Birthday weekend!

My Birthday weekend is here! Happy to get through Friday, the 13th (a little rough at the office) first, although shades of yesterday crept into the weekend. Today, I advance from freshman to sophomore but still stuck in my toughest age group ever.

Saturday agenda-race!

Seems like race organizers only thought of today for racing. Here what I considered:

1. roar through Ybor
2. Tarzan cup
3. Rooney's 5k
4. kids in distress 5k
5. 5k walk/run for asthma (fun run)

#1 is too far, #2 is an adventure race and #5 was a fun run, so I skipped those. Passed on #4 because I remember having so much fun at #3.

It was the 5th anniversary of this event. I left about 5 am to make the nearly 2 hour drive up there. It felt cool but was very windy. I felt the past 3 days & that has affected me & my training. I felt very tired but I forced myself to race, especially since it's the only one I can find to do as an individual. Last year, I beat the bunny but don't remember that being a big deal. This year, it was basically the only highlight and was tough as hell to do. We kept trading places but slipped in front in the .1 to be the last one to beat the bunny (2 seconds). Mind you, it was under 20 minutes! I finished 5th, with a time that was good enough for 3rd in the previous age group; no glass for me, boo hoo! Manipulating numbers (my finishing time) like my bro, 1-9+4-1=-5, my position in the age group. aren't ya'll proud of me? Lucky or not, 5 was  my number. Oh yeah, April, fourteen (1+4=5)!