The best way to see Christmas lights is by foot.
This gives you a chance to stop and “ooh” and “ah” in front of your favorite homes. It allows you to bask in the warm glow of the twinkle lights. It makes you feel like a kid again. And it makes the miles fly by.
Running at night during the holidays is one of my favorite parts of Christmas. However, this year has been crazy with parties and family in town and wedding things like planning and bridal showers, leaving little time for running at night or any exercise at all. This is a good problem to have and I’m not complaining.
And lucky for me, my running group planned a Christmas light run in advance so I was able to block it off in my calendar.
We chose Baldwin Park for our light run. Well, my group chose… I was pulling for College Park, where I feel people hang their own lights and they’re all a little flawed. That’s okay though… I like perfect lights too.
We set off on our run with no planned mileage. Our only agenda was see as many lights as possible and avoid getting lost (which I manage to do every time I’m in Baldwin Park).
Will run for twinkle lights.
There was a chill in the air and our group was in good cheer. And the lights did not disappoint.
Fave
old school ❤
happy lights
Afterwards we met up with friends that couldn’t make the run at La Bella Luna and spread our good cheer. It was my first time eating there and I was pleasantly surprised. I introduced my friend to the joy that is lasagna pizza (mozzarella, ricotta, sausage and marinara) and their pizza did not disappoint. It was amazing!
Pizza Sausage Lasagna… So. Good.
It was a perfect night full of laughter, twinkly lights and lots of carbs.
I Sweat Pretty 
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