Feb 18, 2012

So I was away backpacking across Central America for 18 days. I started my trip in Guatemala City, then moved to Antigua in Guatemala, El Tunco, San Salvador in El Salvador, Managua, Granada, Rivas, Ometepe Island in Nicaragua, San Jose in Costa Rica and Panama City.
This is sort of the route map, http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217049814165523351340.0004b5ba74af964b911b3&msa=0

Some pictures from my trip https://plus.google.com/photos/103181381343202069037/albums/5713194172357698497

MY trip went pretty well, I didn’t get rob or kidnap. I only got food poisoning once in El Salvador and got sunburn during my stay there.

So I was slacking off for almost 3 weeks, it’s hard to run in Central America because the cities are pretty dangerous because of crime, traffic and air pollution. I didn’t really get to swim or bike too.

I did manage to run around a Volcano mountain in Ometepe Island in Nicaragua, here is the Garmin stats, the route looks pretty cool on satellite. The smaller island is around 35km but the weather was so hot and road was very hilly and rocky so I hitched a ride back on a truck after running 10 miles and walking 4 miles.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/149918903

Also I did a 7 miles run around Panama City at 7:20 pace before flying back to NYC
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/150476634

Took a 3am flight from Panama City back to NYC on Sunday. Got back to NYC around 10am in the morning. Didn’t really sleep the whole day but forced myself to do a 4 mile run along the west side in the evening to get back in shape. Manged to run 4 miles at 6:45 min/mile pace and felt ok, so I guess it wasn’t so bad to take a break after all.

 

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