D day

Capital D for disaster. Yesterday for the injury I sustained while negotiating a 180 turn around. Today for the traffic delay on the turnpike, caused by a fatal car crash (flip),which in turn, caused the swimmer of the triathlon relay to arrive as the last wave was to go out! The worst news was the fallout between the cyclist of the st anthony relay team, & yours truly, over that event & loss of money due to that. She picked a swimmer that quit, & because of that, she gave up and that leaves me out, both financially & by event since I am unable to compete in a relay team when the 1st two legs aren't there. I took off to prepare for the upcoming weekend & now that's shot by this disaster, maybe. By the next blog, you'll know because I DU TRI HARDER! That's not only the relay's name but my effort to scramble up replacements.

Lower case d for delightful, as despite all that happened, I got hardware.

Saturday agenda-stampede in the park 5k

This one had a dual purpose-race entry & club membership. I am now a member of the Coral Springs Parkland Road Runners. Woo hoo! Unfortunately for me, this was the day of the masters. Of the top ten finishers, 6 were at least 40 years old; I was proud to be one of them. I had to settle for the top of my group because the top 3 master slots were filled; d for delightful. One was pulled out because he was 2nd overall & the other was in a different group. Upon the sharp 180 turn around on the course, I sustained an injury to my right calf; D for disaster. Trophies for the top slots were good but the medals for all else were disappointing.

Sunday agenda-spring training triathlon

Although this was their 2nd of the year, this was my 1st of the series. The du cyclist passed on this one, so I acquired Louis, my swimmer of an aquathon series we won years back. Jenny G was the designated swim starter. She was stuck in traffic due to that crash, so I asked Louis to swim & bike. I was informed by staff that he didn't have his chip, so I had to scramble to try to figure out where he might have put it. He forgot that he left it on his bike, but I finally found it and rushed toward the swim start. On the way, Jenny showed up & asked when is it going to start. I replied, "right about now". She asked where was Louis but I didn't know. She hurried to the start without the swim cap, stripped to her swimsuit & entered the water dead last. I went back to transition to wait for her when I saw Louis run in wet from swimming & I let him know that she's the official swimmer & is still swimming. Well, he took off & she, later came in to give me the chip. I held on to it until it was my time to shine. Despite the calf injury, I ran decently for the benefit of the team; I refuse to forfeit! All that which happened qualified for the D. In spite of all that, we still placed. We were second only to a professional team, which consisted of a swim coach who is also the top master swimmer in the Florida/nation and Florida's fastest female cyclist. They had a runner that matched my speed. This deserved the d.

Honorable mention

ioMike N placed in the top ten overall at the tri.