Cruise

We spent last week on a cruise to the Bahamas with our kids and my in-laws. The cruise left New York City last Saturday night, then visited Port Canaveral, and two stops in the Bahamas: Nassau and Freeport. Freeport didn't look like much when we pulled up, but the Lakayna beach we visited was really very nice. As a bonus, our house wasn't covered with ice when returned home.

Workouts: I managed 3 workouts on the boat. The first (Sunday) was a treadmill tempo run. I did a 10 minute warmup, then ran hard for 20 minutes (~7:40 pace), then a 10 minute cooldown. Wednesday, I ramped up the slope on the treadmill and did another 20 minutes at a pretty steep pace. Friday, I did a spinning class with my wife - very difficult.

CWS.

Well, my first College World Series was awesome. I was able to hang out with my dad and nephew for four full days of baseball, baseball and more baseball. It was almost too much baseball: we didn't eat out once (just ballpark food) and saw nothing but Rosenblatt stadium - I suppose that's why they want to move it to downtown Omaha. We stayed across the river in Council Bluffs Iowa at a Holiday Inn. Unfortunately, we never figured out how to get to the trail along the river, so I had to do my runs in a brutally hot gym on the treadmill. I was also stuck in flood-ravaged Iowa Saturday morning, so I missed my interval run. In all, I did 4.5 Sunday, 3.5 Monday and 3.0 miles on Tuesday. Of course, I can't feel sorry for myself after seeing first hand the devistation in Iowa. Cedar Rapids was completely underwater and the 'surge' is slowly moving south - wiping out towns along the way. Having said that, the detour route through Iowa proved to be many miles of beautiful country side - I surprisingly loved Iowa. On the flip side, I'm big time pissed at Southwest Airlines. I never felt completely stranded by an airline before, but that's basically they're plan for us (many of us) stuck at Midway last Friday. SWA - fu!

3.1 Miles on the Treadmill

Never been a fan of the treadmill. But I missed yesterdays run due to (1) rain and (2) beer - and maybe a little my sore neck, so I dumped the kids at the YMCA babysitting and did a quick 3.1 miles (well, quick as in shorter mileage - not blistering fast). It felt good - my total mileage for the week is ~19 miles.