Kohala Coast, Hawaii
This remains my favorite race of the
year. . . . and favorite trip. Lori ended up flying having to Indiana a few
days before the trip to help her Mom. She actually left the kids home before I
even got back from San Francisco. That is two years in a row that she has not
gone.
The kids and I had a lot of fun together and did a lot of
snorkeling. Vayden was fearless and I had her a hundred yards from shore. She
really loves the water and made huge progress in swimming this trip. She also
fell in love with the lava hot tub at the Fairmont Orchid. She learned to
pronounce the State fish, and even got a shirt, which instantly became her
favorite. We saw tons of them this year.
Prior to the race start, I was talking to a very nervous
guy who was doing the race in board shorts. I tried to calm his nerves and
reassure him. I told him to just take it steady. Two days later I heard his
voice behind me in the Outback in Kailua. He had made it and we exchanged hugs.
Turns out he was the Mayor of Kailua-Kona and was having a meeting with the
Board of Supervisors right there in Outback. He is the guy who fires the cannon
every year at the World Championships.
I am not going to detail my race this year, but what I can
say about the race this year, is that it was HOT! I was so hot on that run. One
of the locals told me that we ended up racing in what turned out to be the
hottest day since a record set back in the 1960’s. It was brutal. I managed to
cut off two minutes from last year. Every year I seem to cut off two
minutes.
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