I just returned home 2 days ago from nearly 2 glorious weeks in Hawaii. I ran every day on vacation except one (we had an early flight to another island), but hiked Diamond Head that day instead. I found a local race on Maui last Saturday, July 14 (Ioa Valley 5k/10k). My son did the 5k and I did the 10k. The first half was ALL uphill, about 720 feet of climbing in 3 miles. This made the 2nd half fun--I ran the 2nd 5k in 18:47, over 3 minutes faster than the first 5k! It was a small race with about 260 people between the 2 races. I finished first female, 8th overall. It was fun to race someplace else and they had good post race goodies--the watermelon slices were the best I have ever had!
My winnings: A beer glass (sadly empty) with the race logo etched in it and a logo drawstring bag.
Also to be noted, that would be the last time I would ever run with my beloved Tifosi glasses. The were permanently lost in the ocean just a few hours later (stupid me for wearing them in the ocean).
The Maui News had a nice article the next day and posted everyone's results. I remember when Cincinnati used to do that for major races--over 15 years ago!
http://www.mauinews.com/sports/local-sports/2018/07/valley-isle-scoreboard-357/
We stayed a couple of nights at Disney's Aulani. This was my 2nd time there and it does not disappoint.
Seeing Duffy was the highlight for 2 of my kids. We also met Shellie May, which was a first for us!
We spent 6 nights on Maui, which will always be my happy place (outside of WDW of course).
Had great snorkeling and ruined my phone at the same time. I did not have luck with the ocean.
We started the trip in Kauai and did ziplining and tubing through the rain forest of the canals of an old sugar cane plantation.
So far the time change is kicking my butt. I can't seem to fall asleep until 2-3 am no matter what time I get up. The day we got home, I slept for a few hours and then did laundry for eternity. I went for a run at 11:20 pm which of course did nothing to help the sleep situation.
