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That's Spanish for junio-June. Can you believe we're here already? It officially marks the beginning of the hurricane season. To my dismay, all the morning races were late starts (8 am), which allowed the heat and humidity to become a negative factor for me.

Saturday agenda-1 race, 1 village 5k

This was actually an inaugural and thanks to Linda, close to 'home'. In over 18 years, I have never done a race where this was held (by Pompano air park). Bad enough the race is at 8 am, but worse, I felt tired & tight and they had 10 year age categories. Much of the course was on a narrow path. By the grace of God, I survived the bad conditions. Unfortunately, I allowed someone to beat me for 3rd overall, but luckily, I had no affect on my podium position. Jon Williams won the race while Luiz Souza (2nd overall) took the master title. I fell to top of my age group. The post race refreshments were good & massage was available. The biggest highlight was the surprise appearance of Linda and that Jon & I won as a 2 person team. He continued on to place at the wharf 8k down in key west at night; I forewent that & decided to rest. Besides, it was raining a lot.

Sunday morning agenda-Kendra's kisses 5k

Also an inaugural, it mimicked the previous in that it was scheduled to start at 8 (yep, it was even later) and had 10 year age groups. The Lord came through when I really needed it. Although I lost the battle for 2nd, the top 3 got nice sized trophies. Unfortunately, there was no master title & everyone else got medals. Sadly, no Linda but fortunately I got into the low 18's. They had a decent post race refreshment, especially the Jamba juice.

Sunday evening agenda-twilight 5k

This race was memorable even though I did not sign up for it. I selected this one as a training run, especially since #1 my racewalk category was eliminated & #2 skimpy categories made it virtually impossible for me to place, even with a PR! I had the honor of running with my dad for 2 miles. I did the remaining with an old friend then anxiously waited for Linda. She chose to do well & 'hide' behind a group of army soldiers, so I missed her coming in. When the dust cleared, both did well. She got into double digits in terms of races since we met (10) with a good time, while my dad got 3rd in his age group, same as Jon W.

Honorable mention

* Jon W places in 4 events, 2=overall victories
* George wins age group in 5k & du
* John G won age group
* Louis M won age group