March 1, 2008

Knocked out McLean County today at the Miller Park Zoo 5K. It was a nice little race and a beautifully cool day for running. The park is in an older part of town and the Civil War memorial at the park was worth the trip. The shirts were nice and they had about a billion volunteers.

I think the Lake Bloom 12K is the "signature" race for McLean County and I try to do either signature races or longer races in a county. However, in this case, I just didn't want to wait to add another county and there aren't a lot of races this early, so I settled on the Miller Park Race.

Although I didn't have a great race, I'm tired of the 5ks. You just don't see much of the place you are running. To run a race in every county, I'll probably have to many more 5Ks, but I would like my average distance to be over a 10K. Of the 13 counties I've run in, I have races of a full marathon, a half, three ten milers, two 5Ks and the rest 10ks.

Next week, the plan is the Delavan Frostbite Classic Half Marathon in Tazewell County. I'm not sure I'm ready for a half yet this year but we'll see.