Lights in the Parkway 5k

Lydia and I did a 5K in the dark. Well almost dark. It was Lights in the Parkway after all.

The walk was only 2 miles, but it was a good starter for Lydia. It was also a great thing for me. How often to I get to do one of these things and don't need to worry about distractions? We finished in 51.48. Ooops. Too much stopping and picture taking. Sadly, people finished after us.

It was quite a hike from the parking area, so we probably did a 5K in the end.

It was dark and muddy. It rained all day. The 5K for the runners followed a similar route, but they only had a mile of the lights. Our whole thing had lights!

We started at the Vultee Street exit, went down the hill, and across the parking lot adjacent to the iron bridge. Then we headed down the muddy gravel bridal path with the lights on our right. We followed that to the Robin Hood Bridge and crossed the bridge, turned around and came back. At that point they told us if we just wanted to see the lights we could turn around. Lydia said an astounding NO. If I'm doing this, I'm doing it.

 We headed out the road to 15th street to the entrance of the parkway where the big sign was. turned around and went thru the lights, this time with lights on both sides of us.
The course ended with the huge hill back up to Vultee Street.

Tomorrow is the Jingle Bell Run. It's a costume event and the costumed runners will be out in full force. Our team is Ellie's Angels. Named after my sister, and Lyds mom, Elin.

I designed a logo for the shirts, but could use it. The iron-ons for dark colors have a horrible white plastic background. The transparent ones you can't see. I'm going to stop at Party City and see if they have halos to wear.