5K

I briefly mentioned before that I ran a 5K--this was...wow, over a week ago, now! It was the first 5K I ever ran--but it was really fun!

I planned on running the whole race with my friend, Annika, because we usually go for runs together during the week. Although my pace is a little faster than her's, she helps me set a better long-distance pace. The race started, and slowly Annika and I got separated, so I ended up running the whole race alongside another girl, Caity. We pretended we were an amoeba, and as we'd catch up with people we'd be like, "Phagocytosis!" Then they'd join our amoeba and run with us awhile until they got tired, then they left via "exocytosis!" lol. It was great. (yes, I'm a recovering bio nerd, what can I say? =P) It also led to good conversations--one of the girls we engulfed via phagocytosis had actually been an amoeba once in a play! What are the odds of that!?

Sprinting to the finish line

I made pretty good time, finishing at 26:37.

The toga runners sprinting to the end

Dave Williams, our philosophy professor, convinced a group of students to wear togas and discuss philosophy with him as they ran. It was hilarious--and they were actually going along at quite a spritely pace!

Dave and his students

Post-run philosophical debates. 

Group picture!

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