Cinco de Mayo prelude

Cinco de Mayo prelude weekend.

Friday agenda-race!

I got in rare TGIF race that was aptly named TGi5k. Glass time:

Half full: got in a weekday race, hardware-finishers medal, finish into sunfest
Half empty: hot, humid, windy, bad cat (40-99), didn't place

Saturday agenda-race!

Back to normal. These are my choices for the first Saturday of May:

1. Spartan race CO
2. turtle trot 5k
3. heroes in recovery 6k
4. big cardio 5k
5. Nat Moore scholarship run
6. the glory run

You can automatically rule out the first (out of FL). The rest were all good races but I decided to return to a tried and true event and the only 1 with an unusual distance. This was my redemption race. By the grace of God, I returned to a more normal position, top ten and a podium finish; that's the glass half full. Glass half empty- 2 ag and award was a towel (no trophy nor medal (except finisher).

Sunday agenda-race!

These are my choices for the first Sunday of May:

1. Spartan race CO
2. flying pig marathon
3. tropicool 5k
4. red bull wings for life 60 miler
5. madd dash 5k
6. westglades 5k
7. walk for wishes 5k
8. tri Miami

You can automatically rule out the first 2 (out of FL). Take out the next since the rest are on the east side of FL. Definitely not ready for #4. I passed on the latter without a swimmer, unless I want to do the du; I didn't. If I followed Jon's path, I could've done a double header with #6 but I slipped on my research and just did his second #7.

Ironically, I was at this location (parrot jungle) last week for an organ donor event. I represented my office as a champion for the cause and met many other co-workers I knew. This time, I came to race. I almost missed the start but the Lord above got me to the line just in time. The final mile was technical but scenic once inside the park and finished within. Let me close out Clint Eastwood style:

The good: top ten and master, clouds kept down the heat
The bad: humid and windy, no finisher medal as priors
The ugly: late start, missed double header that Jon did, medal

In closing: I am pleased to move from zero to hero with steady improvement throughout. Observe:

Race 1: 24 oa, 7 ag, 6:48 no award
Race 2: 7 oa, 2 ag 6:49 (pace slightly worse but longer distance)
Race 3: 4 oa, top master, 6:38