Quick Update: tourist big island
Hey,
I have very limited internet access, but after some crazy fluid retention in my legs, I am mostly recovered, and will start training for Xterra on Friday. I have a few hikes around the Island (hitch and with shanks) planned and I’m really really glad that I have little bit of extra time here to check the place out and be able to enjoy Hawaii. I’m in Hilo now and it raining, but I came back from the farmers market with 4 different varieties of avocado (there are over 300 grown on the island, but because of the large California lobbying groups they can’t sell them in the supermarkets, so the organic flavorful ones are cheaper than imported mushy hass ones. Classic. I’m excited for the potluck tonight to try out my haul.
If anyone managed to get any pictures of me out on the course, this is the only one I have and would really appreciate it.
Thanks for all the really great notes I’ve received in the past few days, I’m glad that I could help to inspire a few people.
I will type up a play by play race report, as well as a travelogue of Hawaii in the next few days. Other activities include ocean swimming (aka snorkeling with goggles), night time lava viewing, daytime crater hiking, mtbing through the jungle, you name it.
Nat
PS. I’m having a really really good time (complete with hitch hiking 5/8ths of the way around the island yesterday… but that’s story #3 in the waiting)
