Aloha from Honolulu. I ran a 22 mile run on the last 20 miles of the Honolulu Marathon course this morning. I started at 5:00 am local time, 7:00 am Vancouver time and ran the last 20 miles of the course. I was pretty well on my own until the sun came up (6:30) then I started to run into other runners. I got to talk to all sorts of locals and had a great run. My plan was to run 75-80% of max but that kind of went out the window on the way back from Hawaii Kai (the marathon turn around). I had a tail wind out to the turn around then a head wind and rain on the way back. It was about 75 degrees F so it was not unpleasant. I caught a guy that wants to break 3:15 and he picked up the pace till we were running 90% (it is easy to get caught up even 2.5 hours into a long run). It is nice to run here as I don’ t find I get stiff and sore and I don’t get too cold.
I hear the coast had about 12 centimeters of snow. My brother has been shoveling snow and meeting the neighbors. We had to wait an extra half hour in Seattle for them to de-ice the wings yesterday and boy, were we glad to take off.
All is well here.
Happy training!
Regards,
Mark A. Shorter
