Veteran's day weekend

Veteran's day weekend is here! I found a race, formerly known as the midpoint bridge run, now veterans day 5k. It is a night race on the west coast; I passed on that this year.

Saturday agenda-race?

Here's what I found for this day:

1. st Augustine 5k/10k
2. heroes for education 5k
3. fantasy of lights 5k
4. heart in hand 5k
5. key largo bridge run half/5k/10k
6. Miami wild run and walk

I definitely skipped the former (north FL). I been there, done that on all remaining, so that is where I went. I had a chance at a double header mixing any with #3 but I am struggling just to do a decent 5k, so I passed on that.

Glass time! Half:

Full: finishers medal, top age, breakfast at golden corral, weather
Empty: late start, no overall or master, odd age (10 yr) groups (mine=45-54), only top age gets an award, paper certificate

Sunday agenda-race?

1. rnr las Vegas marathon
2. st Augustine half
3. loop around the lake 6k
4. ft lauderdale 13.1 marathon
5. Miami shores 5k
6. Miami man du/tri

You can automatically rule out the former (out of FL). With enough local events, I pass on the next. The closest in proximity was the latter but with no swimmer, forget the tri. I could do a du but only the half iron distance, which I am not ready to repeat at this time. I usually do the half but this time I opted for a 5k. Let's do this Clint style:

The good: podium, 7 seconds from '16 PR, decent weather
The bad: paper certificate, no finisher medal, 2 loops
The ugly: only top 2 overall, master (kind of good they even had), age group, parking harassment

In conclusion: paper certificate weekend. How cheap can you get?