Just back to rainy ol' Vancouver after a week on the hot west coast of the Big Island.

I had two big runs to do while there: a 26 km and a 30 km, the latter being the longest I had ever run. I sprinkled a few shorter runs in between.

It went great! The 26 km was a pretty hilly one, roughly a round trip between Kailua-Kona and a point called The End of the World, for those familiar with the area. I was towards the end of my run when running down to the End of the World and getting really concerned that my world would indeed end there, as it was a steep downhill that would inevitably be followed by a steep uphill if I was to return home. On the way DOWN there was an automatic radar that flashed my speed back at me: 5 mph. Thankfully there was no radar on the way up.

The 30 km run was there loops around the resort area where we stayed then, a bit further north on the coast. I tried a new experiment, running for 2 km and then walking for 100 meters, 200 if I was eating a gel (every 8 km). It distracted me a bit (usually I run/walk based on time not distance). There was some wicked wind, which made it fun to look at my run's diagram on the Nike+ website afterward.

Now on to a rest week, and a much shorter long run next weekend, before starting to build up and up and up again! This is sort of fun.