Shoreside

 

 

We are not cruising all the time.    : o

I still go to work to top up the cruising fund, and we often choose to stay at a chosen destination for an extended period of time.  This Page is set up to capture the main events of what’s happening, in-between our cruising,,, and to keep the flow of the website    :  )

 

 

New addition to the INFINITY website:     Andy Nemier’s JOURNAL, commencing 2016

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2015

January 9th;  ,,,What’s your New Years’ resolution?

I’ve had an itch I’ve been meaning to scratch for a year or two, so I’ve signed up for Hawaii’s ‘KONA Marathon‘, on the Big Island, June 28th.    Wish me luck, I’m going to need it!

 

 

 

 

 

Tried running 10 miles yesterday (Jan 24th) didn’t feel too bad.  Today, left achilles inflamed.  The Arabic word for pain is ‘Alam’,    Not quite the way I wanted to learn Arabic.   :  (

 

March 7th, 2015:   I’m back offshore again, and this time running on an even smaller Heli-deck.   It’s been over 6 weeks since my last run  :  (    ,,, I’m still chipping away at it,,,so lets see how things go.

 

May 25th, 2015:  The training was back on-track.  I was getting out more, and stringing some distances together.  But today, another injury to my right calf.  Perhaps a muscle strain or something, but it’s stopped my training dead for another few weeks  :  (

 

 

 

June 28th, 2015:  MARATHON DAY

 

We sailed INFINITY over to the Big Island, and anchored in Kailua Bay.

 

 

The alarm goes off at 0345, and it’s pitch-black outside.  Off we go, 3 HP outboard putt-putting over to Kailua Bay’s dinghy dock.  From there, we get into the unloading-the-dinghy-and-load-up-the-rental-car routine.  It’s still way early and we’re on autopilot.  It was a 30 minute drive to the Waikoloa Resort, who were hosting the 2015 KONA Marathon.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a good start and I felt happy.  Too quickly though, at mile 1.5, my old calf injury raised it’s unwelcome head.  For a moment, well actually for half-an-hour, I thought my Marathon was over.  I realized the pain was moving around my calf, not isolated to just one spot, and for some reason this gave me the motivation I needed to press-on.

 

 

 

 

At mile 15, I started getting these very weird electrical pulses in my legs, which felt like I was getting Tasered.  I had to stop immediately.  Once I walked for a bit, I would carry on running like it never happened,,, until the next electrical bout.  (perhaps a mile or so)  And on-&-on went these walk/run scenarios every time it happened.  It dawned on me right then-&-there, that this was how my first Marathon would unfold.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here comes the Finish!  It was an incredible feeling of achievement, and one I will have to remember,,, this is most likely a one-time event.     ;  )

 

 

 

 

All-in-all, it was a wonderful experience, and everything I had hoped for.  Another A.Nemier Bucket-List item stroked off the list.  I thanked God many times during the day, and Julie too – for putting up with my antics which revolve around training for an event like this.  Now,,, it’s back to cruising the Hawaiian Islands.

 

 

 

 

2015 KONA MARATHON >> RACE RESULTS                             

I finished 7th in my Category   >Male  50-54<    

(equating to 135th out of 271.   Time: 05:07)