When we signed up for the Firefly 5K a few months ago, I sort of forgot it was our anniversary. Not only that, our 10th anniversary. But it seemed like a fun thing to do with some friends and when the neurons finally fired and we connected the two, we weren’t upset. It sounded like a fun thing to do with a bunch of friends. We’re not really super INTO anniversaries (ignore that sentence when I post about our pending anniversary trip, hopefully next week) anyhow.
The Firefly 5K is basically just a 5K in the dark. They issue blinking reflective bands along with your standard issue race t’shirt and at the end you get a glow-in-the-dark bracelet (livestrong style).
Of course there were plenty of folks who blinged themselves out big-time. Costumes, LEDs, and lots and lots of glowsticks. They were our decor of choice as well.
Of course for us it was mainly an opportunity to run a fun race with some fun friends. It was a good group and we would have loved to have gone on to party a bit more with the group, but as we hadn’t eaten all day, we opted to head to Sam’s No. 3 to split a burger and by the time we were done and it was time to meet up with the group, Matt, who had worked until way too late every night last week, was done and we headed home. It was a perfect night and a wonderful 10th anniversary.