The Lodi Library Run is a 5 K race which is held in during with Susie the Duck days in Lodi which is typically the second weekend in August. The race begins and ends at the elementary school (the old high school) on the east side of town, just off Highway 60.

I ran the Library Run for the first time in 1996, but I don’t have a record of my time for either 1996 or 1997. The most memorable race was in 1998. I ran along with then Governor Tommy Thompson. He was running for re-election and a large number of young people in white “Team Tommy” shirts ran with him. In fact one of his campaign commercials features the governor running on the road through the cornfield just before the first water stop on the course.

This is one of my favorite races because it is a small town race for a good cause. It is very well organized and there is only one big hill on the course. It’s in the first mile, but then it’s downhill or pretty flat for the rest of the race.

The course is supposedly a 5 K, though I suspect that it might be slightly short. There were a few years when the course had to be slightly modified due to road construction; this would be back around 2001 or 2002 I think.

Lodi Library Run Results