Last year I crossed this off my ‘bucket lust’ but doing a repeat in 2025 was nice. This year the weather was not quite as cold. Adrienne said it was perfect weather for running. FYI – I was walking, she was running. 🙂
Southern Hill Farms was the locale of choice, less than 15 minutes’ drive. We had a little fog as we were driving up, but it quickly burnt off.
Had a little time to kill after picking up our bibs and walked around their market. Cute use for empty propane tanks,
Quick photo before getting lined up, all neat and pretty.
It’s time to get queued up. Needless to say, Adrienne was up near the front with the ‘runners’ while I was somewhere in the middle with the ‘walkers/joggers’.
Horns sounded and we headed out.
This was a working farm and the route was only partially on a paved area. Last year my shoes got quite dirty along the route.
And finally the third mile.
I can see the finish line……………..yep, most of us are walking and the crowds thinned out quite a bit. Ha!
Made it! Kind of proud of my time, since I didn’t ‘train’ for it. Run time was 49:01.9, and placed 21 out of 38 for my age group. I’m happy.
A bit sweaty, but found Adrienne easily enough. Had to have the cider donut before leaving.
All said and done – a good morning. Now to eat some real food after waking Eric up.
Ginny
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