RUN? I Thought You Said RUM!!!! || Gasparilla Distance Classic 2022
So like with every run I figure I’ll start with the inevitable pandemic report so that any readers as well as future me can see the state of the world. As of heading into this weekend most places have dropped any masking unless unvaccinated and it’s on an honor system. The CDC recently said that if your county was in a certain zone masking was only needed if you were immunocompromised and while my county as well as the county of this race was still in Orange I definitely was feeling in a good headspace going into things….I’m seeing that tunnel light again!!! Now that that business is out of the way…I DID IT… in my EIGHTH Year running this event and my SEVENTH doing it down Bayshore Blvd I’ve finally ran the gambit of events and completed MY FIRST HALF MARATHON!!!! Okay so technically I did a virtual for charity back in 2016 but that was run in seven mini increments so it’s officially counted as Half #00 in my Race Log and the time doesn’t count when it comes to listing PRs (as it...