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"After about 2,400 miles of rowing, tech entrepreneurs and endurance athletes Sami Inkinen and wife Meredith Loring reached their destination of Hawaii over the weekend, having set out from California on June 16. Inkinen, one of the founders of the real estate web site Trulia, and Loring are the first couple to make it from Monterey to Hawaii. In doing so, they broke a world record for a couple going from California to Hawaii, finishing the job in 45 days \u2014 15 days earlier than their goal. After a stormy and windy night, they arrived Saturday morning (at about 10:30 PDT) at Waikiki beach in Honolulu \u2014 exhausted but in good shape and spirits.  In their blog on FatRowChance.org, Inkinen wrote: &amp;quot;I had barely slept at all in the last 24hrs and Meredith even less so. We did two of our fastest (about 80 nautical miles per day!) days at the end to give it all. We were spent, but happy.&amp;quot; Inkinen, a board member of Trulia, completed the trip as negotiations of the sale of Trulia to Zillow were being wrapped up for a tidy sum of $3.5 billion. Here are some other thoughts from Inkinen&amp;#039;s blog: &amp;quot;Still married at finish! (Divorce papers are untouched in a waterproof container and Divorce-o-meter at zero at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean).&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Raised well over $200,000 for the fight against sugar and inspired strangers to change diet based on today&amp;#039;s science.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;We finished healthy, strong and safe. And hopefully set an example that life and endurance sports without sugar (and processed carbs) is possible, probably even better so.&amp;quot;  Inkinen also provided some details about their first day on land, after having been offshore for so long: &amp;quot;I lost 26 pounds and lots of certain leg muscles and can barely walk up stairs.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;First breakfast: eggs with scrambled eggs with some boiled eggs.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;First dinner: giant fresh vegetable salad with butterfish, ahi poke, crab cakes, butter and mayo.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;First treat upon landing: huge glass of sparkling water with ice.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;First shock: too many people everywhere\u2026.I need my own space please!&amp;quot; What could possibly be next for this adventurous couple? &amp;quot;Easy,&amp;quot; Inkinen wrote on his blog. &amp;quot;We both need to catch up on sleep.&amp;quot; Here is an interview that the rowing couple did with Honolulu station KITV. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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