Margarita Marathon!

Not the title you'd expect for a blog about raising the bar, from a fitness and goal setting point of view.  But it's the holiday season and having celebrated a big birthday at the beginning of December, I headed off to Miami with my wife and family to celebrate in style.  2 days soaking up the atmosphere of Miami was amazing.  Joe's Stone Crab restaurant has to be the highlight and both mornings I ran on the boardwalk before the heat became unbearable.  The running allowed me to justify the wine!
We then headed off for a five day Caribbean cruise.  If you've ever been on a cruise ship before you'll know the food is awesome and you check your liver into rehab when you get back.  We weren't disappointed and had a lot of fun visiting Nassau and Cozumel, wonderful new years eve celebrations and if you haven't tried a "silent disco", then you've missed out.  We danced the night away.
As for the Margarita's, that was inspired by visiting Cozumel.  And when you are drinking with the "youngsters", you have to show them the benefit of your experience!  That experience involves demonstrating how to treat the margarita like a shot which certainly impressed Caitlin King who was too slow and hers disappeared down my throat before she could blink - if you're not fast your last!  The experience however comes down to knowing when to stop and I was in a lot better shape than them in the morning.
It wasn't all about the margarita's as my garmin stats will demonstrate. I was on the treadmill every day running and also in the gym.  I was ticking over running for between 30-40 mins so that when I start back properly, on Thursday, it won't be too difficult.  The margarita marathon was tough but I was assisted by the family who supported my efforts.  It was a fun trip and fully of memories that will no doubt get cast up to me in years to come!  The holidays are over.  Let the training plan kick in to achieve the goals for 2022.  In May I have a 125km ultra in Scotland and in August 250 km multi-staged ultra in Romania (unfinished business).  If you haven't set unrealisitic goals for 2022 you're missing out on a lot of fun as you raise the bar.  Cheers!