Courtenay Brown

Hey kitty, stop imitating me!

It’s been rainy here in Hawaii for the past week. Which, even though it is indeed the rainy season, and even though I have gotten dumped on during 4 of my past 5 bike rides, I continue to be both surprised and unprepared for the sudden downpours.

Today I started off with my run workout, when it was dry and dark out so I didn’t see the clouds coming. Then I got on my bike for climbing intervals. I’m trying to do my runs before my bikes because I’m planning to go to the Powerman Alabama duathlon and I figure I’d better get used to biking on run-softened legs. So far, this plan has been humbling. Anyway it started poooooouring after my first repeat! Thankfully Ben and John were also pedaling (paddling?) up and down the ridge so it felt like I had some partners in discomfort. An hour and a half later I made it home and stood in the shower for 15 minutes to warm up. (Better than the 20 minute shower last Saturday after a rainy ride followed foolishly by a giant smoothie.) Then I went to the pool and swam in the rain, which was pretty fun. I felt particularly speedy today because Ben was in the lane next to me, but he was aquajogging rather than swimming, so this time I got to be the one lapping him a billion times!

In other news, I seem to have a definite end-date to this heretofore endless Christmas vacation. I’m going to Boulder from Feb. 24 to Mar. 1 for the Political Science Recruitment Weekend, then 24 hours after my Mar. 1 arrival back in Honolulu, I fly to Seattle. I really wanted to change my ticket to a later date, but mileage award seats in March get kind of ruined and hogged by Spring Break. Hmf. Stupid kids.