Oldsmar Taphouse 5K "report"

Das Boot....aka Fruits of our labor (empty)!


This is a fun beer run, plain and simple. Friday night run after a full work day/week and full swim 5AM in the morning so there are no goals here. Finish the race and have a few beers with friends. Sounds fun to me! I, personally, had zero goals. In fact, I couldn't even run the week prior due to tweeking my stupid hammy at Florida 70.3. I have been able to jog a bit but nothing with any stride or pace, hurt too much. This is our month "off" technically before we start to train for HyVee so it's important to be healthy and it's ok to lose some fitness, which I have certainly done! I started in the middle of the masses which is a different feel, a bit crowded for sure! I didn't want to start fast as this seems to be what nags my hammy the most. So, jog across the start line and weave through the masses and the leg held up well. I was able to hold pace the entire run and ended up 7th which was a huge surprise as I had only hoped to get top 50! Top 50 men and women in this race get a giant boot from which you consume the beer reward, best swag for sure! Got my boot, ran much better than I expected and the hammy held up well which is good. The Dane snuck under 20 minutes and got a boot as well! It gets harder and harder every year to go top 50 here as the field grows and gets faster! If you haven't done this race, definitely put it on your calendar for next year! The next race in our "off" month will be Morton Plant sprint tri at the end of June. I did the first edition of this race in '06 but haven't been back for various reasons and am looking forward to racing in our backyard again! I won't be in great form but it will certainly be a great workout and a super fun challenge! So, until then just looking to getting/stay healthy to train for HyVee 5150 US Champs in Sept (my new Kona, as I call it!). Cheers!