I love running in early fall. The evenings are cooler, the leaves are just now starting to change, and the fallen ones crackle under my feet. The sweet smell of corn is still in the air along with hints of bonfire smoke. It is such a glorious time of year to be out in nature. Even running in the evenings aren't so bad when I have this kind of overload of the senses to fill me up.

Run the Jug 5k race report:



I won my age group and came in second overall for the women. My time was not great, 23:48. However, I gave up my goal of breaking 23:00 this year awhile ago, so I can be happy with this result. I am still having a hard time swallowing that fact that my best 5k time was at my first 5k of the season~ that's not the way it's supposed to work!

Thank goodness I am done with 5k's for now. I have a 10k to look forward to in a week, and maybe I will be lucky enough to find some longer races over the winter. I love the longer races where I can really relax into the distance and get to benefit from some of that "runner's high" that is nonexistent in a 5k.