RUN. LIVE. LEARN.

The 20th annual RUN. LIVE. LEARN. event (formerly known as the Spring Wellness Festival) is coming up at SCC on Saturday, April 28. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a bunch of family-friendly events focused on health and wellness, including a 10K, 5K, Fun Run and a Health and Wellness Expo. Plus there's a ton of free food and giveaways. So whether you're a runner, walker and/or health enthusiast, there is something for everyone.

I'm on the committee that plans this event every year, and I asked my fellow committee member, Brad Kretzer, who works in the SCC Bookstore, to tell me why he's been running in the 10K race for the past six years in a row.

So here are his top six reasons for running in the 10K at SCC year after year:

1. The camaraderie of the SCC faculty, staff and other runners during the run.
2. The always-challenging course highlighted this year by the addition of a chip-timing system.
3. The number of race marshals stationed along the route to provide adequate safety for all the runners.
4. The competiveness of the lead runners.
5. The collection of delectable eats and drinks provided after the race.
6. The cool race swag featuring a custom designed shirt that becomes more unique each year.

Have you run in our 10K before? What do you like about it? What do you like about running in general?

Unfortunately I haven't been able to participate in the event before, because I am in charge of the volunteers (and I'm also the escort for the mascot, Scooter McCougar), but even if I could, I've been out of the running game for a while now, so I'd probably do the 5K and walk most of it. :)

But there are probably two main reasons why I would do it:

1. T-shirt.
2. Free food.

The T-shirts this year are dry-tec and they come in men's and women's sizes:

And we'll have a ton of free food at the finish line for all the runners, including free chicken sandwiches from one of my favorite places, Chick-fil-A, smoothies from Smoothie King and samples from Qdoba! What's not to love?

I think between Brad and I, we've given you enough reasons to come out and join us on April 28! So sign up at stchas.edu/run and we'll see you there!