#1 The City of Statues

Hello Fellow Runners!

Today I took a running field trip out to Waupun, WI, the city of statues.  I know this because one nice summer day, my buddy Leah and I took a drive to Waupun and found all of the statues.  I wanted to return to find them while I go on a running route.  How fun would that be right?

Only thing is, I didn't find any statues.   **sad face**

Kinda sad, but I found some other really awesome things, like my friend Kimmy and her husband Ben---tee hee.

We meet at the Harris Hill County Park.  The park is right off of the main street near a cemetery.  I planned a four mile loop for the three of us that included an adventure through this cemetery.  

                            



We ran and then got a little lost.  Silly me somehow got us turned around and we ended up backtracking instead of making a loop. Below is the route we were supposed to do and the route that we ended up running.

The original:

The actual: (Whoops!)

As you can see...my sense of direction was a little off.  Thankfully Ben got us back to a main drag where I could tell him the wrong way yet again to run!  LOL.  It happens!

I ran 4.3 miles at a 9:41 pace.  I was very happy about that pace.  Kim and Ben are much faster runners than I so it was good to run with them.  It got me out of my comfort zone.  I was also very happy that I could keep up...and probably could have finished another 3 miles with them.  (However I had a hip tightness issue so I didn't want to chance it.)

We had a good time.  We even unplanned to match!  Yay!  Twinning is winning!                              
                         

Our shirts were from the Fox Cities Half Marathon that we ran together last September.

                                          

This is our pic in front of the Water River Trail. Yes...you can canoe through Waupun too!  I'd love to try that one day!  Maybe my friend Zoe will lend me a canoe.

                       

My favorite part of the route was this bridge.  Simple I know, but I'm a sucker for running across a bridge. It was hard to run on it because of all the snow, but still, worth it.

                           

I promise next week my photos will have cooler things.  I know exactly where I am going to go run!