Yesterday I had alot of fun. I ran in two 5K's. The Reindeer Dash was fun. It is a lesser known 5K in SA. It starts at Sam's Burger Joint, goes by the Witte and down through part of Brackenridge Park then back. It was a good run. Too bad I am a horrible morning runner. My hips always cramo when I run in the mornings. So I did about a mile and a half with cramping hips, not so much fun. It was still a fun, relaxing run though. I got a really cute shirt so I'm not complaining. The second 5K was the Austin Trail of Lights at Zilker Park. I went with Shelly since everyone else flaked out on us. People didn't so much flake out but had other things come up. So Shelly and I had a great time running with a thousand or so other people around the park. It was lighted so beautifully. I am a little upset that my camera hoovers at night. I don't know why, but I couldn't take a good picture to save my life. So I have what I like to call "The Blurry Album". I took most of the pictures while I was running and thought it would make for a great memory of the fun times. Some of the pictures turned out to be pretty cool looking. The rest are really just a blur. Too bad more people did not go. It was a great time. Oh, and my hips did not cramp. It was a much better run. We also saw the funniest sight - A Santa Parade. There were so many different Santa's walking down Congress. There was the normal Santa's, the thin, the fat and even the Disco Santa. It was a great sight that you can only find in Austin. Keep Austin Weird! You had to be there. I don't have any good pictures of the Santas so I am posting the pictures that came out okay.
These are the lights on the tunnel as I ran through it.
Shelly and I before the race showing off our goody bags. We got the coolest blinking lights for night running. Now I can run at night in nicer weather and be more visible to those crazy Texas drivers.
Another lighted tunnel. The stars were beautiful.
The giant tree at Zilker Park. Go under the tree and look at the lights. I heard if you spin while under the lights it's really cool. If I did that I would be so sick for the next three days. No seriously, motion sickness is not a good thing with me.
The Christmas tree outside the Capitol Building witha view of Congerss street behind it. I really picked the wrong picture to place here, but I am too lazy to change it up.It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you had a good time running this! I wanted to run it so badly, but thought I would have to work. Turns out I didn't work AND didn't run it. lame!
Glad you enjoyed your two races. My camera doesn't take good night pictures either (actually, it probably does, I just don't know how). These ones look good though. :)
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