Sooooo I started my Thanksgiving off the best way I could think of, by running! Josh and I packed up the car and drove ten minutes to Shinnston for the annual Turkey Trot 5K! I had to work last Thanksgiving but had run it the year before and it was a pretty fun race with growing popularity each year.
It was cold AGAIN today, same temperature as Sunday actually but today didn’t feel quite as cold and there was snow on the ground! (Not a lot of snow, but I assure you, there was snow.) The race had about 400 people running in it this year, and for the area that’s kind of a lot, so the directors had changed the course since I run it two years ago. The course used to be an out and back on the rail trail, but this year we took it to the streets! The course had chip timing which is always nice but I also ran with my Garmin watch cause I have to know just how far and fast I run! The course was very accurate with my watch which doesn’t happen most of the time. The race started and we ran up a little hill across a bridge and up and down and up and down a few more small hills. Then we turned around and ran down and up and down and up those very same hills, across the bridge and got on the rail trail to finish. Josh finished before I, of course, with a modest 3rd place finish overall! 1st place was running in a tank top and shorts so you knew he meant business… or he was crazy… but he was a runner so maybe a little bit of both? That’s usually how it works. Anyway, I finished 100somethingth and almost PR’d so I was pretty happy considering that I haven’t been able to run since the half on Sunday!
Josh and I after the race! Today started off fun with the race and then I got to hang out with my family which made the day even better! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and thanks for reading!!
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