Congratulation to Todd and Melissa Aidman on their new baby boy.  Melissa Delivered Tyler Aidman at 5:00am as the little man weighed as much as his dad benches “7 lbs”
Also congratulation to David and Laura Osterweil as they had their baby this morning at 4:45am.  Slaone Alyssa weighed 5 lbs and 11 oz.

As Saturday morning rolled up and I was all fired up to go run a money race challenge at USF, I made a few tachtical errors.  First I got there 50 min. before the race to register.  Unfortanetly there was nothing I could do but sit in a line that seemed to go forever.  The race committee underestimated or were just plain unknowledgable to know how to handle a race.  They had 10 people working race day and preregisteration which consisted of over 1000 people.  They could have added people to the registration but chose to ignore it and see how it goes.  Then noticing they could not get everyone done in time they preceeded with starting the race a whole min. later then they were suppose to.  Of I should have had someone stand for me in line who already had they number and then gone for a stretch and a warm up, but no I stood there like an idiot and waited.  By the time I got my race number and chip they were announcing for everyone that they will start the race in 1 min.  So as I sprinted to my car, threw my wallet in and then the keys on top of the car, I realized this is my warm up.  Needless to say as I jumped the fence and sprinted to the starting line, they started the race and I U turned and ran with the runners.  I missed 10 yards of the race, so the torture began.  I was trying to get myself going, but the legs would not go any faster.  As I was running along at 8th place and realizing that I will now run over a minute slower then usual, I was just annoyed.  I wanted to blame everyone but me, but the reality is that I could have gotten there earlier, I could have stretched while in line, I could have had someone get my number, but I didn’t.  So while the race was disorganized, I was still at fault.  Needless to say I am over it, and the bottom line I chose to put the number, so that is who I was on that day and time.
Now aside from the neg. feeling and quite hot race that it turned out to be, many of our runners were there and did well.  I now know we have a challenging group to compete against “The Running Center Team”.  So here we go with some of our athletes doing well.  Leading the way again was Hank Campbell with a second place finish, this time kicking Lee down for that honor and a cash prize of $400. 

GunnAllen Financial May Classic Tampa, FL, May 3, 2008… I decided not to race and focus on helping them put the race on as I was the announcer for the race. I really enjoyed it until I saw the times that won money at the race. Well aside from that, it was so good to see so many of our runners represent our team well. Hank Campbell was leading until the last ½ mile, but still managed to finish 2^nd overall in a time of 16:05 and pick up a little spending money. Meanwhile, Vicki Jetton really poured it on as she chased Jackie to the finish. Vicki also finished 2^nd overall female and picked up some money in a fine time of 18:18. Other notable preformaces were of course by Fred Dorsey who ran awesome and was right in from of his training partner Vicki in 18:16. How about Denise Fairbanks, Stella Valittuto and Beth Ransom winning their age groups, while Beth Scanlan broke 21 for the first time in years.

Overall

Name

AG

Time

Pace

2nd

Hank Campbell

NA

5:11

39th

Fred Dorsey

2nd 50-54

18:16

5:54

40th (2nd female)

Vicki Jetton

NA

18:18

5:54

61st

Kelby Roberts

4th 35-39

19:23

6:15

80th

Jeff Fink

8th 35-39

20:22

6:34

84th

Brian Landman

5th 45-49

20:28

6:36

87th

Denise Fairbanks

1st 40-44

20:35

6:38

88th

Sarah Ransom

1st 45-49

20:35

6:38

99th

Miriala Mondeja

4th 35-39

20:56

6:45

100th

Debra Donald

3rd 45-49

20:57

6:45

102nd

Beth Scanlan

3rd 40-44

20:59

6:46

Stella Valittuto

1st 30-34

21:59

140th

Peter Gligor

2nd 65-69

22:21

7:13

145th

Jim Bumbel

11th 40-44

22:28

7:15

146th

Kim Bruce-Bumbel

5th 45-49

22:28

7:15

231st

Eddie Carvallo

25th 30-34

24:09

7:47

246th

Steve Calderoni

12th 45-49

24:30

7:54

 
16^th Annual Dare to go Bare… Lake Como, Tampa, FL… May 4, 2008… You just knew Jon Docs would be out there and I guess the word would be represent. Anyway, Jon did run and win his age group in a time of 20:09 to finish 9^th overall.

TriAmerica National Triathlon Series Tour Race…  Englewood, Florida…  May 4, 2008…   Our own Bill Floyd won his age group as he finished 19th overall, with a time of 1:55.   The race distance was 1k Swim - 30k Bike - 8k Run.

With the Olympics around the corner, the field was stacked with some of the best pros around the world. The 25th anniversary brought out almost 5000 triathletes out there. The water was a little rougher then usual, but not as bad as two years ago. The Bike was packed out there, and the run got hot. All that aside the event went well and many of athletes did well. Although the overall sense was that times were slower usual, many had great efforts in one or two of the three disciplines’. So some of the stories of Eric Hall getting his watch ripped off in the water, swim coach Jimi Kiner with a flat tire, or David Shawver crushing on the bike but still finished the race. Focusing on the great accomplishments of Nace Mullen and Linda Musante won their age groups. Here are some of the early results…