Awk 2 bray

Awk 2 bray, thats how October in Spanish sounds.

Saturday agenda-race?

Not much happening. The following was on my schedule:

1. Seminole hard rock 5k
2. coach to first class invitational
3. march for cancer 5k

I found out the first was a private affair; strike 1. #2 was cross country & at vista view; strike 2. The latter was cancelled; strike 3, I'm out to train!

I decided to do a 10k inline skate followed by a 5k tempo training run. I got wet on the latter. Rain & wind all day. Hopefully, this subsides tomorrow.

Sunday agenda-race

A whole lot more events:

a. Chicago marathon
b. rnr denver marathon/half
c. muddy buddy San Jose
d. shark shuffle 5k
e. multirace championship Olympic tri

Due to finances, eliminate all events outside of Florida. Due to the later, once again I miss out on 1 of my favorite 5k's. I couldn't pass on the opportunity to be crowned the best tri team in Florida.

For 1 last time, Mike K & Pam S join me. It is their first series competition & my first with them (did only individual sprints prior). We had to qualify to get into this championship race so I didn't want let this chance go by. The toughest challenge for me was not the race itself but rather to convince them to travel from west palm beach to do nearly twice our normal distance. I been there, done that, but remember, a first for them.

The good: the bike (no rick) & run (not to the peninsula end) courses shortened due to inclement weather
The bad: the swim was normal distance.
The ugly: extremely windy & wet

We competed against a formidable team, who in fact, had a lead of over 3 minutes after the swim. My friend Estela acquired a 'pro' swimmer! When my turn came, I had to rely on my training & whatever strength God gave me to dig into that. The external conditions were against me but God is good. I pushed so hard, I got a PR average time. Believe or not, I was not able to pass her but caught her in transition! After that, Mike took over, passed her and we ultimately won! To quote Queen, 'we are the champions'!
Monday agenda-race?

Happy Columbus day! The state doesn't recognize this holiday, but fortunately, I took it off. I couldn't find any race but good ol' JW did; off we go!

Time for the Clint Eastwood synopsis:

The good: I got on the podium (2nd age); inaugural 5k
The bad: generic medal, forgot my running gear.
The ugly: my time (course long), wack categories (no overall, master, ten year ag, 2 deep), no trophy (oa ag only, naturally Jon got that)

Under normal circumstances, I would've won my age group, at the very least, but if top 3 & master, I would've gotten the master title since I was 4th overall; oh, well. That's the way the cookie crumbles at the green dragon 5k.