This past weekend I ran a 5K, my second ever and my first in four years.
Fellow VISTA Maureen and I spontaneously decided to sign up one day last month, but then it ended up she couldn't make it.
My only goal was to finish the 3.1 miles without walking and, despite a wrong turn along the route in which I accidently shaved off 0.2 miles (oops I'm a cheater!), I succeeded. So I was happy with that.
Out of 39 runners, I finished 30 with a time of 27.38.47. (At least I wasn't last!) I also got a lame-ish blue tshirt and met some funny people.
Maureen and I found the race off the superhelpful Toledo Roadrunner Club's event calendar.
We liked it that the race didn't start until 10 am and that it wound through a wooded trail in the Swan Creek Metropark, which was both easier than paved roads on the knees and, as a bonus, offered pretty scenary as distraction.
It also seemed like a fitting cause given the health care bill that had just passed.
But the main thing was that all proceeds from the race benefited the Mildred Bayer Clinic for the Homeless.
I never heard a total, but from entry fees I'm guesstimating it raised about $600. Woo!
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