The Blugold Mile

Nathan and I planning for Best Buddies' involvement

This past week really got me pumped for the Eau Claire marathon! I met with Nathan, one of the coordinators for the Blugold Mile and started to plan out what Triathlon Club and Best Buddies involvement would look like come race day.

For those of you who don’t know, the Blugold Mile is a mile long stretch on the Eau Claire Marathon route where UWEC student organizations line up along the campus portion of the route to cheer people on. Last year was the first year of the Blugold Mile and it was a huge success. Because of what a great success it was, this year it is going to be even bigger! The fact that UW-Eau Claire is able to have such a positive impact on this community event really speaks to the culture that we have here in our city and school. Every time that I experience something in Eau Claire, the great relationship that our school has with the community never ceases to amaze me.

Talking over some ideas with Nathan and Triathlon club 

At our meeting, Nathan proposed the idea of having student orgs. run for different charities to raise money. This sounded like a great idea especially since marathon races are so well known for donating to different organizations. So, I would likely be running the race as a representative from UWEC Best Buddies and racing to raise money for a local Eau Claire organization (not sure which one yet though). The thought of hundreds of UWEC students running and raising money really gets me excited about what this could mean for Eau Claire this year as it is going to have such a positive impact on the city.

J chillin' with Blu. No big deal or anything

Oh! Also, Nathan told me about some pretty exciting things regarding the Marathon route this year that is going to make it extra special. The route was already great, but with some of the changes that have been made to it, the course is gonna be fantastic! But, I can’t spoil the surprise for ya so we’ll just have to wait for the route to come out!

I’ll leave you with that today. It’s beautiful fall weather right now so hopefully we can all find some time to get out and enjoy a nice run, walk, stroll, or whatever floats your boat :)