JUST FOR LAUGHS!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOWS ME AND JOEY PERSONALLY...  AND I MEANT JOEY FROM NORTH KOREA WHO THEN MIGRATED TO MEXICO AND THEN SOMEHOW HE ENDED UP ON UNITED STATES SOIL...  JUST DON'T ASK ME HOW HE WAS ABLE TO CROSS OVER 2 SEPARATE BORDERS AND NOW RESIDES IN BETHEL, ALASKA.

TIL THIS DAY...  THIS IS "CLASSIFIED" STUFF.

ANYWAYS AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER...  JOEY AND I ARE KNOWN TO BE THE BEST IN "ARGUMENTS & INSULTS ENTERTAINMENT".

HERE'S PROOF:

AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY...  LOL!!!

I HOPE THIS MADE YOU LAUGH!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 07.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

ANOTHER "AWWWESOME" DAY FOR ME.  TODAY WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING...  I TOOK THE TIME TO GO BACK IN TIME AND REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD THINGS I WENT THROUGH GROWING UP IN KEAUKAHA AS FAR AS I WHEN I WAS MAYBE 6-7 YEARS OLD VISITING MY DAD DURING THE SUMMERS AND WINTERS BREAKS. AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE WHEN I WAS LIVING WITH MY DAD FROM GRADES 6TH & 7TH.

AND AFTERWARDS I WOULD FREQUENTLY VISIT HILO ALMOST EVERY YEAR EVEN AFTER I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.

FROM KEAUKAHA TO KALAPANA BEACH BEFORE IT GOT ENGULFED BY LAVA WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY FLOWING RIGHT INTO THE OCEAN.  I REMEMBER GOING TO BOILING POTS TO HAPUNA BEACH TO WAIPIO VALLEY TO KOHALA TO PUNALU'U TO KONA AND MAUNA KEA TO VOLCANO AND TO WHERE EVER MY OHANA WENT...  I WENT.

EVEN GOING TO SCHOOL AT KEAUKAHA ELEMENTARY AND ONTO HILO INTERMEDIATE...  THE "SHAM BATTLES" GAMES WAS SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR AND TALK ABOUT AFTERWARDS.  THEN AFTER SCHOOL ME AND MY FRIENDS WOULD GO TO SEVERAL BEACH HANGOUTS ONLY FOUND IN KEAUKAHA...  "PUHI BAY", "CHOCK'S", "BAREBALLS", "4 MILES", "PAVILLIONS", "LELEIWI", "RICHARDSONS", "BROWN'S", AND YES...  EVEN "ONEKAHAKAHA"...  LOL!!!

BUT MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS "LALAKEA".

PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY MY FRIEND, KAEO.  MAHALO FO SHARING!!!

I DON'T THINK I NEED EXPLAIN ANYMORE WHY THIS IS MY FAVORITE SPOT.

AS I WAS REMINISCING ALL OF THIS...  I WAS READY TO GET OUT OF BED AND GO OUT FOR A RUN!!!

I GET MY CLOTHES ON, MY HEART RATE MONITOR, MY JACKET, MY ITOUCH, MY SHADES, AND MY SHOES.  I'M ALL GEARED UP AND READY TO VENTURE OUTSIDE AND THE FIRST THING I SEE IS...

"SNOW"...  YUPZ...  LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES BLOWING...  LOL!!!  AT LEAST THE SUN WAS STILL OUT AND NOT COVERED BY THE CLOUDS.  AT FIRST I WAS SAYING TO MYSELF...  "AHHH...  I GOIN' RUN TOMORROW INSTEAD CAUSE IT'S PRETTY CHILLY OUT THERE"...  BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS THINKING AND PRETENDING THAT ALL MY OHANA & HOALOHA BACK HOME IN HAWAI'I WAS ALL WATCHING AND WAITING FOR ME TO COME OUT TO GO RUNNING.  AND OUT THE DOOR I WENT RUNNING!!!

I RAN FOR 1.7 MILES NONSTOP AND TO BE HONEST...  I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW COMFORTABLE I WAS FEELING AS THE MUSIC WAS JAMMING ON MY ITOUCH!!!  I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF AND I NOW KNOW THAT I CAN ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT!!!

