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RED Episode 312- ARGH You Ready for a Pirate 5K and a Florida Fresh Meal to Remember at The Dock at Crayton Cove in Naples, Florida
RED Episode 312- ARGH You Ready for a Pirate 5K and The Dock at Crayton Cove in Naples, Florida
SHOUTOUTS
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RUN
How to train when you are on the comeback trail? Motivate yourself with excuses to dress up and wear a cute pirate running outfit… then walk a 5K and get a great pirate-themed medal at the Pirate 1M, 5K, 10K, 15K, & Half Marathon at North Collier Regional Park, Naples, FL.
Pirate 1M, 5K, 10K, 15K, & Half Marathon is also available on April 26, 2025, for our local Runcation Nation crew!
https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/Naples/NorthCollier42625
EAT
It is almost time for Stone Crab season to come to an end. So, we reached out to our friends at @just.take,a.dip for a Florida hidden gem we may not have known about, and voila… The Dock at Crayton Cove in Naples a mere 15 minutes from the 5K. Crab can be rubbery and tough to crack, or it can be a seamless experience…. And this was a seamless experience. Shout out to Kelly, who took care of me so well, and her recommendations were spot-on in every section of the menu.
The Dock at Crayton Cove
https://www.dockcraytoncove.com/menus/
This is where they get their Key Lime Pie and Layer Chocolate Cake… just order one or the two and share at the table… you won’t be sorry!
Mikkelsen’s Pastry Shop in Bonita Springs, a few minutes north of Naples and the Dock
https://mikkelsenspastryshop.com/tarts/
DRINK
A traditional Cosmopolitan is a drink that many in our Runcation Nation are fans of… but I saw Passionfruit Cosmo and thought… let’s try this twist! Their entire cocktail menu looks excellent; they have local brews on tap, mocktails for the designated drivers in your dining party, and fountain drinks for the kids, too!
https://www.dockcraytoncove.com/menus/#drinks
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Hi, I'm Jeff Galloway and you are listening to the Run Eat Drink podcast. Welcome to the Run Eat Drink podcast. We feature destination races from across the country and, after the race, we take you on a tour of the best local food and beverage to celebrate. So, whether you are an elite runner or a back of the packer like us, you'll know the best places to accomplish, explore and indulge on your next runcation. Hey, welcome to episode 312 of the Runny Drink Podcast. I'm your host, amy, that's right. I'm here with you. It's us, just the Runcation Nation, and your host, amy, your humble co-host, is working. So, with that said, I still have a great show for you, and it's a training update and a local race series that I have to bring to you A recommendation from our friends at Just Take a Dip over on Instagram this food and beverage is something that you want to travel south for 100%, 110%. It's just amazing this recommendation that Steph and the Dip Crew gave to us.
Speaker 1:We're talking about the Pirate Race series from our friends over at US Road Running. This is a race series from the US Road Running organization and they happen all over Florida. It's the same theme, but it's in Bradenton, it's in Orlando, it's in Sarasota, it's in Venice, it's in Naples. We happen to hit it in Naples and the medal alone is worth it. Plus, the people who put it on and cheer you at the finish are great people at US Road Running and apparently there's a whole series where you can get all these points and win awards. Us Road Running dot com is their website, so we have that coming up on the show.
Speaker 1:And, like I said, the food at this place in Naples, florida, at this place in Naples, florida called the Dock at Creighton Cove, which is a place where you can stay on the water and have wonderful seafood, fantastic beverages and excellent dare I say, superb or stellar service. So the Dock at Creighton Cove dip crew, steph, you guys, you're killing it, thank you. So that is the shout out that I have to give, is shout out to Steph and everybody at Just Take a Dip. They are amazing at finding what they call Florida hidden gems and this should not be hidden. It is a gem. So thanks, steph, for the Dock of Creighton Cove in Naples.
Speaker 1:And if anybody wants a shout out for some of these really hot summer miles, it's no longer the cold, we're complaining about the hot weather, especially the humid weather here in Florida, but if you are combating the heat to train for a fall race, dare I say the Berlin Marathon in September, I'm looking at you, rundiznerd and so many others. If you want a shout out, please reach out to us For somebody that you know or for yourself to keep your motivation going. Email us at info at runeatdrinknet. You can type it out. But hey, if you attach an audio file of 30 seconds to a minute, then we can play it and make you Runcation Nation famous. You can call and leave us a message at 941-677-2733. That's 941-677-2733.
