Captains log 462013

First blog post in April.  I just got back last night from 5 days in Orlando, FL.  I vacationed well, and need to get back to training.  lets see...

monday 412013 was a marathon of packing fam in car, catching 7 am flight and settling in the condo we rented at The Seasons Resort.  Did not drink enough water and had a wicked headache that night as I went to bed.

Tuesday 422013 woke up with a small headache and went for a run.  I really wanted to do this as I wanted to see the difference of altitude.  I found that while I was able to breathe much better, and I did not run out of breath, the muscle felt exactly the same.  I ran/walked for about 2.5 miles in a short 30 min activity before getting on the road and heading to Universal studios for day 1. 


We stayed at the Universal Studios side for about 6 hours and rode Shrek 4d, Men in Black, The Mummy Returns, Twister, and I sat with D5 while the rest of the family rode ET.  Lunch was an abhorrent 1.75 hr ordeal, but we did walk the whole park and see the sights.  A little research shows that the act of walking and standing in line burns about 175 calories extra per hour, and I believe it, I was a little sore for being on my feet that long on just day 1.  We learned a lot this day and had a meltdown by D5 at the 1630 mark and decided to call it a day a bit early to go back and get some swimming in at the hotel.

Wednesday 432013 Hit the theme park at 1100 hours this time and went to Island of Adventure..  Splurged on the express pass, and promptly went and waited 2 hours in line to ride the Harry Potter ride.  Knocked it out with the Dragon Challenge, had some butter beer, had fun at the Hogsmeade experience, and by that time the rest of the family showed up.  Rode the amazing spiderman, Jurassic Park river ride, Dudley Do Right's river ride, took D5 back to Dr Suess land to ride the Carousel and prevent a meltdown, then left Island of Adventure and went back to the Studios park and used our express pass to gain an expedited entry into the minion mayhem ride.  We ate dinner at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville which was delicioso.  We attempted to stay for fireworks and a presentation of 100 years of studio works but got rained out.  All in all I think we were at the parks for 10 hours and 8 of which was walking or standing.  Easily we walked 4 miles that day.

Thursday 442013 Headed out by 1000 to Kennedy Space Center and took a tour of the center and the Apollo launch viewing area where they have a rocket inside and all the components of the Apollo missions.  It was really cool.  Not nearly the same amount of walking today but definitely not just sitting around.  After that we had to get the kids feet wet in the ole Atlantic and then ate at a great little spot in Cocoa Beach.  Got home around 2200 hours.

Friday 452013 Check out of condo by 1000 hrs, headed back to Universal and got 1 ride in, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rock it.  2+ hour wait in line again and at least another 1.5 miles of walking.  My feet were very sore by this time, I was ready to head to the airport and make our way home.  We made it out of Orlando on time and home by 2230 MST or 0030 EST Saturday.  Looking back it was a bit of a whirlwind.

My diet this past week was not good.  I did not drink nearly enough water, ate entirely too many Dunkin Donuts (we dont have them in Colorado and I missed them) and all in all thoroughly enjoyed myself.  The kids had a blast, S6 met Spiderman and got his autograph, a picture with Optimus Prime, and D5 danced with Dora and met Spongebob, Patrick, Gru, Agnes, Scooby and numerous others.  S11 rode every ride I did and while he was a bit old, and too cool, to get excited about the characters he had fun.

Today is a day of rest!!!  Back to training tomorrow morning.

Here is a map of the run I did on Tuesday... 
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