TODAY'S CALORIES REPORT:

"386 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

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MAY 11TH, 2013:

Aqvi, Aan! Aqvi! To all my Bethel Peeps - pass this on: Run, Mom! Run! A Fun Run / Walk 5k to honor our mothers will start at the Cultural Center at 10:15am on Saturday, May 11th. Please bring a donation of cash or new / packaged toiletries to benefit the women and children of TWC.

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WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 06.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

SORRY FOR A DAY LATE WITH MY UPDATES!!!  BEEN QUITE BUSY AT WORK AND AROUND THE HOUSE.

I CAN HONESTLY ADMIT THAT I AM BACK TO MY NORMAL ROUTINES OF THINGS WITH MY WORKOUTS AND DIETING.

THANK GOD...  LOL!!!

MY CALORIES REPORT:

"426 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

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WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 05.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

TODAY IS GOOD DAY AND A SAD DAY TOO.

THE GOOD NEWS, I WENT TO THE EYE CLINIC AND SEE IF I WAS A CANDIDATE FOR "LASIK" EYE SURGERY.  AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTINGS...  I AM GOOD TO GO!!!  SO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE...  I WON'T BE NEEDING GLASSES AND IT'S GONNA MAKE SWIMMING AND PADDLE BOARDING A WHOLE LOT EASIER!!!  EH TROY...  NOW I NO MORE EXCUSE FOR SWIMMING OFF COURSE AT RICHARDSON'S...  I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE...  LOL!!!

AND FOR THE SAD NEWS...  TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY FOR "ZUMBA FITNESS".  IT WAS AN "AWWWESOME" AND FUN CLASS AND I'D DO IT AGAIN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.  IT BRINGS GOOD CARDIO AND BURNS FAT ALL AT ONCE.  I F YOU FOLKS HAVE NOT TRIED IT...  YOU GOTTA CHECK'UM OUT.

ZUMBA IS TAUGHT EVERYWHERE...  JUST GOOGLE IT AND "GO FO BROKE!!!"

BIG MAHALOS TO CINDI, CARLA, & EUSEBIO FOR BRINGING ZUMBA TO BETHEL, ALASKA!!!  I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM TOO!!!  AND TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THAT JOINED AS WELL...  THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS CLASS A FUN CLASS!!!

HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THIS VERY SOON!!!

AND FOR TODAY'S CALORIES REPORT:

"648 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

CLICK ON THE LINK

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/VCK7UIACKK76MJITP7ITUDSYCM

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WAIPA

SWIMMING AT "KEALOHA" BEACH PARK ALSO KNOWN AS "4 MILES'.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN KEAUKAHA, THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY BEACHES THAT KEAUKAHA HOLDS.  EVERYTIME I VISIT KEAUKAHA...  I ALWAYS VISIT AND GO SWIMMING AT THESE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND RELAX.

ALL THE MORE REASONS FOR ME TO MOVE BACK HOME SOON!!!

ENJOY!!!

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WAIPA

PICKING FLOWERS & LIKO UP SADDLE ROAD TO MAKE LEIS FOR MERRIE MONARCH - 2013.

ALOHA EVRYONE!!!

MORE FOOTAGE FROM MY "AWWESOME" TRIP IN KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I!!!

IN THIS SEGMENT, MY MOM WENDY AND I WENT UP TO THE 22 MILE MARKER UP SADDLE ROAD FROM HILO AND SHE WENT PICKING ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS AND SHRUBS SO SHE CAN SOME "AWWWESOME" BEAUTIFUL LEIS TO SELL DURING THE MERRIE MONARCH CRAFT FAIR.

AND LET ME TELL YOU...  SHE MAKES SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL LEIS!!!

ENJOY!!!

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WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 04.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

STARTED MY 2ND WEEK OF WORKOUTS.  THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD, 12 DAYS OUT BEFORE MY 1ST BETHEL, ALASKA 5K RUN!!!

