Training Log Archive: hansolo

Time spent swimming, snorkeling, climbing, and hiking throughout the week in El Yunque, Culebra, Vieques, and more in Puerto Rico!

Past week was spring break, and I spent it exploring Puerto Rico! Be it the natural rainforest water slides or pristine beaches, I loved the adventurous, fun trip through hostels and islands and San Juan!

Some news...
1. I won't be doing WUOC this year due to an 8-week-long volunteer service trip to Africa through Operation Crossroads Africa, a precursor to the Peace Corps. I'll be assigned with Ghana Permaculture Institute working on sustainable agriculture and microfinance econ development, more specifics to follow! Although it's hard giving up my favorite sport, I know this trip will do much for my character, and remains a rather rare opportunity I ought to take now. I'm not leaving the orienteering community any time soon - so my eyes are set on whatever competition I can get my hands on next: WOC, WUOC, or even WMOC. Who knows, maybe some of the African kids will like running, or maybe I introduce orienteering to them?

2. I'll be running the 120th Boston Marathon on 18APR16!!! The marathon team brought me onto their trip to replace an injured teammate. Basically, Frankfurt payed off! Although my thumb injury and spring break haven't exactly prompted the optimal training trajectory, I'm confident given my late training start for Frankfurt, that I can focus on long runs and get on track for a 2:50 at Boston! Glad to rep the O team in April!

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