After suffering all summer, it didn't take much the the WRC vibe to come back  this morning.  All we needed was a drop in
the mercury below 70, lower  humidity and a cool breeze. Everyone was all smiles, chattering away, and most
ran faster and longer.  It doesn't take much to make  us happy, just a  slightly cooler temperature.  

We had a large crowd at  Panera afterward.  Even Coach John P  showed up to take a break from his training  for a full Ironman distance  race in Clermont only three weeks away.  I  used to think showing  up at 6am to run showed dedication.  No more.  The large contingent training for the NY Marathon and other fall marathons are out there  as early as 430am, dodging cars of late night revelers.  They are creatures of the pre-dawn dark, trying to beat the heat and putting in the work  for great marathons.  And, by the way, the celebrity list for NY just  grew by one as Dr Ed is in thanks to some late string pulling by our man Matire from NYPD.  So fired up was the doctor that he showed up at  530am(Columbian time) to run this morning.  I'm predicting sub-3:40 for Dr.  Ed.  Everyone make predictions for his time to put the pressure on.
 
Congrats to all those who competed and finished the Augusta  70.3 Half-Iron including John Matire, Carly Ray, Chip Corley, Kerry Emery, Laura  Kelly, Scott Whittaker, draftee John Moran and some old guy.  The run was  brutal because of the heat.  Some one please sign up John Moran for a full Iron.
 
The Horse Country Ten Miler is on October 23rd; sign up  if you haven't already.  Mauricio is heavy into the heartrate
training.  Look out when it all comes together.  Rumor has it that  Carly may be going vegan...well close to vegan.  John Moran recovered  from Augusta by stopping at a Golden Corral on the way back.  Lorie D's
character and mortaliy are under seige because she's been running too much with  Drs Ed and Joe.