I ONLY ASK FOR WARMER WEATHER AS THE TEMPERATURE HAS DROPPED BACK TO THE LOW 20'S!!!  SO I'M ASKING ALL YOU "AWWWESOME" FANS OUT THERE TO VISUALIZE "WARM WEATHER (40 AND ABOVE!!!) SO I CAN RUN IN COMFORT...  LOL!!!

GOT WORD FROM MY COUSIN TROY BACK HOME IN HAWAI'I THAT HE'S DOING GOOD AND JUST KILLED A 10 MILE PADDLE BOARD COURSE WITHOUT STOPPING!!!  ANOTHER INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT FOR ME TO FEED OFF!!!

CONGRATS BRADDA TROY!!!  

AND FOR TODAY'S CALORIES REPORT:

"1064 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

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BOWFLEX CIRCUIT TRAINING

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/VDYQPNLT7H74QW333AQXBE25ZE

ZUMBA FITNESS

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/NAQULUDAC7NJ5W3HDBHLUFSSH4

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WAIPA

MERRIE MONARCH 2013 - EASTER SUNDAY OPENING PERFORMANCE.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

HERE'S THE CONTINUATION OF MY KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I TRIP WITH THE "MERRIE MONARCH EASTER SUNDAY OPENING CEREMONY".

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO ATTEND BECAUSE KAHEALANI WAS ALSO PART OF IT.

ALSO I WAS JOINED BY MY FRIENDS THOR & HIS OHANA WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM BETHEL, ALASKA WHO ALSO ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF THE SHOW!!!

MAHALO THOR, JOANN, KAYLA, & SVEN FOR COMING DOWN!!!

ENJOY THE SHOW AND PICS!!!

MERRIE MONARCH 2013 - EASTER SUNDAY OPENING - PART 01. 

MERRIE MONARCH 2013 - EASTER SUNDAY OPENING - PART 02.

MERRIE MONARCH 2013 - EASTER SUNDAY OPENING - PART 03.

MERRIE MONARCH 2013 - EASTER SUNDAY OPENING - PART 04.

SLIDESHOW

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I DID!!!

FROM ME TO ALL OF YOU!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 03.

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

I FINISHED WEEK ONE!!!

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE BACK ON TRACK!!!  I'M ALREADY STARTING TO FEEL MORE ENERGETIC AND READY FOR MORE CHALLENGES THAT MAY ARISE.

I AM STILL HOMESICK AND I THINK OF KEAUKAHA EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I DAYDREAM FOR HOURS OF SEEING MYSELF WITH MY DAUGHTER, KAHEALANI DOING ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFFS.  AND I ALSO SEE MYSELF EXERCISING AND TRAINING FOR UPCOMING COMPETITIONS LIKE PADDLE BOARDING, SWIMMING, RUNNING, AND WHATEVERS COMES NEXT!!!

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DREAMING AND THEN MAKING IT COME TRUE BY EFFORT AND DETERMINATION!!!

AND FOR TODAY'S CALORIES REPORT:

"1145 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

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BOWFLEX CIRCUIT TRAINING

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/3NIK65PYT72SNP6SQ2WUYEQYKY

ZUMBA FITNESS

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/VCKEHZBV63KO6HNWYADRTIE5YQ

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WAIPA

MY "TRY-GO-ATHON" CHALLENGE STORY... LOL!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS STORY OF ME COMPETING IN MY 1ST RACE.

MY COUSIN TROY FROM WAIMEA, HAWAI'I TOLD ME THAT HE WAS COMPETING IN THE "TRY-GO-ATHON" - 1/2 MILE SWIM, 3.4 MILE RUN, AND 4.6 OR 2.4 MILES PADDLE BOARDING.  WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS, I SAID TO HIM I'VE NEVER PADDLE BOARD BEFORE SO I CAN'T COMPETE.  BUT TROY ALSO SAID THERE'S A "SWIM & RUN" ONLY WHICH I THOUGHT I COULD PROBABLY DO THAT.  AT FIRST I WAS NERVOUS AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO AND AT THE SAME TIME, PART OF ME WAS SAYING, "GO FO BROKE...  WHAT I GET FO LOSE!!!"

