魚和熊掌不可兼得

I went to visit my family in China on April 1, the day after the TIR (Texas Independence Relay) weekend, and just got back. It is time consuming and interesting to go through all emails at home as well as at work. One of the emails stated that our TIR team Flying Sisters won amongst all the female TIR teams. Our team also sets a new course record, an 8:10 pace, in the Masters Women category. So proud of everyone in the team Flying Sisters!

On Sunday of the TIR weekend (03/30 to 03/31), I also ran the Run for the Rose 5K, a fund-raising event for brain cancer patients and pediatric patients, after I ran three legs of TIR. This was an event that I won my age group with 21:33 (6:57 pace) last year. However, I finished the 5K in the 4th of my age group this year with 25:45 (8:17 pace) . There is a Chinese proverb魚和熊掌不可兼得 , which means “You cannot have it both ways”. OK, I take the TIR this year and let it go with the Run for the Rose 5K:-))).

Photo 1-2: 2019 TIR





Photo 3-4: 2019 Run for the Rose 5K





Photo 5-6: The visit to the Lake Gaoyou (高郵湖) near to my hometown Yangzhou (揚州)






295公裏TIR破記錄接力賽雜記係列已完成篇：
《295公裏TIR破記錄接力賽(1)：前言》
《295公裏TIR破記錄接力賽(2)：賽前樂極生悲及最後的糧草預備》

295公裏TIR接力賽訓練雜記係列：
《291公裏TIR接力賽訓練雜記(1)：踏上“賊船”》
【注：後來得知，今年的德克薩斯獨立接力賽(Texas Independence Relay, TIR)線路稍有改變，從2018年的180.69英裏(291公裏)變為183.42英裏(295公裏)。德克薩斯於1836年打響從墨西哥統治中獨立的戰爭，至今恰好是183年，用183英裏以表達紀念】
《295公裏TIR接力賽訓練雜記(2)：進展》
《295公裏接力賽訓練雜記(3)：挑戰》
《295公裏接力賽訓練雜記(4)：苦與樂》
《295公裏接力賽訓練雜記(5)：個人與團隊》
《295公裏接力賽訓練雜記(6)：進入佳境》