"This was my first time running the Ridgewood Run, which my fiance and I completed together on Memorial Day 2015. It was a beautiful day for a run, with a gently sloping course that was very pleasant to jog. Tons of families out, both running and cheering along the sidelines. Some

very fun even in the extremely hard to move in beach sand and mud. Also the swamp was very pretty to run a long in the fog.

This was my third year running the Chicago Marathon and its still by far the event I look forward to the most each years.
As a resident of Chicago, I always feel like the event is just a giant tour of my city. As much as I hate running near the