Triathlon Training - cruise style.

Hawaii got uglier the minute the sun rose over Santorini. I was running the 1/4 mi track on the deck (20 laps is my max) when I first saw it. Photos don’t do it justice. R & I rented a scooter and covered most of the island. He drove, because the last time I tried I was 14 and I crashed it into the lone palm tree in the giant empty field. We had Frappe in Oia while oohing and ahhing over each little church and villa, then gyros on Kamari beach on the south east side of the island, where I almost went swimming. The water is cornflower blue.

 I’m not one to post my weekly workouts on the blog, but I thought I would try to inspire my fellow Kona-bound readers with my intense schedule. Please don’t be intimidated by all the hours I put in, what’s right for one athlete is not always right for everyone.

 I walked up this hill once.

Dodging donkeys made the hill walk more interesting than most hills I’ve done. Does going up in the morning and back down in the afternoon a repeat make?

Here I wore my triathlon team visor while holding my helmet in Oia. Granted the scooter helmet isn’t very aero, but I felt almost like I was going to ride a bike.

While in Corfu, Greece, I considered swimming:

Got close here, note the goggles near my right hand.. then fell asleep.

Practiced some heat acclimation (100 degrees!), refueling and recovering in Kusadasi & Ephesus, Turkey:

Tomorrow we are cruising.  I am considering an 11 am spin class, depending upon how late the evening goes. Thirty five minutes of german techno has got to count for something..