5K Run at Binder Park Zoo

For some reason or another I decided to do a 5K run at Binder Park Zoo, here in Battle Creek. Do I like running? No, not particularly. But it's good for me and as a member of the Air Force, I really should be in shape. We do love the zoo, so this seemed like a good way to motivate me to get and stay in shape. Did I train much beforehand? Again, no. I did run some, but I never ran more than a couple miles. Should be fun!!!

So, it looked like it was going to be really rainy and maybe even thunder a bit, so I wasn't even sure I'd run today. But we got there and it seemed to settle down a little bit and no thunder.

There were a LOT of people. I thought there would be a few, but not this many people. It was packed! It made it kind of fun though, being such a big event. People all over the place. And a lot of fat out of shape guys and gals like me, so I didn't feel too out of place.

So anyways, the race starts and we get to run all over the zoo, all the way to Wild Africa and back and as much as I am not a fan of running (it's boring), I loved doing this 5K. It was a blast running with every one else through the zoo, seeing all the animals and running through the trails. My goal was simply to run the whole thing withOUT stopping. I wasn't too concerned with time, I just wanted to make it. It was a little tough but I made it! There was a beast of a hill about halfway through that destroyed me, but I managed to gut it out. Luckily there were a few people around me who I kept up with and that helped a lot. There was a lady I was running near that I really wanted to beat, but she crushed me with a sprint at the end. Mean lady.

I loved this run and would do it again in a second. Plus, I got a cool shirt, magnet and bag to take home! Next year I am going to actually try for a good time.