“Do y’all want to run the St Pat’s 5k in Brawley with us?”
That was the text we received from the missionaries last night. We hadn’t heard about a 5k race in Brawley, and a couple of web searches came up short. It turned out it was simply the missionaries looking for something fun to do to celebrate St Patrick’s Day (which also happened to be P-day, so they had some time off). We’re fun, and we run, so we agreed and drove up this morning.
The sisters were decked out in full St Pat’s gear!
There’s a nice track at Cattle Call Park, and we think it’s about a mile around, so we agreed to all run three laps (5 kilometers = 3.1 miles). Off we went.
It was a nice morning: cloudy skies kept it from getting too hot, so it was pleasant for running. We did our laps and celebrated at the end with little rubber-ducky trophies that Pepper and I made this morning.
Here’s our little group of champion runners:
We joked about making this an annual tradition, but of course none of us will be here next year, so I guess this was the one and only…