Turkey Run

• Distance: 4 Miles
• Place: 6th
• Time: 21:43 (5:26 per mile)

This race has become a family favorite tradition, being our 4th year in a row participating. It was the first year we had bad weather too! And there was a ton of snow. I warmed up by running from the house to the race and by the time I got there, my jacket was getting pretty wet.

I went into this race with a bad hip. I went to the chiropractor several times and couldn't get it fixed. It's been hurting a lot for the last 3-4 weeks now. [EDIT]: I went through 12 weeks of deep tissue massage and Structural Integration and my hip got better!

I wasn't running much leading up to this race due to my hip troubles, so I was very happy with the results. I just took it calm and steady. Turned out to go very well and just as I had thought I could do.

Race Start

Halfway

Post Race

After the race, the kids got hot cocoa and played in the gym while I cooled down. It started snowing so much that by the time I was done with my 20-minute cooldown, my jacket was covered in a quarter inch of icy snow!

We had some fun together :)

Funny thing is, I didn't get a turkey this year. I would have by my place, but I wasn't in the results. I think I messed things up by running through their finish line while warming up. I think it wiped my chip number as if I'd already completed a race. We didn't want to wait another hour to work it out at the awards ceremony so we went home and started on making our Thanksgiving dinner. But we sure had fun overall!

Strava Race Results

I use my Garmin watch to track my races and then they get uploaded to Strava for sharing.