Running
I was successful. I finished a 4.5 hour run. The first four hours weren't too bad. I actually managed my 4.5 mile loop 4 times in record time, as in faster then the last time I tried to run 4 loops. The wheels came off at the end of that. I had dropped from 10 minute to 11 minute miles, but I really thought I could maintain at least 12 minute pace for my last half hour. However, I started feeling dizzy. So, I tried mixing in some running with some walking and headed back to the apartment to refill my bottle with water. I kept moving that last half hour, but instead of 23 miles, I only managed 22.
I have one more four and a half hour run to do. Hopefully, I can hit 23 miles on that effort.
Tomorrow, I'm only doing three loops easy (~14 miles) and then adding 3 more miles at marathon pace or whatever I can stand. I really felt like fast finish runs like this prepared me well for the California International Marathon (CIM), and I want fit some into this training cycle.
Travel
One thing that hasn't suffered too much since retirement is travel. I've already gone into the whole Panama escapade. We bought another trailer and traveled to Texas from California, then up to Washington.
White Sands
We also took a Gate 1 tour of eastern Europe in 2022. It included Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia.
Tirana
Bled Slovania
Then to the Columbia River Gorge.
Mount Saint Helens
In 2023 we returned to Amsterdam to meet our son during his Math conference that he was attending.
They make some fabulous hot chocolate in the Netherlands.
Then we flew into Portugal, the Algarve
We went to a few places in Portugal, Coimbra, Porto, Lisbon, Nazare, and Evora. We found some Roman ruins.
Then we took a ship out of Lisbon and did a trans-Atlantic crossing.
But I'll save the rest for another post
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