Heading back to the great white north.

[from yesterday which was a travel day]

Today is my last day in Florida. My last day running in shorts outside again for a while. It’s been really nice for the last 6 days.

Had a short run this morning. Saw 4 deer not 5 feet from the trail I was running on. Paved trail that is but at least it was through the woods.

The legs are still feeling somewhat beat up this morning. Both legs felt like they took much more of a pounding than most races I do. It’s quite possible I’m still a little off this week. Looking forward to getting back to regular training again.

A number of people have pointed out to me that you really take a beating with all the concrete on the roads down here. Although I can’t say 100% that that is why they were so sluggish it is nonetheless consistent. I mostly think I’m still a little off this week.

I took yesterday as an off day after the race on Saturday. It wasn’t very off as I did tons of walking. In the morning I watched the marathon from several locations. In the afternoon I had lunch at Epcot and then went to Magic Kingdom via the monorail.

The marathon was great to watch but hard to get to places to watch. Disney really controls access to areas near the course. Apparently there was something like 18000 people in the race. A lot of people do their first 1/2 or full marathon down here.

Can’t say that I’m looking forward to running in the snow again. It will take a few days to adjust.One last thing I forgot to mention. The medals for Disney are fantastic. They really go out of their way to distinguish themselves with this one item.