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Fiji part 1 - fun in the sun and on the run

Printer friendly version Posted on: Friday December 11 10:10:46 AM

Fiji part 1 - fun in the sun and on the run My absence from the online world has been nice. While away, I managed to attend a work conference in Fiji that despite the full day of travel in each direction was worth it for the 4 days we spent there. Although we did have plenty of indoor sessions, they were interesting, motivating and better than most conferences I have been on. We had plenty of free time, including the whole first and last days and the evenings of both middle days.

My primary focus was to have fun and not get too caught up in the party atmosphere that tends to get out of hand at Flight Centre Conferences. I was successful here and managed all mornings hangover free. I choose to make the best out of the early evenings, consume heaps of water and not stay up too late. This definitely made it easier to sit through the work sessions we had planned.

I was also able to get up early enough to fit in a few runs with a couple of fellow Flight Centre runners (before I broke my toe...that story later). The island we were on, the main island of Fiji, which was named Viti Levu is fairly large and our area was great for running although it was tough due to the fact we were situated in a very hilly area. Each run required some hill navigation before hitting the flat areas. The people of Fiji are said to be the friendliest in the world and I;d say that is no lie as every one we ran by greeted us with their version of Mahala, Ola, Bonjour, Irie mon etc...Bula. They are actually quite exuberant with their bula greeting which can mean almost anything, like hi, hello, hello again, bless you, thank you, so we heard it as much as we needed to ... ever.

The heat took away some of the motivation to go long so I only managed 3 runs, the longest being 10.5 kms and I was well spent at the end of that run especially since I took the hilliest route possible that morning. All in all, a good trip, decent weather, enough downtime to make it feel like a break from work. I am still a bit jet-lagged but very glad to be home with my adoring family again.

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 Posted by Dave on: Friday December 11 10:10:46 AM

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