At 84 finishers, the field was the smallest it had been in five years. It's possible that some runners were discouraged from coming by dire predictions of temperatures in the teens. Weather forecasts, though, always tend toward the apocalyptic, and the actual temperature during the race was 26 to 27 °F. This is indeed cold for north Florida, but it's all what you're used to. The women's winner, Lauren Switzer, is from St. Charles, Illinois--she probably thought it was an early spring.
Links:
- Complete results of the 2010 Bowlegs 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2010/Bowlegs%2010.htm - My photos of the 2010 Bowlegs 5K at facebook.com
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2785550&id=5215641&l=a0a87e151f - Winners of the Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship, 1985-2009
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/08/bowlegs-5k-winners-1985-2009.html - Lauren Switzer bio at seminoles.com
http://www.seminoles.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/switzer_lauren00.html - USATF course certification map, Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL95008DL
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