Full moon weekend

Full moon weekend began yesterday, starting with an hour long meeting prior to work with the new office manager.

Saturday agenda-race!

With nothing local, have car, will travel; carpool ideal. To the west coast for the beat the heat 5k. Sadly, I couldn't beat the heat but by the grace of God, despite a worse time than the last visit, I got the same result, an age group win. This yielded another generic medal. Although disappointed with it, that beats the alternative. Post race was slightly above average. Time unknown because of a timing snafu but I do know it was slower than last time but sub 20. Lisa beat me by about a minute to win the woman's title. A new guy won the whole race; the previous race winner was 2nd this day.

Sunday agenda-race!

Tudo bem! I wish I had the money to run the Rio de janeiro marathon este dia mas nao; estou pobre. I saw Aldo at the packet pick up so he missed the marathon  in his home country. Besides, Spencer & I are on the quest to defend our title and improve our position. We did just that and had a stellar day. He smoked the first mile so fast that the eventual overall duathlon winner, Tim (runners depot teammate) had to pass me on the bike on the approach to the the Rick. Fortunately, it was low wind but still had its effects. I had a slight improvement over the last time (course record for me) but still didn't break 27. However, it was good enough for 7th fastest bike split, the best I recall doing! Even though I slipped some positions cycling, Spencer pass all but the overall leader and finished strong with a sub 19 (only the race winner was faster & by a mere 2 seconds). Our team won but had the 2nd fastest overall time! With me on the bike, likely, that's the best we will get. Praise the Lord

Drought!

Drought! It has been such until July came. All this week, its been raining cats & dogs! Seems like the water restrictions should be lifted by now.

Saturday agenda-race

Well, race if I decided to travel to 'kingdom come'. Nothing within my normal range, not even Naples! It was much farther and I don't like long trips right after work. I had not done a truly long run since spring, I think; today is the day! However, I picked a doozy of a day. Most rains began mid day to evening but not this day. I began with only the streets wet (no rain) but a few miles in, it began and not just a drizzle. On top of that, I didn't feel so good internally (even had to use the restroom) so I was much slower. I thank the Lord for allowing me to finish what I started but am very disappointed with the performance, even with poor external conditions. At least I got in the mileage (14) with the Rick as the turn around.

Sunday agenda-race

I found some events if I were willing to travel:

1. Utah super spartan previous day.
2. moss park du/tri/aqua in Orlando, sprint on Saturday, Olympic this day
3. muddy buddy  in Detroit

However, I passed on those and decided to train. Since I usually cycle on Mondays, I pulled out my inlines & skated 1.1 miles short of a half marathon. My watch quit so the time was unknown but the estimated time was much slower than normal, much like that long run.

Independence weekend

Independence weekend is upon us. I'd like to thank the soldiers that made it possible for us to be free to do what we do. hang in there.

Saturday agenda-roll

I found a race (4 miler) but didn't feel like traveling to ft Myers burning up gas for a distance not quite my forte. Instead, I pulled out my inline skates & rolled 1.1 miles short of a half marathon. I was not quite up to par fighting against wind today & was nearly 3 minutes off my best time but nevertheless, I got in my workout.

Sunday agenda-ride

I didn't see any races today so I knew this would be a day to train. I decided to join onto a group headed up by Tachi of Miami pace. We began at pinecrest gardens but I turned off at black point since I am racing the next day and they are not. Seemed like it took me longer on the return. Possibly the route I took (I couldn't remember theirs) was longer plus I had no one to draft off of. In any case, I got in an hour twenty worth of work out then call it a day.

Monday agenda-race!

Just about every county has a race this day, although noticeably missing is in Dade county. I'd normally do Weston but I had been selected to be on a relay. Besides, I remember the memorial day disaster & sadly, my running has not improved.

I joined the ever powerful team Ali bootcamp I, featuring the owner of Perfit himself, known for his power & speed on the bike, and his lovely wife Beth, known for her speed as a female runner. This came into play for our overwhelming victory. She was the starter & did her leg in a sub 6 minute pace (top 10), better than I've run as an average this year! Naturally, Ali advanced us some positions with an extraordinary performance on the bike, even though it was not his racing one and the ground was wet from rain. On top of that, tradewinds features the most technical course of all multirace's local events. My job was to maintain or improve our position. Although I'm not totally satisfied with my time, it was the 2nd best split of all du participants. As a team, we were the only one to be in the top ten (4th overall) and the first of the three (all formed by Ali) able to break an hour! What a way to begin the holiday. I was dressed accordingly & I like the medal shaped like the U.S.A.