7/8-12 (aren't we just the over-achievers) Race Reports

Yeah, that's right, we've been racing since Wed., which just means MORE AWESOME RESULTS:

• The weather held out for Old School Aquathon #2, with the thunderstorms staying just off to the south. Everyone from our little group that ran placed in their division, so it was a good day to say the least! Keith was 4th overall (1st AG), Kari was the 5th femail (1st AG), I made it into the top 10 women (1st AG), and the Garritys both finished 3rd in their age groups! "Team Oyler" (David and his daughter) killed the relay division despite the fact that Sydney got kicked by a swimmer doing the breast stroke on the final swim! Our friends from the NCSU Tri team also did well, with Colleen hitting the podium at #2 female and Mike placing 1st in his age group. It was also great to hear Bri cheering at the water stop on the run (and I actually needed water because I didn't drink half of Lake Jordan... wahooo!), and Marty is the best race director ever! The event was challenging (3 x 300m swim - 1mile run), but WICKED FUN! (results)
• Win paved the way for some awesome performances at the "mountain" events, finishing 19th in The Bear 5 Mile Run on Thursday. Chris Squires and Dwayne Patterson also did well, placing 53rd and 59th respectively. That has to be the TOUGHEST five mile race EVER! (results) 
• Dwayne Patterson finished 21st in the Grizzly Metric Century Ride on Friday, finishing in just over 4 hours... WAHOOO! (results)
• Dave (or should I say Davis Mejer... Brad said your hand-writing is awful) kept his 5K-a-week record intact, placing in the top 30 at the Denny's Challenge 5K on Saturday despite a head cold and the race being at his "favorite" WakeMed course. Our friend Sebron placed 5th overall at this same race, and Grace finished in the top 10 females in her first race back. NICE JOB guys! (results)
• To conclude the mountain racing series, RRO / FAST Coaching racked up some points in the Grandfather Mountain Marathon. On the men's side, David Meeker (24th), Dwight Brown (27th), and Dwayne Patterson (29th... I can't believe you did all three of those races) made it into the top 30, and Jerry Beckman (59th), David Kirby (88th... you're back from Ireland?!?), Robert Hamilton (92nd), and probably others were in the top 100! On the women's side, Kelcey Carlson and Jennifer Curtin went 1-2! CONGRATS everyone... I sure wouldn't want to run 26.2 miles up mountain. Also, congrats to our friend Tim Meigs, who won! (results)
• The PFT Challenge #3 went well this morning. Brad and Rusty get the "pull-up" award, while Jennifer killed us all in crunches. More results to follow, but it was GREAT!
• John Garrity raced well at the Triangle Triathlon on Sunday, bringing this AWESOME weekend of racing to a fitting end! (results)

Mike C. and Newt also ran well at the Carolina Godiva Track Meet on Wed., and the Inagural RRO / FAST Coaching Beer Run was a HUGE SUCCESS, with over 50 people coming out for the event. Everyone had a great time... I need some time to compile a post, but if anyone has pictures, please post them to the facebook page.