Speaker 1:Now let's talk running. Like I said, we had an excellent time or actually I did while my co-host was sleeping in on this particular Saturday series. They have several series virtual and live so you could do either one, but I signed up to do the live series and earn points toward the live series. A back of the packer could possibly get enough points to place. You have to place to get the points, but I have placed in my age group before, so don't count me out. Anyway, we have one mile, 5k, 10k, 15k, half marathon options and they have a winter series that runs from January to March. There's a spring series that runs April to June. There's a summer series that runs July to September and then a fall series from October to December.
Speaker 1:Right now we're in the summer and with the spring series they have one called the Pirate one mile, 5k, 10k, 15k and half marathon and it was at Collier regional park in naples and that is really cool because it's all in a park. It's all in a park and some of it was shaded. I did the 5k and some of it was shaded. It was all on asphalt or sidewalk and it started at eight in the morning. A 5k you can get it done in under an hour and get out of the heat, so it was perfect. I registered through run signup registration. There are soccer fields and softball fields, baseball fields and volleyball. It's a whole park with lots of paved places where you can get mileage done even if you aren't participating in a 5K.
Speaker 1:But this one had a pirate theme and I was like, yeah, I got to do it. So you remember Gasparilla. I was thinking, oh, yes, I'm going to haul out the Gasparilla. No, I didn't wear a full pirate costume. What I did was pull out my Boulder Athletic, wear the running skirt that had the pirate theme on it, it and I dolled that up with a Runny Drink Podcast shirt, which I'm told everybody has been reporting from the Runny Drink Podcast towers that it makes you what? 16 to 22% faster. And we're still working on the research there, so stay tuned.
Speaker 1:But I dolled it up and I headed out there to pick up my bib on the morning of the race. I was the one person who dressed up. So guess who won the costume contest? That'd be me, yours truly. I won an award. Can you believe it? I can't. When I earned an age group award? I'm shocked.
Speaker 1:The costume contest was all mine. It was fantastic. It was paved, it was flat, it was easy, with signage that placed. The longer races were just out and back loops of that same course. So if you were 10K, you did the course twice, plus a little bit more when it comes to the half marathon. But yeah, it was just fantastic. It wasn't too humid quite yet. We weren't in the heat of June when we did this one. We had lots of dogs on the course. We did this one. We had lots of dogs on the course, such cute dogs, which of course, I had to stop and pet all of them. We had some parts of it that were shaded by trees, and we had entertainment because there was an ongoing softball tournament at some parts during the course when we passed the softball fields, past the softball fields.
Speaker 1:So when I finished they all wanted to take pictures of my pirate skirt because I was the only one in a costume. That's why I wore a costume the best costume deal, okay, shh, don't tell anyone. And I got a medal and this medal is super, super cool. The ribbon was all black and it had like pirate font writing about run like a pirate and the metal was in black with a brown and it had a pirate ship that looks like Jose Gaspar's out there at Gasparilla If you've been on that course and taken pictures next to that pirate ship that they have sitting there in Tampa Bay and it says US Road Running. It was quite a hefty metal in black and gold and brown and the ship had lots of detail on it the flags, the skull and crossbones. It was just so good and the fee for this one was really low cost. So it was a great local race to keep up my 5k training because, as if you've been following the show over the last few months, I have been injured and Dana has been injured Just really been a challenge to recover, and so I've decided to focus on the 5Ks, focus on the 10Ks, focus on the shorter distances and, coming back with the run walk run method, as Jeff Galloway is my coach, I maybe took an hour out on the course and took time to enjoy the dogs and other people. They were so friendly. It was a great medal and a great morning, and you know how I followed a great morning of running.
Speaker 1:I was hungry, so I went to the dock at Creighton Cove. I was hungry for seafood and needed really great seafood. So I reached out to Steph from the dip crew and asked hey, I'm going to be in Naples. Where can I get the best stone crab? We're at the tail end of crab season. Stone crab season runs until May and I really wanted some really good stone crab before the season ended. She said oh my God, any seafood that you want in Naples, you must go to the dock at Creighton Cove. She recommended the shrimp nachos, although I didn't have the shrimp nachos, I had stone crab because that's what I came for.
