Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The Wild Frontier

I've been totally MIA from bloggerville because I was conquering the wild frontier.

This outfit screams, "frontier woman" right?


When I say I was 'conquering the wild frontier' I actually mean I was staring at it from the comfort of my cruise ship balcony while sipping on Prosecco. I'm not what you would call, "outdoorsy".



I spent last week aboard the Norwegian Jewel on an Alaskan Cruise and it was awesomely awesome. I'll bore you guys to death with cruise recaps later (unless I get lazy, which is highly possible).

Because there is food everywhere on a cruise ship, I feel fairly certainly that I have gained 10 pounds in a week, but I'm not brave enough to step on the scale to find out. I pretty much lived in running pants for this entire trip, so I didn't have to battle my pants being tight while I gorged myself like a veal calf.



I actually did go running, though, for the first time since the Star Wars Half marathon in January. I even went running twice!

At least I think it was the first time I've been running. I can't remember, but let's just assume that I haven't because it certainly wasn't consistent.



I don't know if you can read the sign, but 5.5 laps equals one mile. I couldn't really keep track, but I was up there for an hour and 15 minutes, so I'm guessing I plodded along for 4 miles.

Brrrr! Super chilly up there.

I felt surprisingly good for not having done any running. And my back held up pretty well, too. I'm glad I took a running break because it actually felt really good to get back at it, even though it was seriously freezing up on the 14th deck. And the wind was horrible. But you can't beat the views!

I'll be back with more pictures of Alaska that will make you want to immediately book a cruise. Maybe I'll even keep running.














10 comments:

  1. Looks like you had great weather on your cruise. Alaska is on our bucket list! We will be on a river cruise this August in Europe and I hope to run in some beautiful cities!

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    1. You need to take an Alaskan cruise. It's amazing. I highly recommend the ships that sail to Sawyer Glacier, not necessarily because of the glacier itself, but because you sail through fjords for several hours and that is incredible.

      I'm looking at cruising in Europe next year but never thought about doing a river cruise! What countries are you doing?

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  2. I loved your IG pics. Can't wait to read/see more!

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    1. Thank you! I was the designated photographer of the 3 of us...which is funny because I only had my iPhone. Luckily, it takes good photos!

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  3. Loved keeping up with you on IG during your trip! I think we cruised the inside passage when we took our Alaskan cruise and it was beautiful. Looking forward to your recap!

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    1. Thank you! We cruised the inside passage and I absolutely loved it!

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  4. That cold running on a cruise ship "jogging track" in Alaska, no less, looks amazing!!! I bet it made you really miss training in 115 degrees.

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    1. It was definitely hard to get on a plane to come home to Phoenix, that's for sure!

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  5. Looks like fun! I'm jealous!

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  6. Loved your IG pictures!! An Alaskan cruise is on my list to do!! Granted I have a very long travel list! :) Can't wait to hear more! And yay for running on the cruise ship!

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