So decided that I needed to run at least one more race this year. There’s a pretty casual 5k and long run called the Jackson Run… for this race you run from one Doctor’s house to another. I ran the 4.5 mile (the long run) race in 33:?? minutes. It was the first long race I’ve ever competed in. I missed the seconds and there was no official posting of time since it was a casual race. I placed first in women and 5th overall in the long run. The whole point of this post isn’t really the running… it’s what the prize was. Someone baked bread for the top prizes. I couldn’t help but think that homemade bread was the best prize I’ve seen at a race. Bread is so much different from a plastic trophy– you can eat it and it doesn’t collect dust. It makes perfect sense. Now if we can only get someone to bake some chocolate chip cookies.
© 2008 Beatrice
