moonin' my honey: tahitian run

we awoke thursday to a slightly overcast day. we lounged around until lunch, walked over to tupuna pizza for a tahitian pizza, only 1500xpfs (~$17US). i learned the word “maururu” (thank you, pronounced mau-ru-ru) from the pizza guy. josh called me a dork for learning "hello" and "thank you". more bungalow-lounging after lunch, laid out on the deck, had afternoon coffee, and went for a run around 4pm. i have no idea what the temp was, i’d guess low 80’s? but it was breezy and not-humid (and i didn't sweat back then either, while josh was dripping).

moorea has better roads/shoulders than sc

house with a bunch of buoys; 1-mile

street signs; 2.5 miles

stray dog that hacked on josh after he petted it...

i think it's now safe to say that he didn't catch anything

cruise ship in opunohu bay

km markers all the way around the island

random wooden sculptures

we ran again a couple days later, same out and back 5-miles. on the second run i got honked at by a big truck, score! we never saw others running, but we also never felt endangered. as with many other islands, there are lots of stray dogs but none chased after us.

7/22 run: 5 miles, 45:11 (avg pace 9:02)
7/24 run: 5.05 miles, 43:45 (avg pace 8:40)

somehow i was running slower than molasses pre-honeymoon (and now post-hmoon as well), but on the two honeymoon runs i felt fluid and gazelle-like. le sigh.