Mela-kaliki-wanna

I just made that word up based off of a song that Mel is always singing. It is is official -- Mel and I are going to Hawaii from August 18th-August 26th. I have never traveled outside of the western United States (continental, that is). If it wasn't for Jenny and Chris's wedding, I would have never traveled east of Montana/Arizona (I don't know which one is further east and I am too lazy to look at a map). We basically just want to sit on the beach and relax for the whole week. Other activities that we are considering are: snorkeling, climbing a volcano, boogey boarding, and going to the polynesian center for the lua. We are probably going to spend half of the week on the Big Island and half of the week on O'ahu. I think that it would be fun to run a 5k or something while we are there. Would that ruin the whole relax on the beach idea?

More to come

I wanted to make a quick post before work and then I'll post again after work. My official training starts today. Yes, it is a week later than I should be starting, but for some reason last week was really busy and I couldn't find time to set up a training schedule. I got a training calendar from my brother Joel that I will be using. My long run this weekend is going to be 8 or 9 miles. It has been awhile, so I am pretty excited to run that far. Also, I have mentioned muscle/joint pains that I have experienced since I started running again. I started to suspect my shoes, so I switched to my old shoes that are falling apart. No pain whatsoever, so I am going to invest in new shoes that will hopefully work out like my old old shoes.