Turkey Trot
We did it! We did it!
Here is a pictorial history of this morning’s events.
Here is us before the race. Yes, it looks like we have a team uniform but we honestly didn’t shop together.
Getting warmed up with some experimental stretching. You’ll notice our bib numbers are in the 14,000 range. Yes, that’s not a mistake. There were over 30,000 people there.
About to cross the finish line:
And afterward, so proud of ourselves:
The race itself was kind of annoying. There are soooo many people there, which is fine. But there is no separate lane or course for walkers so it was impossible to maintain any sort of pace. We were often trapped behind people ambling along with strollers and dogs. I would have thought that having done this for 40 years the YMCA people would have put a better plan in place. I won’t run this one again but I do want to come back with Jake and Bridget next year and walk it. It was a lot of fun.
I’m so proud of us. We did the thing in 40 minutes, which isn’t bad considering how long it took to get into a spot where we could run at all. If you had told me back in August that I would have done this, I would have laughed at you. But we did it and we plan to do another one, hopefully with less people and with an official time.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Woo Hoo!!! Congratulations on completing your first of many.
Wahoo! I am proud of you
You are beaming!
That’s awesome! I am so proud of you!
Quite impressive indeed! Way to go.
Congrats! That’s really wonderful!
Congrats! That’s awesome. Great pics.
Whohooo!
WOW! You *really* rock the turkey trot!Girl, I love watching you from here and seeing you fly. Big hugs.
Good job! I’ve been reading your journey and am now tempted to try the Couch to 5k program also. Way to be an inpsiration.