De Leon Springs Half Marathon
De Leon Springs, Florida
January 1, 2012

I started the year off by race walking the De Leon Springs Half Marathon in De Leon Springs, Florida on January 1, 2012. The temperature started near 50 degrees in a fog which burned off quickly, bringing the temperature to near 65 by the end of the race on a clear sunny day with a calm wind. The race had less than 300 participants in the half marathon and 5K which was competed on a nearly flat out and back course which had 6 water/Gatorade stations manned by plenty of enthusiastic volunteers. There were almost no spectators along the rural roads which remained open to traffic; however, fortunately a sparse amount of traffic utilized the roads during the race. There was no need for police to control the roadways. The entry fee was only $30 and still the event was able to provide each participant a long sleeve T-shirt and a finisher’s medal, plaques for the 5 year age groups which went 3 deep, and plenty of post race food. The race was very well organized and fun to do.