Mother's day weekend

Mother's day weekend is upon us! Thanx to JW, my race weekend began on Friday night. I cant make those races because I work but by the grace of God, my boss let me have the day off.

It was hot & humid (external conditions), kinda as expected. The course added to my misery, as it featured 2 loops in the cross country section (mostly sand and gravel) and 2/3 the course. On top of that, I wasn't at my best. Thankfully, despite a dismal time, I won my age group (40-49), barely making the baker's dozen. JW got a plaque as the master winner and we both needed to leave to prepare for the next day.

Saturday agenda-race!

Everybody crammed races this day to avoid Sunday. These were up for consideration:

1. Santa Barbara wine country half marathon
2. run for love 5k
3. the 5k race and power walk
4. run for the roses 5k
5. Lou Gehrig's disease 5k/10k

You can automatically rule out #1 (out of FL). I passed on 2 & 3 (palm beach). Although #5 is closest in proximity, #4 offers my best chance to place based on my current condition.

It was still hot & humid (external conditions), plus a bit windy. The course had lots of twists and turns but worse for us fellas, the women were given a 5 minute head start! That means we had to fight through the slow stragglers & walkers to get to the finish. I still failed to break 20 but made improvements from the previous day, including now in the dirty dozen. Prior to the race, I put Emily as a teammate for the open team division. She won her age group, I got 2nd master and we both scored 3rd place as a team (1,2,3 punch). We came out with much bling (2 medals).

Sunday agenda-happy mother's day!

I saw 1 tri somewhere far in FL, but with no swimmer, it was out. Instead, I cross trained on my inlines for 12 miles before taking out my mom for lunch.