Hawaiian Diary: Part 3 - Post-Race Honolulu Vacation
Read Part 1 – Pre-Race
Read Part 2 – Race Report
Sunday, October 9
After hanging out and watching all of our friends finish, we check the preliminary results, grab our bikes, and head back to the hotel. Season Over!
My feet are cut up pretty badly from not wearing socks on the run. My shoes must have gotten wet and weren’t broken in enough. Glad I brought Band-Aids.
I grab a burger from Jack-in-the-Box and relax at the beach for a while. Off to the awards ceremony, which is on the beach. Build a sand bench to watch the feature movie on the big screen on the beach. Enjoy some food and drink while watching Bend it Like Beckham. It is so relaxing, lying back under the Hawaiian stars. It’s a soccer movie, too, which is right up my alley. Very cool.
Monday, October 10
Mark, Mary, and I go rent surfboards. Mark gives us a quick lesson and we head out to the waves. After getting yelled at by a lady, I move to the side. Finally get up on a wave and it lasts about 20 seconds – what a rush!! But I can't replicate it. Now I know why surfers wear shirts -- my chest is totally chaffed from the board. I see a huge turtle that looks like a dead body floating (yikes). Later that night someone asks Mark and me if we want “company.” Rather than ask her to define “company,” we say no thanks and continue on our way as she poses her follow-up question: “Why not?”
Tuesday-Thursday October 11-13
Snorkeling, beach, bike a little, run up to Diamondhead crater. Legs feel surprisingly good. Eat some good food. Survive a run-in with the law. Hawaii 5-0 (Honolulu undercover) does us a favor by not throwing us in jail. We didn’t know you can’t sip a beer on the beach, honestly. If letting us off the hook had anything to do with fitness, I’d Activate you. Mahalo. Do the sightseeing climb to the top of Diamondhead overlooking Oahu. Nice view. Enjoy the Hawaiian bands at local restaurants. The one playing at our hotel is very good — and they have hula dancers.
Friday, October 14
Time to leave Honolulu and head to Kona on the Big Island to watch Ironman. We leave behind perfect weather, 10-minute drizzles, rainbows, cleanliness, and smiling people. I will miss seeing people walking through city intersections with just a bathing suit on and surfboard tucked under their arms.
Read Part 2 – Race Report
Sunday, October 9
After hanging out and watching all of our friends finish, we check the preliminary results, grab our bikes, and head back to the hotel. Season Over!
My feet are cut up pretty badly from not wearing socks on the run. My shoes must have gotten wet and weren’t broken in enough. Glad I brought Band-Aids.
I grab a burger from Jack-in-the-Box and relax at the beach for a while. Off to the awards ceremony, which is on the beach. Build a sand bench to watch the feature movie on the big screen on the beach. Enjoy some food and drink while watching Bend it Like Beckham. It is so relaxing, lying back under the Hawaiian stars. It’s a soccer movie, too, which is right up my alley. Very cool.
Monday, October 10
Mark, Mary, and I go rent surfboards. Mark gives us a quick lesson and we head out to the waves. After getting yelled at by a lady, I move to the side. Finally get up on a wave and it lasts about 20 seconds – what a rush!! But I can't replicate it. Now I know why surfers wear shirts -- my chest is totally chaffed from the board. I see a huge turtle that looks like a dead body floating (yikes). Later that night someone asks Mark and me if we want “company.” Rather than ask her to define “company,” we say no thanks and continue on our way as she poses her follow-up question: “Why not?”
Tuesday-Thursday October 11-13
Snorkeling, beach, bike a little, run up to Diamondhead crater. Legs feel surprisingly good. Eat some good food. Survive a run-in with the law. Hawaii 5-0 (Honolulu undercover) does us a favor by not throwing us in jail. We didn’t know you can’t sip a beer on the beach, honestly. If letting us off the hook had anything to do with fitness, I’d Activate you. Mahalo. Do the sightseeing climb to the top of Diamondhead overlooking Oahu. Nice view. Enjoy the Hawaiian bands at local restaurants. The one playing at our hotel is very good — and they have hula dancers.
Friday, October 14
Time to leave Honolulu and head to Kona on the Big Island to watch Ironman. We leave behind perfect weather, 10-minute drizzles, rainbows, cleanliness, and smiling people. I will miss seeing people walking through city intersections with just a bathing suit on and surfboard tucked under their arms.
posted by JPD at Wednesday, November 02, 2005
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