Our second full day in Ko'Olina and we are loving it. That is until today's first real encounter with the heat and humidity of paradise.
This was my first "destination" run. The family activity for the day was to go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation and then head up to Waimea Park and hike up to some cool falls. So I thought it would be cool to meet the family at the Dole plantation which was 21+ miles away.
So I was smart. I left early...about 7am (just prior to sunrise) and carried with me two 17oz water bottles. Even better, i took money with me to buy more along the way if i needed it. Ummm....I did.
The workout portion was a fartlek of 2:00 hard and 1:00 jog...10 times. After a five mile warmup, which included drinking all of my first water bottle, I dug in to the workout. All was well for the first 6 but I couldn't cool off. 7 and 8 were a death march, but for whatever reason, 9 and 10 were fine. After the repeats, I stopped at the gas station and got a 32 ounce bottle of water. Yes...that is a lot to carry around, but I needed every drop. To try and cool my head off, i dumped several ounces of water onto my head. That was helpful for about 5-10 minutes. And then i would repeat until i ran out. So I drank about half of it anf pour the other half over my head.
By mile 18, I was really hoping to see my wife drive up along side me and rescue me. No chance. The next four miles just felt awful, but I was surprised to see that my pace for the last four miles was 6:45 or so. It felt like 8:45. So all in all, it was a good run. It was of course stunningly gorgeous.
The worst part may have been that my feet were sopping wet just from sweat. That squeeky squishy sound got to be annoying with every foot step.
Another lousy day in paradise. :-)
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