The Rudolph Ramble was awesome. Sammi and I slept over at Shelly's apartment in the city the night before (and went out to a party at Bridget's) so we were super tired! Luckily Shelly gave us a ride to the race (it was right by Lincoln Park Zoo). Jenie, Brock and Eric met us at the race. Sammi was our lovely photographer/holder of all of our stuff :) It was really cute, they handed out antlers for everyone to wear during the race (so of course I had to) and Santa was there to take pictures with. It was all for a good cause: Lurie Children's Hospital. They had the cutest "reindeer dash" after the race that the kids all did, I can't wait for Dylan to do that!
I had never done an 8k before, but I loved the distance (it is just under 5 miles). It was my first race running with Eric and I reaaaaally wanted to beat him - and I did (barely). I'm sure it helped that he doesn't really run outside ever, but oh well :) It was a super fast race but I was really happy with how it went. Here were my stats:
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