This morning I woke up before my alarm clock again, but felt
so much better than yesterday. This R&R stuff works, who knew? Instead of heading right to the pool, I headed to our patio
and enjoyed the morning breeze because it wasn’t going to stick around for
long! I swear it feels like each and every day keeps getting hotter and more
humid and windy.
Good Morning Kona!
Who knew taking a little time to decompress this am was the
right move. The pool didn’t open until 8 am and apparently most people except
for me knew that. Duh! I swear I’ll swim open water soon, but I can’t be the
only shark bait in there and swimming in such a large body of water although
very beautiful water by myself just isn’t for me. I get a better workout in the
pool.
As a reward for being early, I got to essentially open up
the pool, and have it ALL to myself for all of 5 minutes. It wasn’t long before I had to share my lane with a super fish! (I swear everyone here is such a GREAT swimmer!
So peaceful!
Then it was breakfast time, and this time I won’t bore you
with another picture because if you have been following along, you can tell me
what I had for breakfast. It was just as good as yesterday, and the day before.
I did have a “friend” that attempted to join me though.
The biggest cockroach ever (I may have screamed a little and I didn't eat any extra protein with my breakfast!)
Playing dead?
Then it was recovery boots time and nap time - this is THE life! Napping also apparently
makes me hungry, so I had to have a snack (good ol’ fashion pb&j) before
heading out for a 30 mile – 90 min easy spin.
Today sure was hot, steamy and a
bit more windy than before so I didn’t quite make it to the donkey sign from
the other day.
Hualalai - my turnaround point today
Time to head back to Kailua
Overall, my legs felt a ton better
than yesterday, which is a good sign because I have one last monster day coming
up tomorrow.
Hi there :)
Ride was followed by lunch (sandwich time!), followed by
papaya “bowl”. I really wanted an Acai bowl but was too lazy to rush to get
there – they do close way too early (4pm).
I threw in some granola and coconut milk and it was sooooo good! You are all lucky I took a break and snapped a photo before it was all gone
I did make it to town eventually and scored a Mango Cinnamon
muffin from Lava Java!
The picture really doesn't do it justice, it is SOOOOO good!
It really is to die for, but I had to save till after my
30 min easy run. I went out for my run right at sunset around 6pm
in hopes of perhaps bit cooler temps but no such luck. The real feel was apparently
still 92 degrees, and the air was so thick you could cut it up and serve it as
dessert (I think I really wanted to just eat that muffin instead of doing my
run). I even high fived a couple of walkers along the way – they were cheering
me on like I was racing already! This place really is awesome and like no other. I am not so
sure they will do it again though because they probably weren’t expecting just
how sweaty my hand would be. Oops, I am a sweat machine what can I say.
As soon as I got home, the sky opened up and it poured
buckets. I inhaled my dinner before I remembered to take a picture for your
viewing pleasure but let’s just say it hit the spot! 2 bison burgers (1 bun) with rice and asparagus for veggies.
After dinner I finally had to enjoy that muffin along with
another protein “shot”. Tomorrow is a MONSTER day also known as Race Rehearsal
day. The plan is to ride the whole bike course, run between 10-12 miles and
practice my race day fueling and nutrition. With winds in Hawi forecasted to be
30+ mph, it will be a fun day for sure! I am not going to lie, even I am
slightly worried but we will see what tomorrow brings!
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