I changed my blog design again. I was browsing through and found this red and blue one and thought it would be perfect. As basketball season is getting into full swing, I thought I should use my blog to show support for the Jayhawks! I also thought I'd share about the event I went to back in October. It was called Ladies Night Out with Bill Self and the proceeds went to breast cancer research. Not only was it a cause that is near and dear to me, but I got to meet Coach Bill Self, the assistant coaches and the players. It really was a great night and I think all the ladies who attended had an amazing time! It is definitely an event I will try my best to attend every year!
We also got a tour of Allen Fieldhouse and all the basketball facilities from Bill's office to the locker room. I could make this a really long post, but I thought I'd share a few pictures from the evening instead of talking too much about it. The pictures speak for themselves anyway.
Here I am with Baby Jay
National Championship Banners in the Fieldhouse
Me with Josh Selby - so glad he is eligible to play now!
I thought this one was great! This is Jeff Withey and you can see how tall he is. I'm not short by any means (5'9"), and his jersey is like a dress on me! And his wingspan is really long!
Me with Coach Self
It was a great event and they raised about $40,000 for breast cancer research, which is amazing! Rock Chalk Jayhawk! Go KU!
This was the view out of my sunroof (when I was parked of course) and it was so beautiful outside!
Here is a view of the Campanile. The following pictures are from my cell phone, so they aren't the greatest quality. And I did stop running for a few seconds while taking these, but I wanted to at least capture this run with a few pictures and share them with you! I enjoyed being out in the nice weather and being on campus again.
I walked these sidewalks more times than I could ever remember while in college and it was so great to be back on them again running. It was around 5:30, so there were still lots of people out and about and I had to be careful when crossing the streets with all the traffic. But people driving on campus are used to always yielding to pedestrians, so it was no trouble.
Below is Fraser Hall. If you go to the top of this building, you are at the highest place (in a building) in Kansas. I am not quite sure if that is still the case after they built the Oread Hotel on campus, but at least while I was in school it was. And I had a few classes in Fraser and went to the very top floor to look out the windows a couple times. It was pretty neat!
And below is something new that I hadn't seen before. I did stop to read the plaque in front of it. I can't remember all the details because I skimmed over it, but some artist creates these all over the country. It should be there about 2 years before the tree branches decay and they have to haul it off. It was too neat not to take a picture of it!
And I had to capture one of the many STEEP hills leading to campus. This picture doesn't even really catch how steep it is. I didn't make it running all the way up and even while walking (hiking) up it, I was breathing harder than I do when I run! I had already went down this exact hill and was coming back up when I took this picture. While going down, I couldn't even run fast (make up some time) because I thought I was going to slip from it being so steep and there being sand all over the sidewalk from all the snow we had! Challenging, but different scenery and route for me today!
University of Kansas sign by the Student Union as you're entering campus.
And below, the best place on campus - ALLEN FIELDHOUSE, home of the KANSAS JAYHAWKS! After some challenging hills, some awesome weather, seeing many people, and having time to think back on the time I spent here, I had the most fun 6 miles I've had in a long time! I thoroughly enjoyed this run with it being a change of scenery and the scenery being a place that I hold very dear to my heart! ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!
