Father's day weekend

Father's day weekend is upon us. Celebrated commercially tomorrow but all good dad deserve recognition daily. Have a happy one!

Saturday's agenda-race!

Although there were choices, a 5k was elusive.

a. muddy buddy (NY)
b. mid Atlantic spartan sprint (adventure in VA)
c. summer sizzler 5k
d. Tarzan's cup 5k/10k (adventure)

Due to finances, I pass on anything outside of FL. I contemplated the last one but it's a little pricey. So with the offer to carpool, I chose the remaining.

It was hot & humid as expected. On top of that, the trip was long (west coast of FL) and I had to help drive. I woke up really early (1:30) to get ready for this also. With my current struggles and those factors, I was fortunate (blessed) to win my age group & be in the top ten. Not happy with my time but satisfied with the position & results. Since only 1 place was given for overall, masters, grandmasters & senior grandmasters, I had to settle for a generic medal instead of a trophy.

Sunday's agenda-race!

This was the first race of the trilogy series. Spencer & I come in as defending duathlon relay champions. They offered a sprint & international for triathlon but it didn't matter since I'm a du'er, not a tri'er! I was afraid of disastrous results since it rained & was extremely windy Saturday night. Well, God is good. The external conditions were good (low wind & dry) and this time, internal conditions were as well; I felt strong.

Spencer delivered as expected posting the fastest run splits of all duathletes. I tried hard not to hold back the team. This year, I focused solely on one discipline, the bike. Based on last year, I made a dramatic improvement of about 4 minutes! Believe it or not, the team we beat was a minute faster on the bike split despite my average being only 2 seconds off of 22! We won game 1 and are 2 away from a successful title defense. Plus, we had the 3rd fastest overall time of all duathletes; thank you Lord.