Speaker 1:I was also spying on other tables around me. When you're by yourself, you make friends at other tables very easily and I saw the calamari. The calamari, as an appetizer, looked amazing, lightly breaded, and then the sauces that came with it. Oh, my mouth is watering just talking about it. But the Dhaka Crate and Cove has a great seafood menu. If you want some whitefish, if you want some grouper Chilean sea bass, if you want a seafood tower, if you want some oysters, if you want a beautiful view, either indoors or outdoors, the Dhaka Crate and Cove is the way to go, and the indoor and the outdoor seating are all on the water. So you just I walked around the, since it was just me. I walked around the restaurant in and out. I happened upon this perfect table where I could see the beautiful water and enjoy my meal with that scenic view. It's not a beach, but it's water. It's beautiful water, beautiful sunshine, and the outdoor patio at the Dock at Creighton Cove has a roof over it, so it was shaded.
Speaker 1:I got the best server on the planet. I'm quite sure Her name was Kelly. She's been a server for 18 years. She knows what she's doing. She knows the menu and has impeccable timing. Just as you finish your beverage or appetizer, she comes to check on you. It's not like a server who, when you're in the middle of chewing, asks can I get you anything? Kelly just had impeccable timing and impeccable recommendations.
Speaker 1:When I said to her I'm going to order some stone crab, it's the season, it's almost over, I have to get it while I can. She said do you want it hot or cold? And I just assumed it was going to come to me cold with some mustard, which is the typical service, the way that this was served or has been served to me in the past, and I said, oh okay, let me have it, let me have it cold. So then I had it cold and it came out on a bed of that fancy ice, that crushed kind of consistency. And here was this perfect one claw. She said if you can't decide, kelly said if you can't decide between a hot and a cold service of the stone crab, start with the cold, go from there, because that's the most popular. So I did.
Speaker 1:And the mustard sauce? It was perfect the right amount of bite, but not to blow your doors off, horseradishy or really super hot. It was just enough bite to highlight the crab meat. The stone crab came perfectly cracked. Sometimes when you get one that is cracked, you still have to do a lot of the work to get in there, but as soon as I picked it up, the big claw just came right open. Oh, it was so good, it was easy to get out of the shell and it came with a lemon and one of those crackers that you typically get when you do, let's say, snow crab and snow crab yeah, it is sweet, but I would say that this meat is more hearty. You still have an element of sweetness in this crab, but it is hearty. The texture stands up to whatever you want to dip it in.
Speaker 1:I only had the one crab claw. It was so delicious I said, okay, let's have it hot and see how that is. It was amazing. Having it hot brings out the sweetness and having it cold highlights the tartness in the mustard sauce. It's hefty meat and you get a lot on one claw. So I had one claw hot and one claw cold. The hot claw came with butter and lemon and it was just delightful. All of it was wonderful and amazing and I would go there again, 100%.
Speaker 1:I got home and I said to Dana get in the car because we have to immediately go back down there and you have to have this because it's amazing. They know their specialty is fresh Florida seafood. When it comes to desserts, they know where, locally, to get the best ones too. After I had the crab, oh my goodness, let me just tell you that Kelly said listen, you've got to have the key lime tart. It's specially brought in, just like the chocolate one, the chocolate cream pie, or the key lime with graham crust. I had the key lime with the graham crust and it had lime shavings like the rind all over and coconut within. The meringue bits were on the plate with the key lime pie. Oh, this tart, it was delicious. It was sweet and tart, coconutty and lime and the graham cracker crust. It was served cold and it was amazing.
Speaker 1:I would have it again in a heartbeat and I bet the chocolate one is wonderful and it's they're from a place called Mickelson's Pastry Shop in Naples. They do cakes, they do cookies, they do tarts, they do pastries. When I looked at the tart list, coconut, just coconut by itself. My father would have loved that Chocolate cream pie If you're a chocolate fan like Dana, because, as he says, chocolate is the superior sweet. I'm more of a caramel girl. That's a debate for another time, one that caught my eye from their menu. If you are ever in Naples they are at 1068 Business Lane in Naples, florida. They have lemon meringue.
