Weekend of Exercise and Food!
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Now back to our regularly scheduled blog.....
Dave's parents are visiting us, so Saturday Dave took us all out on a private tour of Cas Cay. It was more interesting than the last two times I went, for a few reasons. First, Dave recently figured out a way to climb up the cliff at Red Point. He led us up there so we could see all of Cas Cay. It was quite pretty, as you can see from the photo above. Second, I enjoyed the snorkel a lot more because I remembered to bring my prescription goggles. However, it was a bit chilly in the water. We got spoiled arriving here in the summer when the water was probably around 84. Now it's maybe 79.... After the kayak, hike, snorkel tour, we came home and Dave got a coconut down from the coconut tree in our yard and hacked it up.
Dave even drained the coconut water out too. Yes, coconut water, not milk. Coconut milk comes from the fleshy meat of a coconut. They actually sell coconut water here in cans. Or you can buy a coconut with a straw in many touristy areas. Some people find the drink quite refreshing.
Also, sometime on Saturday, Dave and I decided to give it a go
for the 10k on Sunday. So Sunday morning we got up early and headed down to Magen's Bay. Not surprisingly I saw a few of the people I see at Magen's running along the same flat route I do there - the ones I consider pretty darn fast. About 30 people showed up for the race - a good turnout here. The 10k route ran most of the length of the road at Magen's (about 1/2 a mile), then basically up a nice, steady incline out to Peterborg point. The views along the way were amazing. The hills weren't as steep as they will be for 8 Tuff Miles on St John, but, wow, they were a work-out. We weren't in last place the entire race... but when I stopped to use my inhaler we got passed. Dave was sweet and stayed with me the whole race to cheer me on and convince me that I could do it. I'd only planned on running about half of it, since the longest run I've *ever* done was two or three weeks ago and that was a very flat 5k I measured out myself. We ran most of the race. I think we were not running for about 25 minutes or so, but that included some stops to catch my breath, take in the view, or to get some water. We'll have to drive out there sometime and take some photos. It was very pretty there. I think I may try to run parts of that road every so often now, to help me get used to hills for future races. Here we are, after the race, back at home on the balcony -- I'm still worn out and red hot, whereas Dave ... is not.
After the race, we went to the Ritz to enjoy they yummy brunch. So much tasty food. We probably could have gotten by without having dinner, but we had some more food before Dave and I went to bed at 8:30, totally exhausted.
Now back to our regularly scheduled blog.....
Dave's parents are visiting us, so Saturday Dave took us all out on a private tour of Cas Cay. It was more interesting than the last two times I went, for a few reasons. First, Dave recently figured out a way to climb up the cliff at Red Point. He led us up there so we could see all of Cas Cay. It was quite pretty, as you can see from the photo above. Second, I enjoyed the snorkel a lot more because I remembered to bring my prescription goggles. However, it was a bit chilly in the water. We got spoiled arriving here in the summer when the water was probably around 84. Now it's maybe 79.... After the kayak, hike, snorkel tour, we came home and Dave got a coconut down from the coconut tree in our yard and hacked it up.
Dave even drained the coconut water out too. Yes, coconut water, not milk. Coconut milk comes from the fleshy meat of a coconut. They actually sell coconut water here in cans. Or you can buy a coconut with a straw in many touristy areas. Some people find the drink quite refreshing.Also, sometime on Saturday, Dave and I decided to give it a go
for the 10k on Sunday. So Sunday morning we got up early and headed down to Magen's Bay. Not surprisingly I saw a few of the people I see at Magen's running along the same flat route I do there - the ones I consider pretty darn fast. About 30 people showed up for the race - a good turnout here. The 10k route ran most of the length of the road at Magen's (about 1/2 a mile), then basically up a nice, steady incline out to Peterborg point. The views along the way were amazing. The hills weren't as steep as they will be for 8 Tuff Miles on St John, but, wow, they were a work-out. We weren't in last place the entire race... but when I stopped to use my inhaler we got passed. Dave was sweet and stayed with me the whole race to cheer me on and convince me that I could do it. I'd only planned on running about half of it, since the longest run I've *ever* done was two or three weeks ago and that was a very flat 5k I measured out myself. We ran most of the race. I think we were not running for about 25 minutes or so, but that included some stops to catch my breath, take in the view, or to get some water. We'll have to drive out there sometime and take some photos. It was very pretty there. I think I may try to run parts of that road every so often now, to help me get used to hills for future races. Here we are, after the race, back at home on the balcony -- I'm still worn out and red hot, whereas Dave ... is not.After the race, we went to the Ritz to enjoy they yummy brunch. So much tasty food. We probably could have gotten by without having dinner, but we had some more food before Dave and I went to bed at 8:30, totally exhausted.
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