Run for the Wild!

Saturday morning, bright and early, about 5000 runners headed to the Bronx Zoo for the Run for the Wild. Last year, it was a little chaotic, but this year, was very organized and SUPER FUN!!! Not as much awesome swag this year, but I had really good company. It became clear early on that this was not a run we would be running for any sort of amazing time. The course was pretty full and we couldn’t go very fast. That and the animals. The animals were VERY active this year. Last time I remember them sleeping all day. Maybe the cooler weather made them a little more active, I’m not sure, but they were up and DOING THINGS. Exciting things. So we had to stop and watch the African wild dogs dig a hole. And the giraffes run, which is very amusing. But eventually, we made it to the end. Jaclyn and I did a victory dance, then we spent the morning at the zoo. We saw tigers, snow leopards, and a polar bear. And they were actually out doing stuff too, like one snow leopard tried to pounce on the other, then got schooled. I’m going to guess that was the mama snow leopard. And of course, we had to stop by and see the lions. After all, we did run to raise money for lion conservation. They seemed grateful.

Now that this is over, I actually have to ramp up my training and start running more than 20 minutes. I’m getting nervous. I decided that I actually prefer running in the morning. I feel good the rest of the day when I get up early and get it out of the way. The only thing I don’t feel good about is getting up early. So I tend to sleep in a little and shorten my run. Not good. I’m going to try to get up early tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes.