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I'll take 3rd

I found an email in my inbox last night from the Clean Air Council. It was titled Congrats Run for Clean Air Winners!! I was confused it was saying congrats for placing in your age group over the weekend and telling me to come grab a medal.
On Saturday after the race was done I went over to the race result tent and looked up my Bib number and it said I was 6th in my age group. However they had my age group at 30-39 when it really was only 30-34!! What a pleasant surprise. Winning feels good even if its 3rd place. I love running. Its so funny to me still because not too many years ago I had no desire to ever run and now here I am planning trips out of state just to run.


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