John Robbins 8k - 84.6 miles

March 9th was another cold windy morning in town, a great day for a run.  The John Robbins 8k is named in memory of one of the original members of the Fredericksburg Area Running Club.  As I understand it, he was an organ donor, and the race is intended to increase awareness and encourage the choice for organ donation.  A great cause.  An 8k is approximately a 5 mile race.  This is the second year I have run this race, with last year being my first 8k.  At the time I was pretty actively training for a half marathon, whereas this year my pace has suffered due to longer runs in preparation for a marathon.  There are quite a few hills on this course, which keeps to the streets of downtown Fredericksburg, and it seemed like I faced most of them during a full on headwind.  Still, I managed to finish within a minute of last years time.  With an official time of 51:36.

Adding another 5 miles to our total, now 84.6 miles.