{"id":3476,"date":"2017-10-29T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T23:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T23:14:36","slug":"another-foul-weather-post-and-some-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3476","title":{"rendered":"Another foul weather post and some running!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this summer &amp; fall, the Caribbean sure has been getting it! In the Cayman Islands, we have been very fortunate not to have a hurricane come too close to us.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Tropical Storm Philippe came quite close to us this week-end. In fact, we got something like 50mm (around 2 inches) of rain on Saturday alone.\u00a0 The ocean was also very rough as you can see in the video below, which I took near the Burger King in George Town.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtT3AnaJI2s?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the road on Sunday morning, blue skies, but BIG puddles everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?attachment_id=3480\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3480\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110843-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110843-001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110843-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Definitely no boating or snorkeling today!<\/p>\n<p>But, in an amazing 180 change, Sunday, less than 24 later was blue skies and fabulous weather.<\/p>\n<p>So this week-end was the annual 10-10-10 relay race in the East-End. I really like this event since running in the East is peaceful and always different from running in town.\u00a0 I usually opt for the last leg since its the most scenic, even though by the time I get to run the sun is up and it is quite hot.\u00a0 But, nothing a white hat &amp; shirt cant help manage.<\/p>\n<p>So I started at the Green spot and ran till the &#8230; Red.\u00a0 My two team mates also had 10k each to complete the loop which started at the Red spot and went counter-clockwise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?attachment_id=3481\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3481\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ee.jpg 485w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ee-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My colleague Dan and I at the finish (the 3rd runner had to go home)\u00a0 We did get a bit of a chuckle today. Although we won 2nd Corporate team (yay!) and did quite good, Dan had a small incident.\u00a0 He arrived at +-6:45 at the location to start leg-2 and realized he forgot his running shoes.\u00a0 So he ran 10k in socks &amp; flip flops.\u00a0 Amazingly, he ran the 10k in around 53 minutes which in my opinion is nothing short of spectacular all things considered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?attachment_id=3477\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3477\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_0952.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_0952.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_0952-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way back I took a few pictures.\u00a0 Here is by far my favorite house in Grand Cayman.\u00a0 Its on the North Side and is currently for sale for a cool 4.2M$US.\u00a0 It is on a &#8220;bluff&#8221; and there are stairs down to the ocean where you can go snorkeling in a reef protected area behind the house.\u00a0 Pretty neat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?attachment_id=3478\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3478\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_104850-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_104850-001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_104850-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Spanish style house is being built near Bodden Town.\u00a0 The picture does not do it justice, but its massive.\u00a0 No idea who is building this house which I would guess will cost north of 5M$US.\u00a0 Still a few months to go before it is finished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?attachment_id=3479\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3479\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110134-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110134-001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_20171029_110134-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more month till Hurricane season is over.\u00a0 Lets hope that is the end of it now.\u00a0 Looking forward to going diving soon \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this summer &amp; fall, the Caribbean sure has been getting it! 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