Most Fun Day Yet!

I promised to write every day, and I'm keeping with that.  But today will be short & sweet with followup to the highlights later.  It's getting late & I need to sleep more than I need to blog!  (Right, George?)


Nice short run, followed by watching the Underpants Run.  Yes, athletes & friends running in their underwear & assorted costume accoutrements down Ali'i Drive.  Facebook pictures will shock you.


Women's Masters Ironman Breakfast....by invitation only to women competing who are on the sunny side of 40 years old.  Karen Smyers was our speaker...a fun gal & inspirational(hit by an 18-wheeler truck on her bike, 2 miscarriages, severed her hamstring by falling thru a glass door, then got cancer)....she's back racing this year and she's WAY into her 40's.  I have video to share of the talk.  Lots of great stories shared by women on their journeys to this race. Loved it.


Took a ride on the Queen K highway, the main part of the bike course.  The gods were happy today; the wind was manageable.  A great ride actually.  If the conditions are good, I might like this ride a lot.


Possibly spent too much time hanging out at various places around Ali'i Drive....ran into old friends, made some new ones.  SO fun, so much to see and do and learn about people and their lives and experiences - as well as all the cool new stuff related to swimming, biking and running.


Got Active Release Therapy(ART) on my niggling little ankle wierdness as well as my ongoing-but-better-this-year piriformis issue.  Found out I'm hyper-elastic, but not in a good way.  They used to call that double-jointed and apparently it sets you up for certain types of injuries particularly if you are a runner.  Need to do some rehab on this in the offseason.


Went to the Ironman Welcome Dinner.  Fun & inspiring.  This year's theme is "Way of the Warrior."  I can get behind that and find some strength in the imagery and attitude there.


That's it....out for the night.  More to come soon.  


Aloha, all!