Sick Walk

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, I got sick on the cruise and have still not recovered. I decided to get some sunlight today and went for a walk, nice and easy, just over 1 mile. Nothing remarkable about it other than we returned to mild temperatures after the heat lasted most of the way through October. Nice day and I wish I felt better.

Ship Run #2

My second run on the ship turned out less successful than the first. We docked in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, 4 November, and to say it was humid was an understatement. 84 degrees, 86% humidity. Since we were in port, there wasn't a sea breeze to help at all. I ran 2 miles and trust me, that was a lot in those conditions. Not many people on the track when I went in the morning except for some big doofus who I passed probably ten times while he walked or stood in the running lane. My guess is he's equally clueless in traffic and it just proves my theory that the way people drive is also the way they walk, whether on a sidewalk, in a store, etc. Oblidiots. Anyway, we disembarked and walked to San Juan Fort and suffered through the uphills, direct sunlight, and lots of sweat. A couple of mojitos afterward helped but the experience really took it out of us. At least my GPS worked this time since the ship wasn't moving.

Ship Run #1

Last week we went on a cruise and I actually ran a couple of times. Would've done more except I got sick a few days from the end of the week and basically felt (and still feel) like hammered sh!t. My first run, on Monday, 3 November, lasted a total of 3 miles, which I thought was pretty good on a sea day since every time I ran forward on the starboard side of the track the wind was brutal. Plus, I had to count laps, and that just kind of sucks. It was seven laps for a mile. I walked a lap each mile to keep the heart rate from getting too high. My GPS worked and didn't work, which is actually kind of funny. Since I was on a moving ship and dependent on the ship's wi-fi for location, my Apple Watch told me I ran 14.72 miles at a pace under four minutes/mile. When I pulled up the map, it showed a straight line cutting across the north Atlantic. Pretty funny and I'm surprised it didn't give me an achievement for longest run and fastest pace.