SO I DECIDED TO DO IT AND I TOLD TROY THAT I WAS IN!!!

I HAD ONLY 2-3 WEEKS TO TRY AND PREPARE FOR THIS RACE.  UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS PLACE TO SWIM IN BETHEL, ALASKA SO I COULDN'T DO ANY SWIMMING DRILLS BUT WHAT I DID DO WAS I STARTED DOING RUNNING DRILLS WITH THE HELP OF MY FRIEND & COACH, CHRISTI WHO IS A MARATHON RUNNER AND SHE PUT ME ON A RUNNING DRILL SCHEDULE TO HELP ME BE READY FOR THIS RACE.

SO LETS FAST FORWARD TO WHERE I'M IN HILO, HAWAI'I 1 WEEK BEFORE THE RACE.  TROY AND I MEET UP AT "RICHARDSON'S BEACH" TO DO OUR 1ST SWIMMING DRILL PRACTICE.

AS I WAS LOOKING OUT AT THE OCEAN...  I TELL MYSELF, "DA CURRENTS LOOK PRETTY ROUGH".  BUT I STILL WANTED FOR DO THIS.  

SO OFF ME & TROY WENT IN TO THE OCEAN AND HE GAVE ME SOME VERY GOOD POINTERS AND TOLD ME HOW TO KEEP MY LEGS UP TO AVOID DRAGGING AND USE MY ARMS MORE THAN MY LEGS SO I DON'T TIRE MYSELF OUT QUICKLY.  AND MOST IMPORTANT...  BREATH...  LOL!!!

SO I OFF SWIMMING AND FOLLOWING TROY OR I TRIED TO...  LOL!!!  WE SWIM LIKE MAYBE 100 YARDS AND BACK AND THE FIRST THING THAT COMES OUT OF TROY'S MOUTH, "HOOO BRAH...  YOU NEVAH SWIM LONG TIME EH???"

BUT STILL THAT DIDN'T STOP ME.  WE STILL DID COUPLE MORE DRILLS AND LAPS AND CALLED IT THE DAY.

4 DAYS BEFORE RACE DAY ME AND TROY WAS HANGING OUT IN "WAIPIO VALLEY" HAVING LUNCH AND THEN TELLS ME, "EH YOU KNOW WHAT...  YOU SHOULD ASK TIA FO DO DA SWIMMING PORTION CAUSE SHE WHEN SWIM ONE ROUGH WATERS CHALLENGE AND FINISHED IT!!!"

I STILL SAID TO TROY, "NAH...  NAH...  NO WORRIES...  I GOING DO'EM BY MYSELF".

NOW THE DAY BEFORE THE RACE, I'M ON THE PHONE TALKING TO TROY AND WE'RE DISCUSSING ON WHAT TIME WE GOING MEET UP AND WHAT WE GOING DO AFTERWARDS.  TROY THEN SAYS TO ME, "EH...  TODAY THEY GET THE 5K RUN AT COCONUT ISLAND, YOU SHOULD COMPETE IN THAT RACE..."

AGAIN MY REPLY TO THAT, "TROY, I NOT GOING BACK DOWN AFTER I ALREADY COMMITTED MYSELF TO THIS!!!"

"RACE DAY"

ME AND TROY MEET UP AND WE GO TO THE STARTING LINE AND REGISTER AND DO ALL THAT STUFF AND NOW THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS.  I SEE PLENTY PEOPLE ALL GETTING READY AND NOW WE ARE AT THE STARTING LINE UP.  THE OFFICIALS GO OVER THE RULES AND SAFETY PROCEDURES AND OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...  THE AIR HORN BLOWS AND OFF WE GO!!!

