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Victory!

Saturday agenda-steps for independence 5k

Ya'll know I need a tune up race prior to the main event; this was it! I crammed this one in prior to the last sprint triathlon/duathlon offered by multirace. I had planned on running & winning easy since the race for the cure 5k was going on in Miami. To my dismay, this was not exactly the case. Although lighter than most, the top 3 slots were filled by the quick, young guys, forcing Luiz Souza into 4th. That's bad for me because that means he'll automatically win the master title. Luckily, it was 3 deep, but unfortunately, a legend, Ralph G, showed up & dating to the past, had consistently beat me. This seemed to be the case until the latter stages of the race, where, with the help of the Lord, I was able to pass him up for the 2nd place position.

Sunday agenda-race for the troops du/tri

This was the last sprint triathlon by multirace & our last du relay to be counted in the series. John G backed out at the last minute, leaving both Gene & I to fend off a very dominant father & son relay. Although we were already ahead in points, we felt the need to beat them for redemption. Praise the Lord that came to fruition. Remarkably, I had the fastest bike time of all relays & there were over a dozen teams. I finally got the monkey off my back by defeating the dad by nearly a minute, despite his cheating (bike not racked in correct position by placing on edge) & a good head start (son beat Gene into transition). Upon my return, I gave Gene a much better head start to the finish & despite the kid's record time (fastest of all relays & even my time on the tri), he held him off for our most gratifying victory. We felt like going in their face & making snide comments, much like the dad did to us, but we were better than that. We let our actions speak louder than any words. We were just too professional & refused to stoop to his cockroach level. After I did my part for the du team, my major obligation, I had a duty to run on a tri team set up by Miami pace. I changed my outfit, then went out and ran. The tri team dominated by about 5 minutes! Both teams I was involved with won their respective category. I am proud of all the teammates I worked with.