On Tuesday, September 23, I, along with a couple of my friends, participated in Stockton’s Glow Walk, which involved running, jogging or walking Stockton’s track, lighted only by glow sticks and motivated by loud music. The proceeds, a $5 donation from each participant, would go to various charities and organizations the few fraternities and sororities running the event found suitable. At first glance, my friends and I were excited to receive a glow stick for each lap, which inspired us to want to run as much as we could and end up lit head to toe. However, after eight laps of continuous running (or, in my case, simply attempting to keep up with my cross-country runner of a friend), we found our lack of distance training to be an issue, so we knew it was time to walk it out.

Overall, although it was not a long event, the glow walk was simply a last-minute opportunity my friends and I decided to take. I had known the event was coming up and was interested in participating. My friend, Jen, asked me if I wanted to go with her, and little did I know that the event was that very night. I am glad I accepted and was able to end up donating to a good cause and having a good time on what would have been a typical Tuesday night of endless studying. Sometimes, unexpected plans are the most memorable plans, being that none of us knew what exactly to expect, and I certainly did not know that I would end up running 2 miles that night!