Trip pics #1

There are two more posts below, with more pics . . . .

Welcome to The House of Bliss,

where orchids grow inside the crooks of tree branches,

and sunsets out the back windows are spectacular.

Spectacular in a different way:  the "Clothes Pit" in the back of the Volkswagon Routan, during the race (wavering focus indicates photo taken while sitting on the back floor, while being driven on the Road to Hana):

Clarke comes in for the last 50 yards, on the ballfield in beautiful downtown Hana.

Trip Pics

Here are some photos of lots of Maui activities . . . .

Adam gets ready to lift at CrossFit Maui.

Hollips-to-Hana team members pose happily on the way back home, after completing the race.

Meryl celebrates with a cannonball.

Erik, Meryl and Chris wait to be seated at the post-race dinner at Mama's Fish House.

Post-race, post-dinner, photo post.

Race and trip pics

Here, mostly in reverse order, are some photos of the race and the days leading up to it.

Meryl hands off to Clarke in Hana -- as he begins to run the 18th leg . . . .

Chris comes in for his hand-off to Tamara -- for either the 7th to 8th leg, or 15th to 16th leg?

Clarke hands off to Erik, as Erik begins leg #2 . . . at around 6:30 a.m. 

Clarke finishes leg #1 in super-speedy fashion.

Clarke starts us off -- way, way back at the airport, at 6:15 a.m.

Breakfast at The House of Bliss.  With one of the many naked lady paintings.

Hana Relay

This was truly one of my greatest lifetime events. Thanks to everyone for working hard to get ready and doing such a great job in the relay. We kicked ass. Mom had suggested we do this several years ago and she and MRP made it happen. Our time was as low we thought it could ever be: 7:19. Amazing. Hopefully Erik's knee will recover quickly. I am definitely feeling it today, but I am glad we did it and certainly would do Hana or similar again.

Thursday

I ran 4 miles because it was over 90 and I wanted to see what it was like. Thursday is usually a rest day. I will also run today, probably 5, Crossfit Sat. a.m. and then our Sunday run.

Meryl and Chris' Wednesday

Meryl: 10 hill sprints. 29-32 seconds each.

Chris: few laps around the track, his foot was hurting so he stopped. Did some hill lunges (lunging while going down a steep hill).

Orthodics appointment today for Chris, then off to dad's to spend 4 1/2 hours installing baseboards and running cable throughout the house.