I’d been wanting to do the Kent Pumpkin Run ever since we visited Kent our first or second fall in Connecticut, when we happened to be there and saw the runners come by. Grace and I signed up for it, and only afterward did I find out that it was actually a 5 mile race, not a 5K. I didn’t play it up, and Grace went along with it.

The whole family went up for a beautiful fall day, lots of runners with costumes, and some tasty treats. We did a good job, I think, of pacing ourselves—we didn’t run flat out, but ran slow and steady, walked a bit, and didn’t try to make time. It felt good and the longer we went on, it still felt like we had energy and endurance. Grace did a great job and she had a really strong finish. She even said she’d be ready to move up to a 10k, just another mile or so…

Kent Pumpkin Run | 5M | 10/31/21 | 52:19 | 96/169