Summer sizzler series time!

Summer sizzler series time! Well, it's a sizzling summer, often with record heat indexes & both events are series races.

Saturday agenda-race!

Had a few choices outside my 'local' area but only 1 within-ING kick off 5k. No way I'm gonna a fun run over race, plus today was the finale of the 3d run shoppe Summer sizzler series (officially titled). This time, Jon W wasn't here (won another 5k) so I had to travel far by myself. It began cooler but quickly heated up as the sun rose. Remarkably, I felt better and this reflected in my time. Although far short of where I need to be, it was the best of the series. By the grace of God, I was duly rewarded and got a trophy (master winner)for the 1st time ever in this series, instead of the generic in the previous 2. Many people were cheering on a local favorite to beat me & he did succeed by 5 seconds. Luckily, he was given the grand master title (correct way to award) & not strip me of my title. You see, when more than 1 title is given, you must limit the runner to within that group, just like age groups. So I was the fastest within the master group (40-49) since grandmaster is (50-59) & the senior grandmaster will now be 60 & up. This is usually more fair. However, if money was involved, that's a different story.

Sunday agenda-race!

On the quest to defend the du trilogy relay champ title. Bad news-Spencer was out of town with his wife. Good news-a got a suitable replacement, Allan Walton. Can you believe I (runner's depot) selected someone from a rival racing team? Friendship overrides all; next is talent! As a team captain, you must put aside little things like team affiliation, or even language (once had someone who barely spoke English) and seek the best person to accomplish your goal-victory! By the grace of God, we matched the overall position of the last event, 2nd overall and the overall relay team. I also got a PR on the bike in the process. This was Allan's first time on a relay, so I believe. Cant wait til the bonus round!