Years of training for one weekend in life...........

Ronkh

Ronkh

Wax Waster
None of you knew about this. I had been training my whole life for this weekend. It was going to be a tough, grueling test of mind over body....

First test was to swim from sea to shining sea (atlantic ocean to gulf of mexico)......... Second was to run from one coast to the other (West to East).

Pics here... along with the rest of the preparation and celebration



Keys Aug 2016 Slideshow by ronkh | Photobucket
 
Ronkh said:
None of you knew about this. I had been training my whole life for this weekend. It was going to be a tough, grueling test of mind over body....

First test was to swim from one side of the pool to the other (hot tube side to bar side)......... Second was to run from one restaurant to the other (Lunch to 2nd Lunch to Pastry Shop).

Pics here... along with the rest of the preparation and celebration



Keys Aug 2016 Slideshow by ronkh | Photobucket
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Some typos in your description were confusing me, so i went ahead and fixed them for you.:P
 
Nice pictures, it looks beautiful down there. We`re hoping to go down to the keys for a long weekend hopefully in the near future and these pictures make me jealous. Where did you stay if you don`t mind me asking?
 
Nautical said:
Nice pictures, it looks beautiful down there. We`re hoping to go down to the keys for a long weekend hopefully in the near future and these pictures make me jealous. Where did you stay if you don`t mind me asking?
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Sugarloaf Lodge


Probably the best value in the Keys. Not the Taj Mahal, but it`s, CLEAN, quiet, safe, nice. If you know shoreline properties, then the fact that there is no mold/mildew smells in rooms. And it`s not covered up with carpet fresh or similar. Just CLEAN. Great views.
 
People seem to be missing what a great challenge this was.

Could you swim or walk coast to coast ?!?!?!?!
 
Last time I was in the Keys I had a pirate suit...Ron, where is your Pirate suit?

And didn`t you go a little early for fantasy fest? :)

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Ronkh said:
People seem to be missing what a great challenge this was.

Could you swim or walk coast to coast ?!?!?!?!
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What distances and conditions for the respective legs...?

Been doing long course tri, ultras, marathons and 24hrMTB, for years so totally appreciate how momentus and revealing these things can be.. you find out who you really are....
 
Shadwell said:
What distances and conditions for the respective legs...?
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Distances were from one ocean to the other.......... Conditions were bright sun, to clouds to rain anywhere from 80 degrees to 93 degrees, terrain was wither water or flat surface.
 
you`re our hero ron! :thewave:

the keys are a fun place. when i retired, i sailed from md. to the keys and lived in marathon for a year until my father got sick and then sailed on to tampa bay. of course he got better after i uprooted myself from there. everyone one always talked about getting the keys disease, once you go vist there, you just end up staying. a little expensive, but a pretty laid back place and beautiful.
 
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