It has been a slow workout week for me so far. Catching up at work after the Puerto Vallarta vacation has been time-consuming. Amiben took quite a few pictures on our vacation that I will show you over the next few days. This one is of us birding in the highlands just south of Puerto […]
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Another eventful day in Garza Blanca, Puerto Vallarta
Day 2 at Garza Blanca was dotted with various random activities mostly around the resort. We relaxed by the negative-edge pool, ate a few tacos, chips and quesadillas with fresh guac, veggies, queso, etc. and had a few mango margaritas on the rocks with lots of salt on the rim. We walked around in the […]
Off to Puerto Vallarta – long and eventful day
Our flight to Puerto Vallarta departed promptly at 9AM. We were all up early doing last-minute packing, feeding the pups and doing this-and-that before driving to the airport. Upon arrival at the PVR airport, we found out that some random a$$hole (Binita’s words) had picked up her bag and left behind a similar looking bag […]
Gaurav Parekh, you are an Ironman | Race Report
“Relax and flow.” That has been my mantra for as long as I can remember. I had to dig deeper than I have ever dug to finish the Ironman. Now I can proudly say, “I am an Ironman.” I finished Ironman Los Cabos 2014 in the official time of 15:43:29. 3:30AM: I woke up. I […]
Ironman Los Cabos is tomorrow
My back still hurts. As planned, I went for a 2-mile jog this morning only to realize that if I run faster than a 9-minute-per-mile pace, my back hurts more. At least I can run a bit. It will be a long, slow day, but I am in to race tomorrow. It was a rushed […]
No…..not my back!
Of all the injuries that I could sustain while running for 20+ miles and biking for 90+ miles and swimming for 4,000+ meters, a small calf injury is not that bad. It has almost healed and I was feeling quite optimistic this morning when Binita dropped me off at the airport. That’s when things started […]