Turkey Day 2009, Va Beach

My Dad's fiance Esther, offered to register me to run in the 2009 Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 10k (6.2mi). Obviously, I signed up for it. Getting up early and running in a traffic jam of people for an hour was a new and exciting experience. It was a good way to make an excuse for gorging one's self on Turkey later on. For my first race ever, it was a lot of fun. I will definitely race again and even try a 20k next time.

It is kind of hard to see, but that is Esther and I approaching the finish line. We kept up a good pace with a stop here and there. I've learned that if you are critical of the pictures taken of yourself, then do not ever have a picture taken when you are running. It will never look good.

The weather was almost perfect for me and there was even a little sun out when we were running the course. We finished the race in pretty good shape. I did a lot better then I thought I would. I figured I would be walking in the breakdown lane for half the race due to dehydration, leg cramps or some other indicator of being out-of-shape. Granted I was almost dead last in my age group, I see it as a challenge for next time.

A few hours later, for Thanksgiving dinner we all met up with my Grandmother and had a really nice dinner. The menu was designed as an a la carte so on my plate is basically one of everything, including some king crab legs. And of course that was only round one. After dinner and a nap on Grandma's couch, my Dad and I made it back home for some football and pecan pie. I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving too! I miss all of ya.
Steve