We started off the 2011 racing season on a cold and wet Saturday morning in New Braunfels Texas at the River Road Half. It was our first race sporting a Roger Soler jersey!
Surprisingly last year's 15 degree weather proved to be the lesser evil when compared to the rainy conditions January 15th had in store for us! Jer and I were using this as a training run but it ended up taking a lot more out of us due to the slick roads and might even be the culprit for the sickness I acquired just a day or so later. Both of our bodies were aching pretty bad the next couple of days.
It is a gorgeous out and back course though, alongside the Guadalupe River. It also has some impressive hills along the way, including most of the last mile.
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| One of the beauties we got to climb |
January 22
The following weekend Jer signed up for the Endurathon 25k, which was just outside of San Antonio in Bulverde. It was another low key event put on by the San Antonio Road Runners (SARR), with roughly 250 participants, including the relay event they had mixed in. The race itself was a 25k (about 15.5 miles) that Jer was using to get a longer aerobic effort in.
He ended up running really well and averaged a faster time, on a longer and tougher course, compared to the previous week. He also won by roughly 3 minutes.
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| He took away a nice glass and a fun plaque |
I kept busy that morning by volunteering at the event. I don't know if it was the smartest thing to do since I was still getting over my sickness and had to be out in the 20 degree weather, but I had a great time. I got to meet wonderful people and was asked to help with the data entry at the finish line. I was pretty excited because I got to see a new timing system compared to the one I'd been working with at the Trinity track meets.
I ended up entering in all the information for people that did race day entry right before the race and then also keyed in the runners as they were crossing the finish line. It got a little hairy when large groups were coming through, but luckily, since it was a longer race, finishers were pretty strung out.
Jer kept me company at the finish line since there was a little over 3 hours difference from the time he crossed the finish line compared to the last person, but he was more distracting than helpful, since he was more focused on drinking beer than catching bib numbers.
We've definitely kept busy the past two weekends and this coming one isn't looking to be any different. We're headed up to Austin where Jer and Chass will be racing in the heavily competitive Austin 3M half marathon sporting elite bibs. It should be a really exciting race and is already capped out!
I ended up entering in all the information for people that did race day entry right before the race and then also keyed in the runners as they were crossing the finish line. It got a little hairy when large groups were coming through, but luckily, since it was a longer race, finishers were pretty strung out.
Jer kept me company at the finish line since there was a little over 3 hours difference from the time he crossed the finish line compared to the last person, but he was more distracting than helpful, since he was more focused on drinking beer than catching bib numbers.
We've definitely kept busy the past two weekends and this coming one isn't looking to be any different. We're headed up to Austin where Jer and Chass will be racing in the heavily competitive Austin 3M half marathon sporting elite bibs. It should be a really exciting race and is already capped out!
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