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Ran in Safety Harbor. Went to see Tom race in the BDR "Leftover" 5k where you get to pick your own medal from previous races leftover medal.
It was drizzly rain although not torrential downpour but had been raining enough so that the streets were a bit slippery. Saw several of the Striders before the race and also Michael MacDonald.
One runner took an early lead on Tom and was able to stay ahead of him for the race, there were reports of him closing the gap a bit but I only saw the start and just before the 3 mile mark. The first place guy, Dylan, is 16 years old and ran two seconds faster at the Turkey Trot back in November.
After things wrapped up, I started my run. Warm and humid but some breeze here and there and a good amount of shade on the route helped. Headed south for a bout 2 miles and turned onto the Ream Wilson Trail which I stayed on until the end, backtraked a little and then south down the Duke Energy Trail to some point south of SR60. Had a to wait a couple of times at some long lights. Saw some parrots hanging out overhead on a phone line. Supposedly they are only in south Florida.
The route was a little hillier than I thought. It was a pretty good route for variety with a decent number of water fountains along the way.
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