911 SLUGFEST

Busy day on Saturday. I did the 5K predicted time walk. I came in 15th out of 176. They go by your chip time rather than the clock time and I didn't factor in very closely the time it took me to get to the starting line. Not a big deal - got out on a crisp Spring morning and got a little exercise in.

Later in the day I headed up to the 911 SLUGFEST with my favorite police officer. Jen was a welding student of mine when she was in high school, she comes into the gym to train and we've run a couple of races together every year for the last few years. We were supposed to do the 5K together but she had to qualify with her new sidearm for the sheriff's department.

She's fought on a couple of fundraisers for our gym but she was nervous as hell about this one - bigger crowd for one thing and she didn't want to embarrass herself with a poor performance while representing the police team. I wrapped her hands and worked her corner along with Jimmy. Her and her opponent both fought like wildcats for three rounds and my girl got the win in a split decision.  Shooting in the morning, boxing in the evening - one tough cookie that girl.

The police team won the trophy easily, winning 11-2. The firemen started off well by knocking a policeman out in the first bout. Big overhand right put the guy on the canvas and he stayed down for a while. There were lots of knock downs during the bouts. Everybody was swinging for the fences as you would imagine. In fact, Jen put her opponent down once in the first round. 

As a little side note, the ring was originally used in Vegas and there have been 36 world championships fought between the ropes. Lots of history with the ring, the venue and with the number of current and former pro fighters that were in attendance.

All in all, it was a great night of boxing for a great cause. Jack "Kid" Callahan and his lovely wife Karen were the driving force behind this and they did a great job. Looking forward to an even bigger event next year.