The Calzado de Ometepe Kids 5k was a charity event held in conjunction the Ultramaraton Fuego y Agua on Isla Ometepe in Nicaragua, allowing the race a way of giving back to the people of the island. This race was for the school children of Ometepe Island to promote fitness and provide shoes for the children. It was held the day after the ultramarathon
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After the morning bike ride to visit the farming community (described previously), the taxi that was hired for the rest of the day picked us up and drove us to the city of Masaya for a visit of the city and nearby Masaya Volcano nature park.
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This 5th day in Nicaragua my tour guide, Jessica, had arranged a full day. It began in the city of Granada with a visit to the Empowerment International NGO, and bike tour out to the countryside to visit a farming community the NGO was working
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I haven’t eaten at KFC for some time, but I had a free lunch coupon and so I gave it a try.
One recent change at KFC’s in Austin is they no longer offer Extra Crispy chicken.
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My 4th day in Nicaragua began similar to my third day, escorted by my guide Jessica, catching the same local bus we took the previous day to La Granadilla, except this time we
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I ran the Austin Half Marathon last weekend. I am just getting back into training since break since following my last ultra run a couple of months ago. But this marathon/half-marathon event is the focus of so much the Austin running community, and I have participated in one of
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I visited the farming community of La Granadilla as a day trip from the city of Granada, Nicaragua. The morning started with an excellent breakfast prepared by the family with whom I was boarding.
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When you are watching the Winter Olympics over the next few weeks, watch out my friend Roberto Carcelen, one of three athletes from Peru ever to qualify and join Peru's first Olympic team to compete at the Winter Olympic games. I met Roberto two years ago when I joined a few running friends on a trail-running adventure across the Andes in the vicinity of Maccu Piccu.
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Last December, I arrived in Managua in the early afternoon after an overnight flight from Buenos Aires via Miami after 3 weeks in South America. The Miami connection allowed me to call home on my cell phone without the international charges. The flight was less than 3 hours from Miami.
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I was poking through Google Analytics stats for this blog. I was curious to see what people are looking for here, and
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