Cruise to Run-- I Wanna Go!

I read about this in Running magazine last week and I am dying to go. Cruise to Run is a cruise that leaves from San Juan, Puerto Rico  and travels to various islands in the Caribbean. Imagine two of my favorite things in one place, travel/beaches and running! On each island there is an organized run varying from 5K to 13K.

Here is a break down of the trip:

• Day 1- San Juan
• Day 2- St. Thomas. Virgin Islands (5K prediction run, you cannot wear a watch, you predict your run time and the one who is closet to their time wins)
• Day 3- Tortola, British Virgin Islands (6K run)
• Day 4-Antigua (13 K run, another run in the afternoon TBA)
• Day 5- Dominica (run TBA)
• Day 6- Barbados (5K run then beach fun, haha that rhymes)
• Day 7- At Sea
• Dat 8- Back to San Juan

Doesn't this sound so fun!?  The best part in is that you would not have to worry about eating too much on the cruise because you would be working it off!  I love it!

The cruise prices vary from 700-1200$ depending on where your cabin is located and you have to pay an extra 250$ for the races (25$ if you are not doing the races).

I would then have to get down to San Juan which costs about 600$.  Man, if I was rolling in dough, I would be all over this.


In other news, I stepped on the scale this morning after having a good day yesterday and I was down over 3 pounds, YEAH!  Hopefully by next week I can be back to my regular 211 and work from there.

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Tabata!? Bless You!

Today I did a class called Tabata. Tabata is a method developed by a Japanese man in which you do an activity at high intensity for 20 seconds and then you rest for 10 seconds, you repeat this eight times for a total of four minutes (did I mention that the teacher was impressed that I knew what Tabata was! Thank you Muscle and FitnessHers magazine!) . Then you move on to another exercise and repeat the timing. I really loved it, I was sweating up a storm and I felt great. As per usual I was strong for all the activities except the ab/core stuff, 5 seconds into it and my middle was on fiyah!

I will definitely have to do this class again. I then did a step class (I know I'm a little crazy, but you DID read this morning's post right!?) with some boxing moves. Did I ever tell you that I am not a boxing fan? For some reason I cannot stand workout classes that have boxing in them.

I journaled today and I think my ten pound gain has been from excessive snacks. Let me rephrase that, eating the wrong snacks. I do so many activities that I am hungry often, the problem is I need to make better snack choices and that is what I am going to work on this week and drink more water.

Tomorrow, I want to do Body Design and Ab Blast at the gym. My goal is to try all the evening classes to see which are best. I was suppose to run 6k tomorrow, I did 2.5 today and I will try and do the rest tomorrow. I am not sure if that is allowed to break it up like that, but oh well.

Thank you readers for your continued support, it means the world to me. New followers, welcome!!

Have a great week!

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219.8

That is what the scale said today, so depressing. I have gained over ten pounds since I have been back from Trinidad, from what? Your guess is as good as mine. Journaling starts now!

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I Did It!

14 freakin' kilometers! Can you believe it! The first five kms was tough, my chest felt tight. But after that I got into the groove and felt great. I will not lie it was L-O-N-G, an hour and forty five minutes, I could have watched a movie. Next Sunday we will do 16km, I am excited. This is a big day for me, imagine that I only started this journey last May and look how far I have come, I am so proud of myself. I burned over 1400 calories, damn homey! Now, I am going to take a warm bath in Epsom salts and chill for a bit.

Have a great Sunday!

P.s. Watched the documentary, "Waiting for Superman" which talks about the education system in the US, it talked about the lottery system for kids trying to get into good schools. If you are an educator, you should check it out.

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Am I Ageist?

Went to my new gym today and did a Body Design class after doing thirty minutes in the stairmaster, I have really come a long way, I remember the days when I couldn't do 15 minutes on that monster.


For the first time in my gym career I had an older women as my instructor, I am do bad at guessing ages but I think she was in her 50s. The class was fantastic, but I admit I had my doubts when I walked in and the average age was 55. I don't know why I felt this way, was it because I associate health with youth? If someone is older they usually have more knowledge so technically someone older should be a better teacher. Well, I was proven wrong, the class was fun and challenging, I was sweating up a storm, I was wondering to myself hmmmm was I not giving this class a chance because the instructor is a bit older and holding three pound dumbbells? The answer is yes. I am ashamed that I had these thoughts and I really need to be more open minded.

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Currently Reading

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleo Hosseini and I love it! Please pick it up, you will not be sorry.What are you reading?

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Running Like A Mofo

I must say that I am feeling good.  The half marathon is in less than 2 months and I am getting my butt in gear, trying hard to stick to my 5 runs a week.  Tuesday I did 3K, Wed. I did hill training that added up to 7K, Thursday was 6.9 K and today I am suppose to do another 3K. That is almost 20K!  Whew!

Sunday is 14K, I missed the 12K last weekend because of a friend's birthday.  This will be the longest that I have ever run.  I am super excited.

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