Gordo Running

     I didn't run track in high school.  I've probably written that in here once or twice but people are often surprised when they meet me as "that guy that runs a lot."  My junior year of high school some guys I knew on the track team asked me to come out, as I was the fastest non-varsity letter winner in gym class.  So, I was the fastest not good athlete.  I took a hard pass on that.  I did go to a few of Andy's meets and even watched Scott try his hand at the pole vault.  (Pause to imagine that)  But, it really wasn't until I started running a lot that I started paying attention to the wilder world of track.  My DVR is set to constantly seek out track and field meets.  I paid particular attention to the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympics and I plan on making the trek to Hayward Field sometime in the next couple of years to watch the NCAA finals and maybe the 2020 Olympic Trials if I'm lucky.  I have already mentioned trac...

Today was a perfect day for running here in San Angelo.  It was in the upper 40s when I woke up this morning at 7 with sunny skies and little wind.  A perfect day for finishing up the Shannon Trail Series.  I volunteered at  Shannon Trail Series Race #2  a few weeks ago and it motivated me to run today's race.  This was not one of my "A" races and I'm in the middle of PT test training, so last night was still a 5 mile night leading up to this morning's race.  Mila isn't a fan of trail races, but she was nice enough to come support me.  She took many of the photos in this post.  I took a couple, but I was lucky to have Bill Cullin, a writer for the San Angelo Standard Times, let me use some of his pictures. I had 3 goals for this race: 1) escape getting bit by a rattler or gored by a longhorn 2) have a good time 3) run a good time I guess you'll have to read further to find out how I did. As I said, the weather was perfect for a race. ...

You know, instead of for the love of running?  Man, I'm so clever that sometimes I just don't know what to do with myself. I was supposed to double up on 5ks this weekend, but I didn't have the time to do the Polar Bear Plunge here in San Angelo before heading down to San Antonio.  Here's a fun fact - it's called a polar bear plunge but it was in the mid 80s during race time. We headed down to do Huarache Turbo's Be My Valentine Run.  I've previously written about the contagious joviality and laughter of race director Ceci  Yes! Positive Energy!  and how the Huarache Turbo races are a very good model for fun themed 5Ks  Race Happy Too! , so it was actually Mila's idea to go down for the race.  (as soon as we finished she wanted to know when the next Huarache Turbo race is)  We haven't been to San Antonio since December, so we were also overdue for a trip. Beyond just running, we also ran some errands (pun intended) and realized how much we miss...