Land of the Kiwis A runner in New Zealand

Aqua-struggle

Today was another great beach day, bookended by two aqua workouts.

Oh the pain!

or not

11AM: 2min warmup. 4x4min@AE effort, 1min rest. 2min cooldown.

Followed up by the strength routine. Cary got a few photos of the routine so I thought I might elaborate.

1-leg squats, 20 each.

1-leg hip-flexor toe-reaches (balance on one foot and reach as far out in front of you as you can with the other foot and come back, all without touching the ground). 20 each.

10x"the neal" each foot (pumping your arms while leaning forward and back on each leg)

2x1min alternating each leg eyes-closed balancing (there's got to be a better way to say that, w/e)

Thats it.

6:30PM: 2min warm up. 7x2min@AB effort, 1min rest. 2min cooldown. Had some very inquisitive Maori's around jumping off the dock and marveling at my ability to stay in the water for just 20min. One was named Azzee and one named Zeair (those are American spellings of American ears hearing Maori pronunciations soooo, could be a bit different in reality).

Had a delicious sandwich today at a beach cafe that was served with all the innards piled high on one piece of toast. The other piece (the one you would usually use to cap off a "sandwich") was cut up! and laid to the side... Ummm, not even God could have eaten it like a sandwich. But I eventually managed to dribble it into my mouth and like I said, it was delicious.