Antigua, Guatemala arrival

Finally arrive via San Salvador as GUA closed the night before due to weather. Plan was to climb volcanoes over Labor Day weekend trip. However weather changed that plan! Happened to take a GPS of detour here.

Easter Vacation

Beach Trip. Photos to follow.

labor day - kenyan way hills

30 minutes with 5 x 0.49mile laps, 2 min rest btwn. Not a real hill session. Just faster laps each time. Survived session and got little better at end after labor day festivities. K came along so no real warmup (just 1/2 mile). Core after.

Kenyan Way - Memorial Day

Fun session. 2 separate hill loops on cloverleaf.

Valentine's Day

Chocolate covered strawberries anyone?

Travel Day

Barcelona, Spain to Newark to Houston. Long travel day and first chance to inspect hurricane damage. Minor flooding in home and plenty of tree debris.

Hill Run

7.5 mile hill run on way to airport. Not too hot, plenty of shade and of course no humidity. Luckily found a scenic valley ridge to run up. No time to complete run to nearby summit (see Google map). Said goodbye to Neil at Girona airport and took bus to north Barcelona bus station. Free WiFi signal was great there, checked flights and hotels and stayed near central Barcelona at Universal Hotel and ending up forgoing Tapas for an Irish bar.

Hill Run from Neil's place

8.2 miles. Excellent hill run right from Neil's place. After enjoying whole weeks hospitality - leisurely day spent, then finally went out for a run. First real rainy day. On Neil's old stomping ground for training with H.B.T. Nice views of the valley. Could not ask for a better vacation.

July 4th

Finally purchased new iPod Nano for longer workouts. iPod Classic practically died many months ago. Watched fireworks from park.

Fathers Day

Day off. Watching USGA Open between family duties. Watched Fri, Sat and Sun. Tomorrow go into a news blackout as recording Mon playoff.