Last Saturday was the 20th running of the Snowflake Shuffle in St. Jospeph, MN. It is the annual fundraiser for the College of Saint Benedict's cross country and track teams. Since my daughter is now an alumni of that program along with me, I am happy to don some holiday gear and contribute to the cause. Here are Deb and I before the race. The weather was great for running. It wasn't too cold and most of the roads were well cleaned of snow and ice. The running itself was kind of hard; I hadn't participated in a 5K since the Snowflake Shuffle last year, so running at 5K pace instead of half marathon pace was taxing. I think I need to try to run 5K's more often to keep working on moving my feet more quickly. I was pretty excited to finish in just over 8 minutes per mile pace. Deb finished 2nd in her age group and I finished 3rd. It was fun to win a prize for our running ability/efforts. She got a $5 gift certificate to the local running store and I got a St. Ben's T-shirt. Here is my race shirt and my prize shirt. In the past, the shirts were tech fabric. These were cotton, but very nice. I like the little bit of glitter. As always, the race offered free hot cocoa afterwards. Deb and I may have had more than one cup each. Yum!
To follow up from last week, on Sunday, we did do a long run out to the holiday lights and they were on! The long run was a pleasant follow-up to the race on Saturday and the lights were worth the wait. Deb and I agreed that there are definitely more lights out there this year. Happy running! Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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