Speaker 1:One that's just I want to go to Mickelson's Pastry Shop to have is the Kentucky that's right, kentucky butterscotch. We used to go to a place in Tampa called the Goody part of the Columbia Restaurant Group and they had a butterscotch pie that we got once for Thanksgiving and that we had any time we went there for their diner food great diner food, I bet this Kentucky butterscotch is probably just amazing. They have cherry cheese, they have banana cream, they have peanut butter tart. Oh, I can't wait to go and visit this pastry shop and I just can't thank enough Kelly for giving me such stellar service, because I was a table of one and as a server.
Speaker 1:Dan and I have had plenty of history in the restaurant business, in the service portion of what it takes to pull off a great restaurant, and we know what great and stellar service is. Kelly, yes, she is superb, far and away some of the best service I've had, even though I was just a table of one. You should ask for her. It is the key lime pie, the stone crab, everything I saw come out in terms of the sea bass, in terms of the calamari, in terms of anything that came out of that kitchen because I was seated by the water but I also had a few of the servers coming out to the patio to deliver to other tables looked amazing. The key lime pie with the coconut meringue Mickelson's, shout out to your pastry shop because it was just an amazing meal. I would go back anytime with anyone from the Runcation Nation. Go back anytime with anyone from the Runcation Nation.
Speaker 1:And, speaking of the way to do it, their drink menu is also fantastic. When you go to doccraytoncovecom, they have a very easy to read menu digitally. They break it down into dinner, lunch drinks, brunch, dessert. They have a happy hour and they have a kid's menu and then so when you tap on dinner, they're appetizers, they're entrees, they're all just easy to read and out here.
Speaker 1:When you go into the drink menu, kelly said one of the most popular cocktails is called the Key Lime Colada, parrot Bay Key Lime Rum, fresh Lime and Pina Colada Puree, which looked amazing coming out of the kitchen. They also have something called when Harry Met Katie and that made me think of our pink haired princess Rhonda Lee, because it's made with Empresseno pineapple, ginger liqueur and Ancho Reyes chili, which I think that Dana would love, because that's a spicy one. Sounds like it would have a bite, but if I know anything, the cocktail that I got was so expertly crafted that this one would probably not blow your doors off with spice, but use the spice to bring out the other flavors. There is something called an out of office, which is a classic Mai Tai riff. There's a mule in paradise which is Captiva, key Lime, honey, vodka, fresh L lime and ginger beer. And there's also a hurricane that has Bacardi, black and white rum, passion fruit, fresh orange and lime.
Speaker 1:But what did I have? I had a cosmopolitan. And you're probably saying, amy, you know you can get a Cosmo anywhere. Why don't you get something that's unique? Yeah, but I didn't get just any Cosmo. I got the Passion Fruit, cosmo, st George, citrus, passion fruit, cranberry and lime. It was the right amount of sweet, the right amount of citrus. It was served in a champagne looking glass and it had just the simple garnish dried citrus. It was delicious, it was amazing and it wasn't too much, so that you were able to not fill up on a drink before the meal. It was just enough and I could enjoy it by the beautiful sunny water. And there is more on this drink menu.
Speaker 1:Patrons stay tuned for bonus content on the patron feed a little bit later this week. So what can I tell you about the dock at Creighton Cove? Everybody needs to come down, fly into Southwest Florida International Airport. We will head to Naples together and have a fantastic riff on a Cosmo the passion fruit Cosmo and some fantastic seafood at our table, no doubt, and we will have exceptional service if Kelly is our server. So what can I tell you? Except I'm doing my best to keep on going, pushing through any injury, to stay out there and run walking, because that is helping me through this very difficult year, as are you, runcation Nation. You are helping me through.
Speaker 1:2025 is such a challenge and I cannot say enough about all of you who are reaching out, checking on us, are reaching out, checking on us, inspiring us with your training runs in the heat of summer. Cheers to you, runcation Nation. If you like what you hear, we haven't had a review on one of the platforms where podcasts are served. You can hear us on Spotify, you can hear us on any podcatcher, but if you could rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or a platform where you get your podcasts. That's how we grow. That's how we meet other wonderful people in the Runcation Nation like you, and we would certainly appreciate your feedback. That's a wrap. Thank you for joining us in 2025. On your long run, your commute to work around the house or wherever you are, I'm your host, amy. Stay safe and well and we will accomplish, explore and indulge with you really soon.
