bavarian blast 10k fun run

This past weekend I went back to my home town of New Ulm, MN, to visit my parents and to go to the Bavarian Blast. The blast is a town festival that brings fest-goers from all over the US. They have bands from Germany and also from the US. There is fair-type food, alot of German foods, from brats, to sauerkraut, to spaetzle. And of course, my favorite place at any fest, the beer garden. :)

To start out my "festing", I ran the 10K on Saturday morning. There was a total 116 participants of the 10K and 2 mile. The run was a great one! We ran on the bike/walk/run trail that runs on the East side of town pretty much the entire length of town. The path is paved and very scenic.

I ran my best time yet for a 10K (this is my 3rd one). I ran it in 53:40, or an 8:38 mile pace. I felt good during the run and after. The complete race results are here.

I thought the race was well-run by Anytime Fitness in New Ulm. We received t-shirts and the bag of goodies included a ticket to Bavarian Blast (worth $8) which was awesome. I ran into two friends of mine from high school, Nicole and Stacy. It was great to catch up with them and run with them!

In the picture, I am the guy in white and sunglasses on the far right between the guy in blue and the guy in red.