Happy Belated Birthday, Dutchie! Hope it was a special day for you.

Hey everyone, I hope your week is going well. Internet is $$$ on the boat so I'm not spending much time online and I'm consolidating posts: The old saying that cruises are for the "newlywed and nearly dead" is partly true . The bingo-and-shuffleboard set is here for sure and the poolside looks like a scene from the movie "Wall-E". But they also have a really nice gym and good healthy food and such. Plus wi-fi, satellite TV, rock climbing wall and even an ice rink! We're passing time sitting on our balcony drinking wine. I sailed on the Queen Mary when I was a kid and things have changed just a bit! Crap, that really makes me old Anyway there are plenty of folks like us here who are pretty active. There's another guy about my age who is trying to BQ. So far this week: Monday: 25 laps on deck for 5 miles, easy. It was nice and cool with a light breeze and it's a nice rubberized track. Tuesday: Snorkeling and kayaking, good exercise but no running. Wednesday: Once they canceled the Mexico port calls and turned north into the wind it was 58 mph on deck! The topside track wasn't an option since I didn't want to be blown overboard so did 5 miles on the treadmill "hills" program. Nice ocean view but they have a 20-minute limit. WTF? 20 minutes is a warmup! Since nobody was waiting I did the 5. Thursday: 6 mi on the treadmill (still 50 mph winds on deck) with 6 x 1/4 mi intervals @7:30 pace. It's cold out there--50's with 50 mph wind, and I packed clothes for Mexico! Tomorrow we'll pass under the Golden Gate, that will be cool.

Always great to get along with spousal units! I ran a 5K nice and easy run out on this gorgeous trail in the 68 degree sun in Juneau with my dog of course and my friend fast-Dave

Apparently I really should have stuck to plan and run very easy on Wednesday. My legs had been replaced by 2x4's this morning so I completed a verrrry slow 30 minutes. And humidity is back. Yay?

Did a 4K warm up jog, followed by a 35 minutes plyo w/o. I'll probably be sore for a week Whole country is in uproar and in shock because of the utterly stupid attack on the royal family yesterday that had 5 innocent bystanders killed and 12 people badly hurt. I mean, who drives a small Japanese car at top speed through a crowd trying to hit an armoured (sp?) bus??? Did the asshole really think he could make a dent in the bus? Last assassination attempt on the royals was early 1900's when Queen Whilhelmina was attacked. She simply stepped in an open horse drawn coach the very next day.

Spike came along this morning. This means we had quite a few breaks for a little sniff&no dig. And surprise surprise, Jimmy came along too. Which meant I had to run harder and faster than I would usually do on a Sat run. Hope I'm not paying for it tomorrow during my long run. I bought Jim a completely new running outfit yesterday: shoes (Mizuno's), singlet, shorts and handheld bottle. I'm pleasantly surprised he's taking an interest in running again. He used to be good at it (read: fast). He's the one who's been sneakily running on the TM about once or twice a week this Winter. Untill I caught him. Now that the secret is out, he wants to join me once or twice for my early morning runs. I like how my lifestyle is rubbing off on my kids. Even in the food department they're more and more choosing healthy food over hamburgers and french fries. Hard run for me. Both dogs were feeling the love this morning and pulling me along at high speed. At times, my feet literally couldn't keep up with the speed we we're going at and I had to pull on the leashes to slow down. Jim considered it a real easy run.

Easy 7. A little light rain at the start, but the heavy stuff stayed south. The bunny made up 12 miles on me this week. Next week will be a different story.

Friday: 4 mi easy on deck docked in San Francisco. Mary Ann ran Boston last week so a long run over the GG Bridge was not an option. It's a really nice view of the city from the deck! Then over to the Buena Vista for Irish Coffee. OMG Trey, you're right, those are REALLY good And strong Then stopped by the Boudin bakery and bought a bunch of stuff we really didn't need, thanks to the Irish Coffees. I'm blaming Trey. BTW you WILL smell the sourdough as you pass by here in the SF Marathon. MMMmmmmmm... Saturday: underway again in the fog on deck, 4 mi easy, 1 mi @ 7:18, 1 mi cooldown. We're headed home tomorrow. MTA You'll get there Trey, just think, "Buena Vista, Buena Vista...". Heh.