THE FIRST THING I HEAR AND SEE IS THE SOUND OF THE WATERS AS BE STIRRED UP AS ALL THE OTHER COMPETITORS HAS PROPELLERS ON THE FEET.  I WAS SAYING TO MYSELF...  "WHAT???"  BUT I WENT AND STARTED SLOW AS TO NOT GAS MYSELF OUT.  I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I USED A SNORKEL SET AS I CAN BREATH BETTER WHILE I'M UNDERWATER AS I DIDN'T WANT TO SWIM WITH MY HEAD UP FOR THE MOST PART.  SO BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING, AS I WAS SWIMMING AND I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD PACE GOING BUT ONE PROBLEM...  BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING OUT AND MY LOOKING DOWN INTO THE OCEAN...  THE CURRENT HAS SHIFTED ME WAY OFF COURSE...  I MEAN SO OFF COURSE I WAS HEADED TOWARDS "KINGS LANDING"...  LOL!!!  AND TO MAKE THINGS EVEN WORST...  MY MASK STARTED TO FOG UP AND I'M ALREADY BLIND BECAUSE I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES AND I DON'T WEAR CONTACTS EITHER.  NOW I'M SWIMMING BLIND AND I'M BEING TAKEN OFF COURSE BECAUSE OF THE ROUGH CURRENTS.   BUT I STILL DIDN'T GIVE UP...  I REFUSE TO...  IN FACT I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL TIRED!!!  SO I JEPT PUSHING FORWARD AND DOING MY BEST TO STAY ON COURSE AS I TRIED TO SEE WHERE I WAS GOING.  

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN...  I HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE JET SKIS AND I HEAR THE GUY SAY, "YOU ALRIGHT BRADDA???  TURN AROUND ALREADY...  EVERYBODY WHEN FINISH AND SWAM BACK TO SHORE AND STARTED RUNNING!!!"  NOW WHEN I HEARD THAT I WAS LIKE WHAT???  ALREADY???  HOW CAN???  BUT NOPE...  I STILL MOVED FORWARD AND I WASN'T GIVING IN...  THE CURRENT REALLY MADE IT CHALLENGING AND MORE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE AGAIN I WAS SWIMMING OFF COURSE.  THE LIFEGUARD TEAM WAS GETTING CONCERNED AND TOLD ME TO TURN AROUND AND SWIM BACK... BUT I STILL PUSHED ON AND I SAID THEM TO AT LEAST LET ME FINISHED HALFWAY AND THEN I'LL TURN BACK.  AND THEY LET ME CONTINUE.  

AS I WAS SWIMMING TOWARDS THE 1ST BUOY AND CIRCLED AROUND IT, I FELT A SENSE OF REALLY WANTING TO STAY IN THE RACE AND FINISHED THE ENTIRE SWIMMING COURSE.  THE OCEAN WAS DEEP AND DARK BUT YET BEAUTIFUL...  IT WAS THEN I FELT THE "CALLING" TO COME BACK HOME TO KEAUKAHA.  THE "CALLING" TO START COMPETING IN OCEAN SPORTS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.  THE "CALLING" TO COME BACK TO MY ROOTS.  THE "CALLING" TO COME BACK TO WHERE I WAS RAISED.  THE "CALLING" TO COME BACK TO A PLACE WHERE I LOVE TO BE.

AS I WAS SWIMMING BACK TO SHORE I THEN SAW THE A SCHOOL OF 4 TURTLES SWIM RIGHT PASS ME AND THEN I SAW THE REEFS AND THEN ALL THE FISHES AND THEN THE BLACK SAND AND THEN I MADE IT BACK TO SHORE...  OF COURSE WITH THE HELP OF ONE OF THE LIFEGUARDS TO GUIDE ME BACK AS THE CURRENT WAS REALLY ROUGH AND I BELIEVE I WOULD'VE ENDED UP AT "LELEIWI BEACH"...  LOL!!!  BUT AS I REACHED THE SHORE...  ALL I HEARD WAS A CROWD OF PEOPLE STILL CHEERING ME ON AND IN THE MIST OF THAT CROWD, I SAW MY DAD.  I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS WATCHING ME COMPETE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY MUCH TO HIM EARLIER.  BUT THE SIGHT OF SEEING MY DAD MADE ME WANT TO CRY JUST BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH AND ALTHOUGH I WISH I BONDED WITH HIM EARLIER IN THE YEARS...  I'M JUST HAPPY AND GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE BONDING NOW AND FOREVER.

