BJ and I are (unfortunately) back from New Zealand and had the most AMAZING time. NZ is an awesome country – very beautiful and clean with rain-forests, oceans, glaciers, and mountains everywhere – think California 100 years ago. We spent 17 days in country, exploring, hiking, wine-ing, biking, dining, swimming, kayaking, and running – it was the perfect amount of adventure, relaxation, and total grub down on delicious food and wine. If it didn’t take 29 hours and an 18-hour time difference to get there, I’d live there! (For those interested, there are a few pictures below)
In true runner and “I’m-running-a-marathon-May-1” mode, I got some really good runs in. I wasn’t sure how much I’d be able to swing but as it turns out, BJ is very supportive and NZ is very runner-friendly. A total win-win for me. It was also super cool to upload my runs to Garmin Connect and see the New Zealand map detailing my run.
My body is still trying to figure out if it’s in the USA or in New Zealand – but 2 days home, I’m back in full training mode. I have a 22-mile run this weekend (I’ll need all the encouragement I can get for this run – I’m running solo) and just signed up (impromptu) for a half-marathon on March 26. I guess if I want to BQ, there is no rest for the weary….
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| Queenstown at Night |
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| Ben Lemond Summit – 9 mile hike (hardest hike of our lives) |
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| Doubtful Sound |
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| Rugby Field – very popular in NZ |
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| Fox Glacier – 5 hour Glacier Hike |
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| Wine Tasting – Blenheim, NZ |
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| Morning breakfast – Waiheke Island, NZ |
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| Waiheke Island, NZ |
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| On our way to Auckland (from Blenheim) |
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| Me and my hubs |
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| Downtown Queenstown |
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| View of Queenstown from about 4,500ft. |
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| Doubtful Sound |
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| Abel Tasman National Park- surrounded by mountains and ocean |
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| Vines for wine! 🙂 |
Oh my word! It looks so beautiful there! What a great trip!!!
Absolutely breathtaking! OMG!!! Thanks for sharing the pics and so glad you were able to get some good runs in over the trip! May 1 will be here before you know it!
i think i just found heaven! great pix. looks like a fabulous vacation.
It all looks so beautiful. What a wonderful trip!
so beautiful! What a GREAT place to run! Good luck with the 22 and the half marathon coming up quickly. looking forward to hearing about the 22 and the race.
Those are great pics! The glacier one is my favourite 🙂
Amazing picts. We are glad you are back, but the transition home after what looked like such an amazing trip must be hard.
Also, 20M solo runs are wonderful…trust me, I do almost every one that way.
my hubby is from NZ – been there 6 times. We will move there ONE day. 😉
so happy you loved it.
What's NOT to love, right?!