Cruise Ship Running From Seattle to Alaska

 
                                                  Alaska IS breathtaking! We went on a 7 day cruise and spent 4 days touring Alaska. We flew to Seattle to board the cruise ship. The morning before heading over to the docks, I manage to squeeze in a 3.3 mile run.  My family stayed at funky and colorful Hotel 5.  I would love to come back to Seattle and run a marathon!

Seattle has views, art, and awesome hills!

The first day is called Fun at Day at Sea. We ate and roamed around.

Our second day, we went through Tracy Arm Fjord. The cruise line

had a well equipped gym but you'll need to get up early to get on

a treadmill. I ran out on deck for 4 miles. The last mile I had to

bob and weave. People were beginning to come up on deck.

Took tons of pictures of floating icebergs. None smiled :(

On our balcony.

Told you it was breathtaking!

Glacier!

Getting closer!

It's windy!

Nighty night!

Morning Skagway :)

Rock art.

Loading on boat for our excursion to the Eagle Preserve Wildlife River Adventure.

Hehehe juuuuust kidding. Our boat was next to this one.

It's beginning to sprinkle.

Heading to Haines Alaska for excursion.

This excursion provides jackets, blankets, gloves, and ear muffs.

Boating down the Chilkat River.

Eagle in upper right corner of picture. It's 600 lb nest in lower middle.

Bald Eagle

Clouds get low here!

Night Skagway

Morning Juneau!

Good day for a run!

Wow!

6.6 miles and I'm so excited to be off the ship and running!

Night Juneau.

Morning Ketchikan!

The ship was here only 4 hours. We recommend the museum.

Back to the ship!

Ketchikan is a busy port!

Night Ketchikan.

Evening Victoria. Our ship couldn't dock because of large swells and wind.

Bye-bye Canada. 

Back at Seattle airport. We had a lotta bags! Then

back home to LAX!

 

 

 

Halfway Through Training For Nike Women's Marathon San Francisco 2013

You know when you getting closer to being ready for a marathon when:
1. Last week you bought your second pair of shoes since the beginning of training.
2. Choosing your marathon running outfit excites you!
3. At the end of your workout, you have more salt on your face than a potato chip.
4. Not only have you geeked over the marathon course, especially elevation charts, but you repeat this cycle several times just to make sure you don't miss anything.
5. You pee Gatorade.
6. You say, "I went running" when people ask you what you last weekend.
7. You eat your weight in spaghetti.
8.  As you run, you are already thinking about the next 5 miles and the next 5 miles and the next 5 miles.
9. As you drive into work, you see another runner, and are tempted to call in sick so you can go running.
10. You can calculate miles without a Garmin.

Tetanus

Wednesday night while running on scary road, I was attacked by a tumble weed and snared by branches. At mile 3, I ran by a mutant bush and my right calf brushed up against it. Afterwards, my calf felt wet! Ewwwww! All I could think about for the next 4 miles was that I should get a tetanus booster.

StrideBox July 2013

Yippee it's here! Open! Open! Open! This months  box contained:
1. StrideBox Hydration Bottle. It's what ever girl needs besides running shoes.
2. Loads of electrolyte sample tablets. So many kinds to choose from. Great stocking stuffers! C'mon, everyone sing "All I want for Christmas are Vega Sport Electrolytes, Zym Catapult Sport Drink, Gu Brew Electrolytes, Healthy To Go Acal Endergy Drink Mix, Nuun Electrolytes, and HDX Hydration Mix"!
3. Spinder Tech X Spider-precut Kinesiology tape. Wow, one whole strip!
4. Body Glove Surge Gel. I haven't seen before.
5. PR*Bar- Nutrition bar-apple pie. I haven't tried yet.
6. Bearded Brothers-Natural Energy Bar. Taste like ass. Too much ginger.
7. RUN sticker.

4th of July Coronado 15k

The 39th Annual Coronado Independence Day 15k was a kick off point to begin training again for winter races. This race is flat and fast...hahaha except for me. My pace was 10:47. Wow, I have a lot of training to go to get back to sub 10:15 minute pace. *sigh*
 It's just an eye opener of where I am starting and where I need to be. Just needs to stay focus on my goals.
 The race got started 30 minutes late at 0730 at Tideslands Park. The course took us past Coronado Municipal Golf Course out onto Silver Strand  Blvd into the Naval Amphibious Base, then back to the park. There was no wind and the temperature was in about 68 and by the end was 78 degrees with little wind. At mile 3.8, I saw the first place runner heading back to the finish line with a pace of 5:03!  While running through the military base, morning colors began. Some of the runners were in the military, stopped running and stood at attention. As a veteran, I wished I had stopped too. Thank you volunteers and Coronado for hosting this event. I no idea we got bling for this race! Great surprise!

It's beautiful here.

Mac Cheese before race

Waiting for race to start.

964 Runners

Post race and still smiling :)

Bling!

 

New Shoes Song

This weekend I GOT new shoes!!!

Seriously something wrong with me when I take pictures of my new shoes like people do of new born babies.  Hahaha I'm so happy I walk around the house all day substituting  Lil Jon's Get Low Lyrics "Get shoes get shoes, to the windoooooow to the wall, to the sweat drop down my brow, all these bitches crawl", let me see you get low get low". I'm just using my vowels to the universe!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NBLvwE7DU0

Going To Nike Women's San Fransisco Marathon 2013

Yippee! I got my email on Friday confirming I have been picked to run the Nike Women's San Fransisco Marathon in October 2013!  https://www.facebook.com/RunNikeWomenSeries My running friend, Ann, also made the lottery. There's a lot of confusion about some entries. This site may help: https://register.racepartner.com/nwmsf/validateentry  Thank you NIKE!
In May, before entry into the race, the logistics started by finding where the starting line was located and how to get back after completion of the marathon. Oh yes shuttle buses are provided. In my experience, shuttles are only effective IF you can find them. I'll make sure I bring credit card or cab fare.  Reading comments on Facebook, the women who ran this race in past years to book your hotel ahead of time because the lower priced hotel rooms run out fast. There are more affordable hotel further away, but being near the start line is a must for me. The race starts at 0630. Nike also opened up a training application: https://werunsf.nikeapp.com/ . It begins on July 8th, running 5 days a week, one cross training day, and one rest day. Wow! Let the training begin!
To kick start my training, I'll be running the 39th Annual Coronado Independence Day 15k. That's the way it is when training for winter marathons. It means training during the summer!