Summer Sunrise Watermelon Race 1:
So, The Summer Sunrise Watermelon series is something that I'd been pondering doing for a few years (well at least since 2017 which was I believe the first year they introduced medals as I'm a bling junkie) and so this year with me trying to do a run a month give or take I figured why not. Lets begin by saying that this is a Lakeland Runners club event so like with Mayfair there are more serious runners then casuals plus its location is where March of Dimes normally is and with that many runners I was worried it would be a bottleneck most of the way through.... That said it was a 'cool' 77 degrees when I got to the starting area about a half hour prior to the race and while it was a heat advisory with the PA announcer saying to slow down and hydrate when you can to avoid heat related injuries I didn't want to have to deal with port o lets and so I let my 8oz cup of iced water that I had with my rice cakes and peanut butter for breakfast suffice until I got to th...