SO I’M OFF TO CHANGE INTO MY RUNNING SHOES AND OFF I GO RUNNING DOWN THE BEAUTIFUL KALANIANAOLE AVENUE PASSING ALL THE BEACHES THAT I USE TO SWIM AT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. IT BROUGHT A LOT OF MEMORIES AND GOOD ONES TOO. ALL THE MORE I WANTED TO RETURN HOME FOR GOOD. BUT AS I REACHED THE HALF WAY MARK OF THE RACE, I STARTED TO REALLY FEEL MY LEGS CRAMPING UP, THEN MY BREATHING WAS GETTING OUT OF RHYTHM, AND THEN I ENDED WALKING FOR FEW MINUTES AND THEN CONTINUED ON AND SWITCHED MY RUNNING TO INTERVALS. AS I WAS APPROACHING THE FINISH LINE I WAS NOW SUPER EXHAUSTED AND WHEN I CROSSED IT… IT WAS THE BEST FEELING EVER, ALTHOUGH I DID FEEL EMBARRASSED FOR FINISHING LAST THINKING I WOULD BE MADE FUN OFF, I JUST CONTINUED TO KEEP MY HEAD UP.

SO AFTER THE RACE MY DAD CAME AND DROPPED OFF MY CAR KEYS AND THEN I DROVE BACK HOME TO SHOWER AND CHANGE AND THEN HEADED OVER TO HILO BAYFRONT TO JOIN UP WITH THE OTHER COMPETITORS AND HAVE LUNCH. I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER KAHEALANI AND MY NEPHEW MAKAPI WITH ME. AS I WAS IN LINE MAKING MY LUNCH, I STILL FELT EMABRRASSED AND I GOT BECAME SHY AND WAS QUIET UNTIL ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBER WHO CAME UP TO ME AND WAS IN SHOCK TO HEAR THAT I CAME FROM ALASKA AND SHE THOUGHT I WAS LIVING IN HILO. SHE ALSO WAS IMPRESSED TO HEAR THAT I’VE HAD TRAINING AND I’VE BEEN AWAY FROM HOME FOR SO LONG AND YET I WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE. SO AFTER HEARING THAT, I FELT RELIEVED AND THEN MY COUSIN TROY AND HIS FRIENDS CAME JOINED ME AT THE TABLE TO EAT WHILE KAHEALANI & MAKAPI WAS EATING AND PLAYING AT THE SHORELINE. I MET TWO “AWWWESOME” GUYS, JEDO AND JEFF WHO ARE STEADY COMPETITIORS IN THESE TYPES OF RACES. THEY WERE VERY FUN AND GOOD TO TALK WITH. LOTS OF LAUGHTER, ESPECIALLY FROM MY COUSIN TROY. HE WAS TELLING THEM HOW WAS TRYING TO GIVE ME FRIENDLY WARNINGS AND TRIED TO GET ME TO “RUN ONLY” AND SKIP THE SWIMMING. AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER… IT WAS ALL FUN AND LAUGHTER AND I THEN BECAME VERY COMFORTABLE AND FELT LIKE I WAS PART OF THE OHANA. IT WAS THEN I KNEW I WANTED TO COMPETE AGAIN AND MORE THAN EVER. I HAD VISIONS OF SEEING ME TRAINING HARD IN ALASKA AND HAWAI’I FOR UPCOMING COMPETITIONS. IT LIT A FIRE ALL OVER AGAIN AND THIS TIME I’M THE FIRE BURNING FOREVER.

AS THE AFTERNOON ENDED,WE ALL WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND I DID PROMISE M COUSIN TROY THAT WE’LL MEET UP MORE OFTEN AND REBUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE HOW IT USE TO BE WHEN WERE LITTLE. I ALSO SAID TO MY NEW FRIENDS, JEDO & JEFF THAT I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH AND SEE THEM WHENEVER I RETURN TO HILO, HAWAI’I.

