FEBRUARY 25, 2014
With the best of intentions to continue with my Ironman training, Charlie and I set off for St. Lucia to celebrate our anniversary. Twent-six years ago we eloped to St. Thomas and sailed off on a boat called The Fantasy so returning to the Caribbean always brings back great memories...
St. Lucia's mountainous terrain was beautiful but the twisty, curvy, roads with 15 degree pitches were not exactly what I had in mind for running. Marigot Bay with it's deep water harbor full of astounding boats was gorgeous but had no beach or swimmable water.
So we made some substitutions, kept calm, and carried on:)
The hotel's fitness center had all you needed to work up a sweat plus a whole wall of windows overlooking the bay.
With the best of intentions to continue with my Ironman training, Charlie and I set off for St. Lucia to celebrate our anniversary. Twent-six years ago we eloped to St. Thomas and sailed off on a boat called The Fantasy so returning to the Caribbean always brings back great memories...
St. Lucia's mountainous terrain was beautiful but the twisty, curvy, roads with 15 degree pitches were not exactly what I had in mind for running. Marigot Bay with it's deep water harbor full of astounding boats was gorgeous but had no beach or swimmable water.
So we made some substitutions, kept calm, and carried on:)
The hotel's fitness center had all you needed to work up a sweat plus a whole wall of windows overlooking the bay.
On a particularly sunny day, we traveled to the southern part of the island to hike the Gros Piton. Two massive twin cone-shaped mountains, Gros Piton and Petite Piton, rise from the sea to heights of over 2,600 feet. Two hours of hiking straight up and we were at the top looking out over the entire island and into a sea of infinity. Another two hours straight down and we felt like we'd accomplished something! Piton, the local beer, takes its name from these two peaks.
Rest and relaxation are part of training, right? Now that I am thoroughly caught up on both of those I'm ready to get back to the hammer part:)
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