San Antonio Recap

Decent weather, good food, great friends. Sounds like a recipe for a sweet weekend. Combine it with the energy and excitement from 30,000 runners and you've got it!

What would any trip to San Antonio be without a visit to the Alamo. I particularly appreciated the unbiased and evenhanded presentation of the factors leading up to the conflict. Texas - it really is like a whole other country. Having read Michener's Texas as a kid it was cool to see the site of the battle.

Here's Angie at around mile 2.5. Getting ready to hand off her extra hat and gloves. Her sherpa's were glad to have the gloves.

So this is what it feels like to stand on the side and cheer. I was glad I had brought my Turtleman cowbell. It was pretty quiet early in the race.

I was suprised at how little interest I had in running the race. Even going to the expo didn't cause any regret.

Here's the whole crew celebrating Angie's 15 minute PR. Wow! She was even so considerate as to run 3 seconds slower than my Grandma's time this year. Whew!

Here she is - Injured Runner Report #992-1. They document everything at the medical tent - even just needing a bandaid for a blister.

The Doc had to document putting a whippet in an ambulance to warm up at mile 20 of the Twin Cities Marathon one particularly cold year. That was their first (and perhaps only) veterinary incident at TCM.

Neither Anne nor I slept very well and we had an o-dark 30 flight out on Monday so the trip wasn't as restful as a weekend away usually is. Back to the hockey grind!

For those of you who have had concerns about a certain dietary anomoly of mine - never fear changes have been made. Stay tuned.

Quickly from San Antonio

Just a quick note from San Antonio. We got in late afternoon yesterday. Here's the view from our room down to the Riverwalk.

As some of you know, I'm not planning on running the race. I will go out with Mike tomorrow and get a good run in. I decided that I needed to keep focused on CDA and not risk putting my tired body through a late season 1/2.

Since I'm not running the race, it's Katy bar the door! Last night the Doc and I hit Coyote Ugly (at her suggestion). The Doc didn't make it up onto the bar last night, but it was close at times. We had watched a few episodes of the Making Coyote Ugly show so it was interesting to see it live. We were out of there by 10 and it was a Thursday. Maybe we'll get back there tonight with the OBs - should be even more lively. If there's a bartop dance I'll be sure to post pics here!

It's going to be 80 degrees down here today! Sweet! After that it cools off a bit. I can feel your sympathy streaming my way!

Just got an email from Zman's coach that they came back and tied in their first game of the season. It was a bummer missing his first game (and the next 2) but did I mention it was going to be 80 degrees today?

Texas - it's like a whole other country!