SO I RETURNED HOME AND SAW MY DAD HANGING OUT IN THE GARAGE AND I COULD TELL HE HAD SOMETHING TO SAY BUT HE ALSO HAD THIS GIGGLE LOOK ON HIS FACE TOO. SO I SAID TO HIM, “OKAY DAD… JUST GIVE IT TO ME… TELL ME WHERE I WENT WRONG, OR WHAT I SHOULD’VE DONE BETTER”.

THIS IS WHAT MY DAD SAID TO ME, “I WAS WATCHING YOU FROM YOU FROM THE LELEIWI BEACH PARK PARKING LOT, AND WHEN I HEARD THE AIRHORN BLOW, I SAW THE CROWD OF PEOPLE TAKING OFF FAST… I SAID TO MYSELF… I KNOW HE’S NOT IN THAT CROWD… LOL. BUT AFTER THE CROWD TOOK OFF, I THEN SAW YOU. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WAS CRUISING BUT I ALSO NOTICED YOU WAS SWIMMING WAY OFF COURSE AND THE CURRENT WAS REALLY ROUGH AND THAT IS WHEN I HAD TO GO DOWN TO THE SHORELINE AND MAKE SURE YOU WAS GOING BE OKAY. TO BE HONEST… I WASN’T LAUGHING ANYMORE… I WAS WORRIED. AND I WAS TELLING MYSELF IF HE NO CAN STAY ON COURSE THEN I GOING JUMP IN AND SWIM TO YOU AND BRING YOU BACK. BUT THEN I SAW THE LIFEGUARD TEAM JETSKI TOWRADS YOU AND THEN I KNEW YOU WAS GOING BE OKAY. ALTHOUGH YOU WAS OFF COURSE YOU STILL WASN’T GOING GIVE UP… THAT I KNEW YOU ALWAYS HAD IN YOU… YOU HEART WAS IN IT SINCE THE DAY YOU WAS BORN. AN NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO SHORE… ALL IT MATTERS IS THAT YOU WHEN FINISH. AND I STAY PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT. RIGHT ON SON… I GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE TO TEST YOURSELF. COME NEXT TIME… GARANZ YOU GET’UM DOWN. YOU NOW KNOW WHAT FOR DO NEXT TIME”.

AFTER HEARING THAT… ALL THE MORE I WANT TO COMPETE AGAIN… BRAH… I WANTED FOR COMPETE THE NEXT DAY!!! BUT WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRING WAS THAT MY DAD WAS THERE FOR ME THE WHOLE TIME. EVEN THOUGH I NEVAH TELL HIM AND I NEVER TRY TO GET HIM TO COME, IN MY HEART I REALLY WANTED HIM THERE. AND I WAS SO HAPPY HE CAME DOWN FOR SEE ME COMPETE.

SO THERE IT IS FOLKS… MY SHORT VERSION OF MY STORY COMPETING FOR THE VERY 1ST TIME!!! AND I’M COMING BACK MORE STRONGER THAN EVER AS COMMITTED… AS PROMISED… AS DETERMINED AS ALWAYS!!!

  

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

WAIPA'S PROJECT SYNERGY - PHASE 03 - DAY 02... AND SOME EXTRAS!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

ENJOYING MY DAYS OFF FROM WORK WITH MY "AWWWESOME" WORKOUTS!!!  HOWEVER...  TODAY WAS A LITTLE COLD FOR ME TO GO OUT RUNNING SO I'LL RUN TOMORROW NO MATTER WHAT...  I HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND CONTINUE MY JOURNEY TO BE THE BEST THAT I CAN BE WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE!!!

MY LAST TRIP HOME HAS TRULY GROUNDED ME IN AS I'VE NEVER MISSED HOME THIS MUCH AND IT IS STILL HITTING ME PRETTY HARD.  AND WHAT REALLY CAPTURED MY HEART WAS GOING BACK INTO THE OCEAN AND CLAIM WHAT I LOVED SINCE I WAS BORN.

I'VE FOUND AN INTEREST IN STAND UP PADDLE BOARDING AND I CAN'T WAIT TO LEARN!!!  ALSO COMPETING IN ANY TYPE OF WATER SPORT THAT INVOLVES THE OCEAN!!!

