Fifth Third River Bank Run in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Today I ran my first 5K of the year! It was a great experience (aside from waking up before 6 AM on a Saturday). I love the atmosphere surrounding races. I feel like I'm at home, and I'm always brought back to my days as a high school runner at cross country and track meets. This event was the largest I've ever run in, and is in fact the largest 25K road race in the nation. There were over 5,000 runners in the 5K and over 6,000 in the 25K.

I finished 4th in my age group, which was much better than I expected. I do think the better runners in my age group went for the 25K though, so my goal is to run the 25K next year. I think that's a good goal, and I'm looking forward to preparing for it.



Image from: http://interactives.woodtv.com/photomojo/gallery/7343/1/53rd-river-bank-run-2013/53rd-river-bank-run/

Graduation, Summer, and Running Races!

The last month has been very busy as I prepare for graduation. I now have my Master's in Library and Information Science! I'm hoping to have more time to dedicate to my blog here now that I'm not juggling quite so many things.

Summer means baby animals, and there are many baby geese here in Illinois, as you can see below.

Yesterday I ran my first race since high school. It was a 5 mile trail race, and I loved it! I always love to run on the grass and off of roads and pavement, so this was the perfect race for me. I even received a medal, which was a very pleasant surprise!

I hope to update this blog more regularly now, so stay tuned! Have a wonderful day!