It’s always nice when you don’t have to travel too far to do a 5k!

The Bridgewater 4th of July Committee put on the Bridgewater Independence 5k this morning to help raise funds for next year’s 4th of July festivities. The race started and ended in front of the historic Boyden Hall on the Bridgewater State University campus. The race took runners through a good portion of the BSU campus and the notorious Great Hill located on campus. I ran pushing the jogging stroller this morning with 3-year-old in tow and it is definitely much easier to get up Great Hill free of pushing but my daughter and I spent some good time together and I wouldn’t trade that in for a few seconds of pace.

I finished today’s race with a time good enough for third place in my age division with a time of 25:52 or 8:32/miles. Taking home a medal and pushing a stroller, all in all a very good race!