MY GOAL IS TO COMPETE IN THESE EVENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

I'VE FOUND MY CALLING AND NOW I'M WORKING MY TOWARDS TO RETURNING HOME TO KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I.

AS FOR TODAY...  I DID MY BOWFLEX CIRCUIT TRAINING AND WILL DO THIS FOR 2 WEEKS TO RECHARGE MY ENTIRE BODY BEFORE I RETURN TO "STRENGTH TRAINING". I WILL ALSO INCORPORATE "KETTLE BELLS", "YOGA BALL", BEGINNING "CROSSFIT", AND I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST...  "RUNNING!!!"

SO I DO HAVE MY SUMMER ALL PLANNED OUT!!!

AND FOR TODAY'S CALORIES REPORT:

"1158 CALORIES" BURNED!!!

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BOWFLEX CIRCUIT TRAINING

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/762XS2RQ7F7PQZDTYK7DOV2FG4

ZUMBA FITNESS:

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/XS5JQIX4VFQGT2B5RQBZPN2SLM

THINGS ARE STARTING TO COME BACK TO ME AFTER A 3-4 WEEKS VACATION...  LOL!!!

I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COOL SURPRISE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU FOLKS!!!

ENJOY THIS 2-PART VIDEO SERIES!!!

DOG MUSHING FUN IN BETHEL, ALASKA - PART 01.

DOG MUSHING FUN IN BETHEL, ALASKA - PART 02.

YESTERDAY I WAS INVITED BY MY FRIEND, JOHN SIMON AND HIS OHANA TO GO ON A DOG MUSH RUN...  AND THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL RUN UNTIL NEXT WINTER AS SPRING IS NEAR AND THE SNOW IS MELTING BY THE HOUR.

WHAT MADE THIS EVENT REALLY SPECIAL WAS WHEN JOHN LET ME RUN HIS DOGS ALL BY MYSELF AND I MEAN LITERALLY ALL BY MYSELF!!!  THE FIRST HALF OF THE RIDE, I WAS RIDING WITH HIS SON TERRELL AS A GUIDE.  BUT AFTER WE GOT TO THE TURNAROUND POINT...  I WAS ON MY OWN.  TERRELL GOT OFF THE SLED AND HOPPED ON THE SNOW MACHINE WITH HIS DAD AND YOUNGER BROTHER, JONATHAN AND OFF THEY WENT.  I WAS MUSHING THE DOG TEAM ALL BY MYSELF!!!  I WAS NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING BUT I TOOK MY WORRIES OFF AND APPRECIATED THE TRANQUILITY OF THE PEACEFUL VIEW OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKIES, THE SEMI SNOW COVERED TUNDRAS, THE SOUND OF THE DOGS AND THE FEEL OF THE COLD CRISP AIR THAT I WAS SURROUNDED BY.

I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER MOMENT.  IT KINDA REMINDED ME OF BEING BACK HOME SWIMMING WAY OUT IN TO THE DEEP OCEAN BEING ALL BY MYSELF AND DIVING TOWARDS THE NEARBY REEFS AND SEEING ALL THE FISHES, TURTLES, AND OCCASIONAL SHARKS TOO...  LOL!!!  IT WAS MY LIFE GROWING UP WHEN I WAS A KID AND NOW I WANT TO RETURN AND CONTINUE ENJOYING THE OCEAN.

BUT BACK TO MY DOG MUSHING ADVENTURE...  I AM VERY GRATEFUL TOWARDS THE "SIMON OHANA" FOR GIVING ME A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO DOG MUSH.  AND IF ANY OF YOU READING THIS...  THAT HAVEN'T DONE THIS YET...  ADD THIS TO YOUR BUCKET LIST...  IT IS SO WORTH IT!!!

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO JOHN SIMON AND HIS OHANA!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA E JOHN.  I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR A DOING WHAT YOU  DID FOR ME YESTERDAY.  I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT DAY AND WHEN I SETTLE BACK HOME IN HAWAI'I...  I WILL ALSO DO THE SAME FOR YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANYWHERE BUT ONLY IN HAWAI'I...  BE READY FOR THE OCEAN MY GOOD FRIEND!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA