Bret

AM - 6 miles or so this morning.  In St Pete for a bit.  Planned to connect with the long running group this morning but had some issues arise that got me out too late.  Saw a few groups but not the right ones.  Anyway - decent run after a couple of days rest to the foot. Some discomfort after.   

AM - around 6.5 miles this morning with my friend Brian who works downtown and runs erly before starting.  Quicker pace for him than I had expected - but after the first mile or so I settled in. 

AM - roughly 7 miles this morning in St. Pete - mostly on the bayfront and Snell Isle. Quite warm and sticky out this morning.   Daughter had surgery yesterday which is the reason we are here - rather involved procedured called a maxillary osteotomy - which basically means they reposition her upper jaw and move it forward to properly align with the lower jaw - involves cutting bones and fastening them back into place and then "wiring" (elastics) her mouth shut for several weeks.  Her treating physician is located here and was treating her before our move and so rather than re-establish with a new doc, she had the work done here.  Long day yesterday of getting up at 4 am and then hanging out at the hospital all day and into the evening for her recovery.  Everything went well.  Recovery will be tough and painful, but she's doing very well today - and will out out of the hospital tomorrow.

PM - 6 miles around noon time in St. Pete - 75 degress 100% humidity 70 degree dew point.  In other words, uncomfortable weather for running.  

AM - Merry Christmas- I went out for a run along the Bayfront and past Coffee Pot Bayou- up 1st street NE and then cut over the 4th on the way back.  When I passed the old Sunken Gardens - I got nostalgic and detoured over the Crescent Lake Park which was the site of my High School Cross Country district champ meets way back in the day.  Not exactly cross country- as it was about 85% sidewalk - looks exactly the same now as it did then,  Rob Murphy.   I took a loop around the lake and recalled one of the few races that I bested Mr. Murphy - a tri meet with like Dixie Hollins and maybe St Pete High.  The only reason I remember the race is because our coach had decided to do an audio recording play by play of the race (not sure why) and Rob had been battling a guy for second place who may have started to pull away and at the same time I was kicking from a ways back and caught Rob in the last few meters.  The coach's commentary was overly complimentary to me and much less charitable to Rob's performance - which we all thought was a bit unfair at the time and at the same time pretty funny the way he called the race.   

PM - a little over 6 miles this evening at sundown.