I did run the Turkey Trot this year, despite being woefully under-prepared for it.
Actually I ran the Kid K AND the Turkey Trot, so extra pie for me!
We headed up around 7:30, were able to easily pick up the packets, and then tool around for a while.
Kids K had better corralling than last year. Zoe did really well!! She ran the whole thing with only one short walk break. It was... muggy. Which meant I was hot.
The good news was that shortly after that finish it started gently raining and cooled me down nicely. The bad news was that the whole adult race was in and out of the rain and my glasses drove me NUTS. Really really need to remember to wear contacts on rainy days.
It was as it always is - Austin is hilly. Really hilly. I never ever remember how evil those hills are. I very very quickly decided to walk up and run the rest, and it worked well for me. By mile 3 though, I was hurting. And for some reason in there I had decided that it was a 10k so I suffered some mental anguish for a while before I realized it was only 5 miles and then I was all excited because I was "almost" done.
Final time: 1:05:18.9 at a pace of 13:04 per mile.
I got cold quickly after finishing, so stopped by Starbucks on the way back to the hotel for a nice warm chai. As always the best way to start off Thanksgiving! (Oh, also need to remember to take Ibuprofen after Turkey Trot. I always forget and my legs always HATE me later because I follow the race with hours sitting in a car.)
P.S. P90X3 Day 3: Agility X. My ass still hurts, and now my shoulder blades hurt. Seriously. The getting up this morning was very very difficult.
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