Giving Thanks 5k

That was kind of a depressing post for such a fun disco funk type song.  I thought I'd talk about the Giving Thanks 5k, which my wife and I did with some other friends this past Thanksgiving.  The major advantage is that it's not the Turkey Day 5k, which is the big one in Minneapolis.  We've done that one before and there are just way too many people there.  You can barely walk anywhere in the Target Center for registration and you can barely walk on the course. 

The Giving Thanks 5k is way less crowded and it's in Como Park.  And you can actually park close by.  Wow.  It was very very cold though and registration's outside.  They did provide hot water and hot chocolate which was nice.  And this wasn't generic brand hot chocolate either; you had your choice of Land o Lakes, which I think is pretty good.  

The course goes around Lake Como twice.  It's kind of disappointing when you approach the finish line for the first time, but you have to keep going another lap.  I guess there wasn't anything really entertaining during the run (This isn't the Blubber Run, where you're served beer), but my friend who's in theater gave me tips on my headshot (black and white) and my actor's resume (people put down all sorts of random "skills") so that was useful. 

After the run's over, no one really wanted to hang out since it was freezing and some people had cooking to do.  But we did get some of the snacks afterward.  They had Snickers Marathon bars, which are good, but I'm just going to guess aren't super-healthy.  They also had packets of "dried plums".  According to wikipedia, they're marketing prunes as "dried plums" now in an effort to reach a younger audience.  That seems kind of silly and these particular dried plums kind of sucked to eat because there was a syrup or something and your fingers get all sticky and gross.  And more trivia, prune juice is made from reconstituted and pureed prunes.  If that's the case, what does plum juice taste like?