It has been a while since I’ve been nearing the end of the month and I still had an open slot in the blog quota. Luckily I still have plenty of fodder to pull from. Probably need to start considering processing more images from the backlog. My Texas queue is starting to run thin (imagine that). In the meantime, thought I would continue to show consideration for the non-birders out there and follow up my last running post with the companion piece. As mentioned in that last post, the Illinois Marathon has options for a two run event – the Friday night 5K (from last post) and the following Saturday morning run. You can choose your poison on the second run. I tackled the full marathon a few years back (felt that one for sure), but they have a 10K and a half to round out the options. My poison this year was the I-Challenge Half.
This year, the race coordinators introduced the long sleeve tech shirt. Definitely more appropriate seeing as how this race is always wet and cold. Not sure I am a fan of the logo or the color this year, however, the medals are OUTSTANDING. Not only are they solid/heavy, they are always very artistic. Think this was the 10th anniversary of this race.
Hit the jump to get the highlights of the event.
