Monday, January 30, 2012

Aloha!














Just got back from a weeks vacation on the Big Island - Hawaii.

My sweetie and I took our road bikes and did many KM's on the island (including part of the Ironman route - wow!). You need to be sure you know how to change your tire if your biking on the Big Island, the roads are not that clear, tons of debris and we managed to get a flat while we were biking the Ironman route.

Did a few runs while I was there - one thru an old lava field which was pretty incredible (see photo).

Our last night there we watched the sunset on Alii Drive (you guessed it - where the Ironman starts and finishes - see photo). I saw where they start the swim, the bike and where they finish the run. A local there told me that regular people can do the Kona Ironman, if they want to pay a larger entry fee of $1000.00, so over several glasses of wine my sweetie and I decided that I would try, in 2015 to enter the Kona Ironman (yahoo!!). For now I have been given the go ahead to sign up for the Pentiction Ironman in 2013-2014. This is a big deal - I can't believe I got the ok from my other half!

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