Event: Striders 10th Annual Christmas Lights Run

Location: Tanglewood

Distance: 3.5 mi

Time: 41:15

Avg Pace: 11:45

Avg HR: 166

Temp: 52

Just before 7pm, I arrived at the Cafe Express in Uptown Park for my first Strider’s Christmas Lights Run. The event was an easy, social jog through Tanglewood to look at the Xmas lights. I invited Suzanne, and about 30(?) Striders showed up. But, I was the only one in holiday garb - I had a tinsel scarf, reindeer antlers that light up and play music, and a blinking Rudolph nose.

Despite xeroxed maps and numerous Garmins among us, we got lost. But the run was pretty leisurely and took us along streets with the most decorated houses. The best was a house at the corner of Rocky Road and Longmont. Almost every inch was covered in lights, huge streamers of lights and snowflakes hanging from trees and the best was the flashing landing strip for Santa’s sleigh.