Guam Battle Site

Well, We're about to head out for the beaches on the Pacific side of Panama (not that the Atlantic side is very far away...)and I've just finished another 50-mile week of treadmill-only training. That makes 11 weeks of base at 50-57 miles. I'll be running a half-marathon in 6 weeks and haven't run for longer than 85 minutes in 2008...
April will start out still snowy and cold according to the long range forcasts, but I've got to start getting in some longer runs 1-2 times a week. At least 12-15 miles if I want a chance to race well. Fortunately, the half is much kinder to the runner in that it's pretty easy to build up to 15 miles or so, and once at that point, you can run close to race distance without the punishing long runs marathon running require. Maybe I'll be able to get in a good run on vacation, we'll see.

Our last vacation was in 2006 to Guam. Me and the then-GF(now DW) went to Guam from Seoul, as we were both teaching in Korea at the time. Guam's a cool place if you're a WW2 buff as there are still pristine war remnants from the 1945 invasion en route to the remainder of Japan's strongholds. Curiously, many Japanese and Koreans like to visit Guam as well for the beaches. For us, it was the chance to speak English, and buy American products that were not available in Korea that attracted us. We had fun, but I think we'll enjoy this vacation more...lot's to do at the resort. I'll post a pic from Guam.