#8 - Reggae Run

Twenty years ago, Maria Olberding was a 27-year-old training for the Boston Marathon.  She was brutally murdered as she jogged through her Hyde Park neighborhood.  Shorty after her death, in an effort to mitigate their grief, her family created an event that combined Maria's love of running and reggae music and called it "Reggae Run".  

Held annually for the past two decades on the first weekend in October, this year's event was held for the first time in Eden Park.  The walk starts near Sawyer Point, circles around the baseball stadium, back to Sawyer Point and climbs the hill into Mount Adams, ending in Eden Park.  

The walk was hot, muggy and sticky.  As we approached the end of the race, it started to drizzle.  Seriously, it was gross.

However, once inside Eden Park, the party begins.  An array of food (sub sandwiches, cake, hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, metts, goetta, pie, cupcakes, pizza, chili, jambalaya, bagels, taco salad, fruit and cheese) and of course, beer and wine.

The Ark Band provided the music under the covered Seasongood Pavilion.  

In time we made it through the food booths and up to the Pavilion.  Did I mention that it was raining?  Not a light drizzle,  at this point, mind you.  It's a downpour.  Gallons of water.  We sought refuge under a tree.  It didn't help at all.  So we drank wine, listened to reggae and danced in the rain.

Some people feel the rain.  Others just get wet.  -Bob Marley

Thank you to the Olberding family who put on a great race and party.  

I am making plans to attend the party next year.  Who's in??