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I’m Sarah Mac. I’m a writer, mom, runner. This is my original running blog, Running Starfish, started in 2009 to chronicle my first (and supposed to be last) marathon, all the way through qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials Marathon.

Going Glamping

rock water secret cove
This weekend I'm taking Owen on a belated 30th birthday getaway. A friend was raving about Rock Water Secret Cove Resort this summer after she attended a wedding there. It sounded so peaceful and remote. I didn't think I'd have any excuse to book a trip there... until Owen laid out his birthday wishes: sauna, massage, remote, getaway. Now there's a plan I can get behind.

And to be honest Rock Water wasn't my first thought. My first thought was 'glamping', ya know, glamorous camping. To Google! Of course the place I was obsessed with was much more my style, and apparently it's not my birthday, so I had to give it up. But if anyone is up for teepee sleeping, wine drinking, running, glamping getaway next summer? Let's go!

cherry wood bed and breakfast - yakima valley
is this place even real? 
After I let go of my teepee/winery dreams, I remembered Rock Water. Boom. So we're booked for a fall getaway. This includes a couple tandem bliss massage which is the only part of the whole bit I'm anxious about. I'm that person that before the masseuse leaves the room asks like 3 times, "sooo...do I take my clothes off?" "um, what about my bra?" I don't know... my conservative, anti-booty-wiggle, no-nudity, bodies-are-(somewhat)-shameful upbringing really comes out in those lavender infused massage rooms.  It's like I think the masseuse will walk back in the room and be like "OH my heavens! WHERE are your clothes? Oh, no, no, no" shake their head and leave.

Massage-nudity-anxiety aside, I'm looking forward to a beautiful long run around Halfmoon Bay.Doesn't the name just sound wonderful? Halfmoon Bay... on the Sunshine Coast.

See you next week!



mac jacket

cross training: spin class