SAN FRANCISCO, USA

4 days here in San Francisco. Great jogging from Pier 35 to the Golden Gate Bridge-about 8km to the middle of the bridge. Great run along the water, beautiful weather and scenery-loads of joggers, cyclists, walkers, great city.

CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

Two days here in Avalon, Catalina Island. Nice hilly run on the airport road. Great place, very dry this time of year.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA

Great stay here in San Diego. Ran the Philip Rivers 5km Race around the Point Loma area. Great race, well organised with upwards of 3500 runners, including our team of 11 runners from the ship. Great fun-great to jog in the San Diego area, lots of bike/jogging paths.

ENSENADA, MEXICO

After a bumpy ride from Hawaii, gratefully reached Ensenada, Mexico. Great 10km north along the highway to Tijuana along the sea. Lots of traffic but nice scenery and weather-not too hot for Mexico.

HAWAII

Great time here in Hawaii-stopped in Kona, site of the Ironman Triathlon, and ran a short part of the course, then swam a short part of the course from the small beach there. Next stop was Lahaina, Maui (photo) where I had a nice 10km along the road south. Great weather, great scenery.