5ks for Clara - Arizona

It has been about 10 months since our last 5K for Clara so we were very happy to go to Arizona this weekend for state number 10!! Not only was I happy to leave Denver’s freezing temperatures and snow, I was thrilled that my longtime friend, Vanessa, and her boys wanted to run with us! Vanessa and her family knew Clara when she just was a little girl in Copperas Cove, Texas. They were always so kind and sweet to her. We were so grateful they wanted to remember her by running with us. Our 5K was called the Move and Groove at the Zoo. It was such a fun experience to run through the Phoenix Zoo! The temperature was perfect with it being a cool 60 degrees. The zoo lights were still up from Christmas and there were a few animals that were present. Besides the Colder Bolder here in Colorado, this race now takes second place for the most well-attended with 2500 people. It was a quick, but memorable weekend in Arizona, as we also squeezed in the Grand Canyon, a wa...