turtles already!

HAWAII!!  Love it here.  Woke up at 4:45am though and just waited until it was light outside to head out for my run  at 6am.  6.53 miles on the beach trail (very very rough - those are the slow times!) and along the hotel path, saw dolphins (domestic, not wild) and just enjoyed the scenery thoroughly.  Through in a tempo mile at mile 5 - it was hard and with the humidity and heat I was sweating profusely!

TT: 59:58   TD: 6.53 miles   AP: 9:11

Splits: 9:46, 9:54, 9:00, 8:52, 7:35, 9:39, 9:52

Then did 20 minutes or so of strength work in the fitness room.  But then Rachael texted me and was going to go for a run/walk so I went with her!  Same route - 5.85 miles, mostly running with some walking added in.  By the end I was soo hot, so sweaty, so tired, and my stomach was eating itself. 

Drove in to Kona, ate at the Kona brewery (delicious!), pooled and sunseted it up!

Hawaii loveliness.  Lots of walking today.  Walked to the Hilton to hang out with their dolphins, snorkeled with seaturtles, walked to the Hilton again, pooled it up at their pool, hiked to the petroglyphs (on flipflops - idiot! cut my foot).  Pooled and sunseted it up, and had an exquisite sushi dinner.  I love Hawaii. 

Legs so sluggish this morning.  Maybe from all of the walking, heat, hot tub, pina coladas?  :-)  Felt some twinges in my left shin that were worrisome.  Also had some chafing problems, probably from all of the humidity sweat.  Definitely wished I'd brought the body glide (I'm an idiot!).  

TT: 51:37   AP: 9:19

Splits: 9:56, 9:11, 9:18, 9:12, 9:02, 9:15

Saw 2 cats, 2 mongooses, and 2 peacocks (maybe they were headed for the ark?!)  Time for zip lining!

Zip lining is AWESOME.  Saw Waimea on the way there, then relaxed in the hot tub afterwards. 

20 minutes on the bike, then 10 minutes of strength work, then 20 more minutes on the bike.

Drove to Hilo - saw the volcano!  Didn't exactly get to see lava flowing into the ocean but did see red lava infused clouds, which was still pretty cool.  

Ran around Hilo.  Left from the Burger King, and not going to lie, got pretty lost and was kind of panicked for awhile.  Unfortunately didn't have my phone with me, so no GPS google maps, and really thought I was going to have to call Justin from the Home Depot to come get me!  Ended up at the mall, which I recognized and knew how to get home from there.  So not very scenic, until the end, when I ran on Coconut Island and this beautiful park with Japanese sculptures.   

Got up super early to see the waterfalls, then drove back to Kona and pooled it up before heading out for Rachael's 26th birthday!

20 minutes on the elliptical.  Hated every minute of that stupid elliptical, which is why I didn't do more.

Last day in Hawaii. :-(  Took J & R to the airport (ssaaaaddd), then Captain Cook monument, Place of Refuge, snorkeling with turtles, and pool time.  Don't want to go back to work!