Blarney stone

Happy St. Patrick's day, in advance. On Saturday, my luck was like kissing on the Blarney stone, but Sunday was more like it was hurled at me (and connected).

Saturday agenda-5k

Since I am not in the three for the road series once again, I passed on the St paddy 4 miler and returned to race for woman's wellness 5k that I did last year. This served as a tune up and was a cause race as well. I saw the owners of Premier running, Gary & addrienne. In fact, that team finally showed up, meaning they had a good number of athletes winning. The overall & 3rd overall was from my former team. In fact, I fell victim to the latter when he outsprinted me in the .1 to retain his lead. I had to settle for top master, not a bad consolation. The 2nd master was teammate Louis Molina;he most definitely deserved that. We both were great representatives for Runner's Depot here. Sadly, like losing the four leaf clover, the one who should've won the race, Jeffrey, was sick & despite that, was in the top 3 lead pack for 2 miles. He abruptly stopped & pulled out of the race due to the illness, allowing Premier to get the victory. Although he may not have been able to win the whole race in his condition, I believe he would have at least won his age group, even in the lesser state;I've done that on numerous occasions.

Sunday agenda-triathlon (relay)

Although the triathlon season officially began last month, the Miami International Triathlon was my first entry this year. I could not get who I really wanted so I allowed Miami Pace, a sort of sports club, to select my teammates. Much like a blind date, you don't know what you are gonna get or what to expect. For them both, it was their first relay, so they were excited. Asha, a runner who trains a Niketown like me, was going against me on another team. I first had my mind set on us being the overall relay team. However, I quickly lowered my standards to top co-ed team when at the expo I noticed his bike did not have aerobars & it was quite windy outside. Our swimmer had never swum a 1.5k competitively so this was quite the challenge. The swim time reflected that she struggled because the cyclist left out near last. Unless he had a killer ride, we would be lucky to 3rd in our category. Unfortunately, what I suspected came to fruition, he struggled with the wind & course. Now, plan C was to attempt to win the split, meaning I wanted to have the fastest time of all relays on my leg. When he finally made it in, I just hoped that we, #1 don't end up last & #2 finish. Although the course was improved (more pavement), still a good portion was cross-country & worse, a double loop. Because we were so behind, the foot traffic was incredible;it slowed me down passing so many people. We all left before all the awards were given out. I was disponded because no splits were shown onsite. To add insult to injury, there were no categories, just top 3 overall; female teams need not apply. At night, I finally discovered that I accomplished my goal but without a team victory, like Dwayne Wade scoring 40+ points & still the team still loses, that effort is basically futile. I had fun working hard to help the team but this race I may skip from now on due to the unfair team award distribution. I was knocked out by that unlucky Blarney stone that 'hit' me.