D C M bray!

D C M bray! That's how you pronounce December in Spanish.

Saturday agenda-race!

Since I not only didn't qualify for the 2011 USATF national Jr Olympic cross country championships, I couldn't afford to go since its in SC. I only found 1 race, so its a wonderful run 5k wins!

This race was far enough, being in Boca. I was surprised by a cameo appearance from Linda, who signed up literally at last moment on race day & finished (as I expected). Meanwhile, this was my first race since my nightmare of a weekend last week. This was a rare time that I accepted not breaking 20 & actually be happy; got the monkey off my back. Despite the poor time, it was better than last week's 5k and good enough for a top ten finish.  However, I had to settle for age group because of that. George won his age group as well. Speaking of George, Linda came up with the idea for us to honor his birthday (couple of days back) after the race; great job. That's a quality I like.

We got glass for our efforts. The post race could be considered a 5 star due to hot breakfast but was small. I remember the venue but not the name of this event from the past.

Sunday agenda-race!

Found a few distance races:

1. Florida holiday halfathon
2. run for tomorrow half & 5k
3. rnr latin music half

To make a long story short, I stayed close to home. Speaking of surprises, my dad showed up to race with me. Rule out #1, we usually do #2 but couldn't turn down, not only an inaugural race, but one close to home; #3.

I used this event as a training & recovery run, which means the dismal performance displayed was acceptable as long as I finish & claim the medal for this accomplishment. Of course, I had a self imposed 2 hour time limit. I barely met that minimum standard but was please to bounce back from last week's failed showing. Afterwards, I enjoyed the live concert featuring pit bull.