Mother's day weekend

Mother's day weekend is upon us. Cinco de Mayo passed by on Thursday. Yesterday, I yelled 'T.G.I.F.!

Saturday agenda-race!

Seems like everybody wanted to cram races on today so as to spend time with their mothers tomorrow. Good for them, bad for us athletes. Check out today's selection below:

1. county line 5k (englewood)
2. turtle trot 5k (Jupiter)
3. race for the arts 5k (lake worth)
4. big cardio 5k
5. run for the roses 5k
6. lou gehrigs disease 5k/10k (Miami)

You think #6 would have been my choice because its the closest to my home but not! They have no master title and I assume they would be unceremonious like the cpa 1040k if I were fortunate enough to place. On top of that, the best I could get is a medal. 1 is definitely out. I passed on 2 & 3 since both were deep north in palm beach county. Also, had a bad experience at #3 last time. I have done 4 & 5 before but this time I was forced to choose one since they both start around the same time.

I ran for the roses because:

1. 3 deep with several title categories
2. mystery award (usually not a medal).
3. couple option

Although I couldve been 3 oa in the race I originally planned on doing, this one almost guaranteed me an award & I sure needed to cash in as I was not feeling so well. I scrambled to get another female as the one I selected originally did not show up. When the dust cleared, I was blessed by the Lord to take the last master spot despite a dismal performance. Congratulations to Pam R on winning her age group & taking the grandma title. Oh by the way, we did well enough to win the odd couple title! Pam racked up 3 awards & won in a raffle to boot!

Sunday's agenda-mother's day

Hope all mothers & potentials have a happy one. By the grace of God, I got to participate in 2 events.

Event 1: Chi running clinic/fun run featuring Bryan Huberty

I found out about this near the last minute. With no woman to be with, I might as well exercise so I added this to my regimen. I saw more people I knew than I expected. We began at Alice Wainright over the rick but I had to use the bathroom. I continued til a point across from the marine stadium then turned around & headed back. I did approximately 4 miles. After some hydration (O.N.E. was out there), I took off for the next one.

Event 2: K-swiss fun run

This was put on by mother & owner of footworks, Laurie; she did a great job & I wished her a happy mom day. We began at an unusual location, took to the Nike trail, crossed the bridge, then head over the grass (my variation), on the back road then cut through grass to get back on red road to return to the start. I tried on a pair of K-swiss (felt good). They had hot breakfast available & mimosa (had 1 by mistake). K-swiss had t-shirts & towels ready & there was plenty to drink. A bounce house was set up for the kids. This was kind of a small scale version of the footworks fun run of the past that was held at night.

After that, a visit to mom then homeward to work & rest. Quite a weekend.