IT'S MARATHON SUNDAY IN RAINY HILO, HAWAI'I!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

WOKE UP VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GET READY FOR MY 1ST MARATHON RACE EVENT!!!

YES...  I WAS VERY NERVOUS BUT I WAS EXCITED AND READY!!!  SO OFF I GO TO THE ANNUAL "BIG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL MARATHON".

THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT FOR ME...  HEAVY WINDS AND SEMI-HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL KEEP ME COOL THROUGHOUT MY RUN!!!

AFTER MEETING UP WITH EVERYONE AND HAVING KAHEALANI PUT ON MY NUMBER...  GUESS WHO IAN INTO???

CURTIS NECK FROM BETHEL, ALASKA!!!  HE'S BEEN LIVING ON THE BIG ISLAND FOR OVER 5 YEARS OR SO AND SAYS HE LOVE IT...  I DON'T BLAME HIM!!!

AND THE RACE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!!!

YES...  I FINISHED... THANK GOD FOR THE RAIN AND THE WIND FOR KEEPING ME COOLED!!!

BRADDA JEDO JUST FINISHED!!!

BRADA TROY FINISHED!!!

KAHEALANI WITH "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!" IN HAWAI'I!!!

SO RIGHT AFTER OUR RACE...  IT WAS TIME TO CELEBRATE "HAWAIIAN STYLE!!!"

ITS "POKEMANIA!!!"

ME & MY COUSIN TROY!!!

MY MEAL...  SMALL KINE...  LOL!!!

  

YUMMY DEEP FRIED WONTONS WITH SPAM, KAMABOKO, AND GREEN BEAN!!!

KANOE & HULILI.

TROY'S "AWWWESOME" PORTABELLA MUSHROOM WITH HOMEMADE MANGO SALSA BURGER!!!  BRAH...  DIS IS A "WINNER!!!"

MY NIECES, HULILI & POHAKEA.

PORK & SQUASH SOUP!!!

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP MY "AWWWESOME" SUNDAY MARATHON DAY!!!

WHAT'S NEXT???

YOU GOT DAT RIGHT!!!

MAHALO BRADA JEDO FOR HAVING US OVER AT YOUR PLACE AFTER THE MARATHON.  THE COMPANY AND THE FOODS WAS MEAN AND THE DRINKS TO GO WITH IT TOO!!!

AND ALSO TO MY COUSIN TROY AND HIS OHANA, KANOE, POHAKEA, AND HULILI...  I LOVE AND MISS YOU FOLKS ALREADY!!!

SEE YOU FOLKS AGAIN SOON!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ALOHA SATURDAY IN KEAUKAHA!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY IN KEAUKAHA!!!

COCONUT WATER, BANANA, AND POKE FOR BREAKFAST...  CHEEE-OOOHHH!!!

THIS WHAT I CALL...  "LIVING!!!"

AND THEN ANOTHER WARM UP RUN!!!

AFTER THAT...  I PRETTY MUCH JUST CHILLED...  TOOK KAHEALANI AND MAKAPI TO THE MOVIES AND CRUISE THE SHOPPING MALL.  LATER ON IN THE EVENING...  I WENT TO PICK UP MY MARATHON PACKET AT THE HILO HAWAIIAN HOTEL. 

MY NUMBER...  LOL!!!  I WANTED THE NUMBER "13"...  JUST SO YOU FOLKS KNOW NEXT TIME!!!

AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR "CARBO-LOADING!!!"  SPAGHETTI IT IS AND IT ALWAYS BEEN MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MEAL GROWING UP.  JUST PLAIN OLE SPAGHETTI AND SAUCE WITH NO MEAT. 

READY FOR THE RACE NOW!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA