Day 8 – Tara

Day 8 done.  EPIC WOMAN CAMP 2015 (#6) is done.  Phew!!  It was epic, it was awesome and it is over until 2016 :)   Next year camp is March 25-April 2 so mark your calendars :)
Today was our last day and I barely made it, but I did it!

The day started early as we drove to Captain Cook Bay to hopefully find some dolphins to swim with.  You never know if they will show up but 6am is a good arrival time to increase that chance.  AND THEY CAME!   It was amazing!  There were dozens and they swam around us for a long time.  So long that we decided to swim in even though they had not yet left the bay.  Dolphins are my absolute favourite and swimming with them never gets any less exciting each time it happens.  Magical is a good word to describe this experience.  We also saw a Honu turtle which was pretty cool.

After a good breakfast, it was time for our long mandatory run for camp completion.  20K.  My quads were on fire and I wondered if I would be able to finish a 20K run… I say barely I barely made camp completion because I essentially walked 5K!  But I got it done.  It wasn’t pretty but it was a lovely hot day for a walk/run!  I can now hardly walk and look like I did after I did my first Ironman – hobbling around town.  I used Lisa’s Recoverypumpboots and it really helped.  Now I just have to let my quadriceps REST.  I came into this camp with a goal of getting fit instead past camps where much more pre camp training has been done.

We spent some time in town getting yummy coffee and acai bowls before coming home to shower and head our for our final dinner.  Huggo on the Rocks watching the sunset in the sand is our tradition and it was perfect timing as we paid our bill just as the rain started for the ‘flash flood warnings’ Etienne had just read about.  We told our favourite moments of the camp and shared more and more great moments with lots of good food and laughs.  Prizes and jerseys were distributed :) and more stories were told…I am sooooo thrilled with this camp and thank everyone involved!!!!

Time for me to pack up and get home to my girl (and hubby too) who I miss incredibly!  Mahalo!!!!

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