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D and I decided to get in one final run of the year, and one last one on the last day in her age division. The Eggnog Jog 5k winds through Mt Adams and Eden Park and is a scenic, but really hilly course. For four days before Christmas the temperature was awesome, reaching 60, but there was a steady rain all day. Given the rain, the hills, and an IT band that isn’t well stretched this season, it wasn’t a great pace, but a fun run anyway. Plus, the post race party was at a Mt Adams bar with free beer and eggnog!

As part of a early birthday weekend, D and I headed over to Indy for some Hoo Hoo Hoo’s and Ho Ho Ho’s. Saturday was a double header between IU versus ND and then Butler versus Purdue. Unfortunately, as is typical when I buy tickets, the Hoosiers lost pretty badly. But at least we tried to wash the loss down with lots of sushi and martinis.

On Sunday we ran the Santa Hustle 5k. It’s a crazy winter race where everyone’s race tee looks like a Santa coat and everyone gets a beard and Santa hat. It was bitter cold, maybe 20 by the thermometer, but the course runs beside a canal that was frozen and the winds coming across that were rough. It was also a really packed race since the course was actually wide sidewalks and not streets. And worse, we ended up in a coral further back, and probably passed 500 people along the way. There were definitely moments of light jogging while weaving for a passing lane. In conditions like that, D and I couldn’t expect to lay down a great pace, but the sight was really awesome, over 1600 Santas on the run. Plus they had candy and cookie stations in addition to water!