March madness

I kicked off March with the madness of doing three races, each tackling a different discipline.

Friday agenda-carnival Miami (calle 8) event

This event features an 8k run and a 5k walk. Due to the strength of my schedule, I chose the latter. Unfortunately, many register for the 8k, but due to poor training, cut at the walk turnaround. Worse, some intentionally jog or run even though they signed up to walk, in an attempt to steal or cheat their way to victory. I had to squeal on somebody who did that to me & the true overall female winner. I worked to hard to earn my victory, just to let it slip away by a cheater. Despite high humidity & hot weather, I had one of my best times ever racewalking, even passing the legendary Rod Vargas! I took 2nd overall, losing only to the umpteen time champion, Juan Yanes. This was a flash race that had less flash (amenities) than in the past but still good. All finishers got a medal, a nice touch.

Saturday agenda-woman's wellness 5k

In this race, I was a representative of the Premier racing team. Although I had a slow start, I was able to recover enough to get under 19. At the start, 3 male teammates were in front & I was beside a female teammate, who also is part owner of the store in which I was representing. She took the female overall title but did not finish in front of me. By mile 2, I passed 2 teammate but made no major effort to pass the leader. Deep down, I believe I would've tried harder had he been on a rival team because I did run faster to get somebody else from a different team to place where I did. I lost the top master position by 10 seconds;2nd is not shabby. I was surprised with the amenities. it was good for a small event (2nd annual). My run, along with those teammate, helped the Premier running, soccer & tri win the male team title & the store got a really nice sized trophy. All the teammates who made this happen got medals in their respective age groups, if fast enough to place.

Sunday agenda-S. Fl. duathlon

Hosted by Multirace, this race, known as the battle of the sexes, featured the equalizer. This means that all women got a 6 minute head start. In an interesting twist, the former pro cyclist wanted to run, relegating me to the bike position. He ran well & I cycled as fast as I could against medium wind conditions. I was doing well until some jerk decided to drive his car on the race bike path. It forced me off the course, around both him & a cop car, into a major roadway. By the grace of God, I didn't get hurt. As I attempted to return to the path, that same jerk was finally merging off the bike path by instruction of the police officer, but interfered with me again, nearly hitting me. All that caused me to squander valuable time & energy but I was fortunate to still average of 20 mph, which was my goal. Our team placed first & the runner past the runner of the other team even though her team had a head start. Amazingly, the overall man overcame that head start, as well, on his way to victory. 'bout time we men get the edge over the women. Proof positive of my famous fact that the best man (in the world) will always beat the beat woman!

Disciplines covered: walk, run, & bike. I need to skate tomorrow in training to complete my normal specialties.

Honorable mention

On Friday, teammates Chris, Jonathan & Terry ran.
On Saturday, teammates, David, Craig, Adrienne, Jay ran.
On Sunday, Kevin ran for relay, while Michael & his wife did the whole duathlon
Pardon me if I missed anyone;this is not intentional.