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15 miles 93:03

Daytona Sidewalks

Wow, I felt like crap on this one.  It took about 10 miles for my shins and plantar to stop hurting.  I was really stiff and It was a miserable run.  I'm in need of tomorrow's recovery run and bad.

5 miles 30:52

Daytona Sidewalks

Got my run over with early.  I didn't feel too hot and then after a long day of classes made an even longer drive to Boone for a short period of time.  Fun stuff.

10 miles 58:59

Bass Lake

Hey, look at that, a run not titled "daytona sidewalks."  With all the little nagging aches and pains coming into this run, a long day prior, and a little altitude mixed with hills you'd think this would be an awful run for this Floridian but I had a little bounce to my step early and felt none of my nags.  It was a mid 30's and misting type of day so I can't blame my good run on the weather.  I was considering a double run day but was wanting to back of for Saturday's Edison Festival of Lights 5k so in the evening when it was pouring rain my desicion on not doing a double run was a lot easier.  A lot easier.

7 miles 41:24

Bass Lake

I was planning on doing two measured miles around bass lake which is my typical pre race workout but those plans changed quickly once I stepped out of my car on the 23 degree day with winds absolutely howling over the exposed lake.  So instead of destroying myself trying to run 5 min pace around the like while giving a 4:30 pace effort I just ran the mostly covered trails and did an unmeasured 10 min tempo.  It was solid.  Well, I'm sure the pace was significantly slow but the effort was appropriate and that's all that matters in a threshold type effort.  Then Ryan drives all the way back to Florida.

10 miles 60:13

Daytona Sidewalks

It's amazing how 2 runs on the trails in Boone can freshen one up.  I felt like a had a bounce in my step today and all my aches were gone.  Not too shabby.

4 miles 25:27

Daytona Sidewalks

Did the normal pre race 4 miler.  Didn't feel as good today as I had the previous couple of days.  Edison should be a fast race with good competition so hopefully I'll be feeling better tomorrow.  It's an evening race which I prefer to early morning ones especially when the weather is nice and cool which it is today.  Lets hope it lasts.

Edison Festival of Lights.  It was a cool 60 degree evening in Fort Myers but it wasn't ideal for racing because the winds were howling.  This is a pretty fun meet because it's the start of a big parade.  On the 5k course, which is an out and back, there's a constant wall of people preparing for the parade and cheering on the runners.  The race was pretty uneventful though.  Last year this was the most competitive 5k I ran and the fastest on the roads in 14:22 so I backed off this year to be prepared for a similar race.  That didn't happen.  The first 800m or so was led by a crew of high school kids going out way too hard just to be seen.  Then after that I was setting the pace early.  If was a comfortable pace for me but I sensed that the two guys going with me, Jason Bodnar and Paul Mwangi, weren't going to be able to keep it.  I was right.  Right before the mile marker Mwangi came surging up beside in a move that said "I'm here to race" which I responded with a move of my own which said "you're here to race for second."  And then the race was over.  A 4:42 opening mile was too much for the competition to handle.  Hitting the 2 mile in 9:25 I had a big gap and was running comfortably.  I pretty much just ran an even paced run all by myself in this race as I ended up winning by 30 seconds even with my opting against kicking the last 600m in favor of hamming it up to the crowd and waving my way in.  Lazy of me.  I wish there had been better competition since I tapered for this event.  Had I known it would have been such an easy victory I would have trained through it because I've got a lot of races coming up.  Good run though.  I was really comfortable and it's a fun event.  Probably my favorite road 5k I run.