Race to Wrigley 5K

Run to Wrigley started off cold and a little drizzle when we arrived at the start by Wrigley Field. This was a last minute run that I joined, and ran it with the Tortals…Jo, Cristina, Chris and Dinah. We took the train from the north down to Addison and arrived at Wrigley Field around 7:30 with a start of 8:00.

Last year they released everyone at once, but this year they used the assigned corral system. It was much better this year with the crowd, with the corrals the course didn’t seem crowded as it was last year. While we waited we felt the drops of rain and the sun started to hide behind the grey clouds. Of course I gave my jacket to Rick, which I started to regret.

Once we started we ran on Addison going west. We took a right on Ravenswood and then another right on Irving Park. It started to get warm again, which it became the ideal temperature for running. We took a right onto Sheffield and made our way back to the ball field. There were a couple of water/Gatorade stops, which had volunteers that were very energetic.

We entered Wrigley Field by the bleachers entrance and ran along the corridor and exited under the Marquee. We took a left at Addison and made our way toward Sheffield and took a right. We saw Rick on the corner of Sheffield and Addison and we waved while we approached and made the turn. We ran a bit on Sheffield and then took a hairpin turn onto Clark where we saw the Finish Line.

We crossed the finish line and made our way to get our medal. I finished in 46 minutes and 6 seconds. It turned out to be a nice morning and the sun did come out. It was a fun morning and I am glad that I decided at the last minute to run this one.