The Great Pumpkin Run 5K

A Halloween themed run, through a pumpkin patch, and ending with a race through a corn maze! It sounded fun, but we didnt sign up in advance. The night before the race, I looked up the address online and it was a full 2 hours from home, and started at 615 AM. I guess it was going to be an early morning.

What we didnt expect, was that the temperature would go from summer to winter in one day! The day before the race, it was almost 90 degrees. The morning of the race, it was a brisk 44 degrees at the starting gun. We were under dressed and COLD.

The race was another cross country style race, an area we are certainly deficient in. We zigged and zagged back and forth through the pumpkin patch, making sharp turns, jumping over dead and broken pumpkin, and running in tire tracks. We looked back about half way through the course and the field looked really cool. Lines of runners going back and forth...and for the first time ever, we were towards the front.

We got into the corn maze and Matt took off, bouncing off the walls of corn to his advantage and not missing a step going over the planting rows. I stumbled a few times, hit the corn once or twice, and was relieved when I got out of the maze and saw the finish line. We both PR'd at this race, by large amounts.

The best part of the day was picking pumpkins after the race. We picked four different pumpkins, walked through the little crafter's market, then went to the mall. Overall, a great (and cold) day!