Sandoogans' Log

 It was a family affair.  Proud sponsors of Team V-Dub My running buddy for this race. I think we both enjoyed it very much. This is why we love hanging with these kids. Never a dull moment. Roxanne and I crossing the finish line. I let her run in front of me. Kidding Roxanne! This past Sunday Mr. A and I had the privilege of being sponsored by Volkswagen for the Long Beach ICB Race. We had the option of choosing between the 5K, the bike tour and the half and full marathon. We opted for the 5K. It was exciting and scary. He hadn't done any physical activity in maybe a year and I hadn't run in almost 2 months. It didn't matter to us though, we were up to the challenge. My cousin Will had also won an entry to the race. Unlike us, he decided to run the half marathon. How I envy him. He's worked hard to get where he is and is an avid runner. I'd expect nothing less from my cuzzo. We were trying to win an entry for his wife but no dice. S...

A couple of weeks ago Mr. Andrade and I  ran the Long Beach Run Forrest Run 5k. We did great! I felt a little bad for him though. I knew he’d be tired since he hadn’t trained and had been working mad hours. All of that didn’t seem to stop him at all. Shortly after we started the race he passed me. We both had mini goals set for this 5k. We had decided this would be our last one. We plan on moving up as far as our racing goes. My goal for this race was simple. Run the entire 5k. I hadn’t trained as much as I would have liked this time around. I couldn’t seem to get a set routine going. Excuses I suppose. Sometimes they were, sometimes the reason were legit. Either way my goal would not and did not change. I was to run the entire 5k. My cousin Will and friend Sylvia also ran. Sylvia did the 5k with her son and my cousin ran the half marathon solo. He truly inspires me and never ceases to stop motivating me. He keeps pushing me to move forward with my running no matter how...