My Magical Miles

  Tis the Season for one of my staple races that keeps me on my toes. The Lakeland Runners Club’s Mayfaire 5K which was celebrating it’s 45th running.  I was on the fence about if I wanted to wear the race shirt and my matching purple skort however I wanted something with pockets and so I decided to be emotional and re-wear my Yellow Old Navy active dress that I customized for my Joy Costume at 2023’s Springtime along with my blue Bondi Band and my 2024 Blue Gasparilla ballcap. Weather Wise it was on the warmer side and as I arrived at the start area about a half hour before race time and had begun to take some selfies I overheard it was 90 degrees feels like 90 however we LUCKED OUT and humidity was ONLY 36% and there was a light breeze. In the meantime I was hydrating all day plus I had a defrosting bottle of water in my pocket as well as one in a racing belt tucked between the layers of my dress. This is my first race using my new Garmin and while I did two practice runs in...

  While I do love my tried and true events that I seem to throw money at and participate in every year I’m just as excited to try something new. So, when I heard Sea World was getting into the running event game and their prices were more at the price point of events the local runners club does vs RunDisney I decided to SEAS the moment. SEA what I did there…. Okay I’ll SEA myself out. The event was tied to their Food Festival which was going on and runners in addition to a t-shirt picked up with bibs and a medal upon finishing received a ticket to use for a free festival booth food or drink item if they visited the park that day. While tickets were not included there was also a discount day ticket deal for runners (though I had family members who had an AP tier that granted them a friends and family comp ticket which I did use as I hadn’t been to the park since 2015) The bib pick up situation was that you could either go to the Hilton Garden Inn on the Thursday or Friday before the...