Cruise to Run - Alaska

[cewait]

Hey all - Coach is out of the gym for a week or so....... Sorry but I have been interested in taking one of these cruises for a couple years. But I could never justify a second week off in January. This year the folks coordinating the cruise offer an Alaskan version. While I am not really trained for the week I am looking forward to some ‘winter’ running. Winter for the gulf coast – I am expecting that we will be running in low 50F temps. Essentially we run 5-8 miles in every port. http://www.cruisetorun.com/

The hook has been Jerry (the host) bringing a few athletes along for a little one on one discussion. Bart Yasso has been on all cruises and is on ours. I am really looking forward to seeing Bart disappear over the horizon. I could possibly keep up for a few hundred meters but am sure he would pull away as I stopped to revisit breakfast and he completed his warm-up. The other athlete is Sarah Reinertsen. You may remember her from the 2004 NBC Ironman coverage where she attempted to become the first above the knee amputee to complete Kona. She missed the bike cut off by minutes. In the following year she spanked the bike and went on the complete the IM. http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1313515803

My DW is after me to pack. Her case is full and I am still messing around. I travel a lot so I can typically throw stuff in a bag in less than a half hour.

Everyone have a great training week. Live clean and train hard!

 

[VernRDH]

Coach, have a great time and let us know all about it. I too have looked into one of these, but haven't been able to work it out yet.

Let us know how you do!

 

[WDWFAN9]

DH and I did John Bingham's Alaskan cruise in 2008. It was beyond awesome. I did a trip report about it on WISH, and if I wasn't so techie-challenged I'd see if I could link it here. Have a great time and let us know all about it.