Fly me to the moon...

Today was an interesting run.  In hindsight, I should have run the Run for Red 5K today.  I would most likely have gotten in the top three pretty easily, and I was in town.  I was unsure if I would be here for it so I couldn't commit to it.  Anyway,  I started off with a run to the post office and back to mail a letter.  Then I headed out on the trail for 4 more miles.  I noticed the time was around the time for the race start when I got back to Independence Avenue.  I decided to head over to Independence high school to see the start and wish Mary Ann good luck.  There were cars lined up all along the road and filling the parking lot.  It was a really good turnout.  I looked around for Mary Ann, but didn't see her until right before the start.  She looked pretty focused so I didn't want to bother her.  I also saw Bryce at the start, and the women's race winner, Lindsey Dunkley.  She looked pretty serious.  They started, and I let them go.  I then headed out along the road and caught the trail near the ice sculpture.  The trail was covered with runners so I ran in the grass along the side to 820 N.  I'm sure they were wondering who I was running along the trail passing people like they were standing still.  I was going around 7-7:20 pace, but they were much slower.  I headed down 820 N because I knew they were going to be coming that way after running along the trail to the fire station and back.  I stopped a little bit after the round-about and turned around to see the leaders coming up the street.  Bryce was in the lead with another guy and Lindsey about 50 meters behind him.  About 200 meters after that was Mary Ann and another guy.  They didn't seem to be going that fast, but the times weren't too bad.  I followed after them and finished the loop.  Then I headed home.  Altogether it was an interesting run.  I timed portions of it to get an idea of distance, but with all of the stopping and starting I gave up trying to time it completely.  I figured it was about 8.5 miles.