2014 was my first year running, and I will be back to defend my title in 2015! This 5k is a fundraiser for scholarship opportunities for law students, and fun time. 2014 brough the "battle of the bar associations" and the course lent itself to a quick, flat race for me. The wind was pretty bad, but I kept a fast enough pace to win my age group, and our bar association took 1st place as well. There was no chip timing, so some strategy is involved. Parking was easy, t-shirts were cotton, but the medals, and team "tiles" were significant, and the buffet????? HELLO??? a BUFFET LUNCH???? Yes, thank you very much!! The course took us around NIU's campus and back through, so it was nostalgic for me. I didn't run it in 2013, but understood the course to be different. If you run, I would definitely give yourself enough time to stay for lunch and awards. And I would start near the front of the pack, and then after you finish, head inside and proceed to the buffet line as quickly as possible to avoid the long line. And grab a beer :)