4th of July weekend

4th of July weekend begins today! Happy independence day!

Today's agenda-race!

There were noticeably less races this year. Here's what was on my list:

1. dash & blast 5k
2. star spangled 5k
3. firecracker 5k
4. independence day du/tri
5. Weston hometown 5k

Back in the day, there was a 5k & 10k in Miami; gone. I even remember one in palm beach; gone! The last remaining local 5k is the latter but with the aforementioned eliminated, this was packed with fast runners, effectively an assured loss; Besides, I had registrations issues. My next choice would be multisport but since I didn't commit in advance, the already high entry would be even worse. Therefore, I had to consider travelling. I originally planned on the former but my gps couldn't find the listed address and even mapquest gave me a different address than what I typed in. Having no knowledge of palm city, I couldn't chance it. The remaining 2 are within my realm of familiarity but I picked the city I never actually raced in (#2).

Although humid and somewhat windy, it was not as hot, especially with the cloud cover. Fast field of kids running and I was embarrassed that some lady with a stroller (elite runner) beat me but irrelevant to my only true concern-the podium! Despite being in 25th place, I won my category and got a nice little trophy and best position I would get in any race today. 2 of the above events, I would have left as I came-with nothing. Tomorrow, back to the daily grind one more time before the actual weekend.

Saturday's agenda-race?

I couldn't find anything so I decided to train. It rained (literally) on my 'parade'. I only did 1 lap on my inlines due to the inclement weather then resorted to nearly a 3 miles cross country run.

Sunday's agenda-race!

I had to travel but I found a race. American sprint offered du and tri, so I was gonna compete one way or another but I had to opportunity to team up with peter on a tri relay. Only catch was I had to do double duty; everything on land I can do. This was an interesting race as our chief competition was 3 teenagers dressed as super heroes.

The good: I caught up to and beat batman
The bad: we started in a hole after aquaman swim
The ugly: I was too spent plus the flash was faster

We finished second only to them; not bad for 2 old guys vs 3 male teens! Shannon got 2nd on her own.