Turkey Trotters Unite!

lovethatcolosun · November 2015

Who's game to kick start the holiday with a walk or a run? I'm jumping into a 5K TT with my family, hoping it will motivate me to start a workout routine of some sort. Who else is planning to do a walk/run on thanksgiving? Please post your pics here too!

Sammy K · November 2015

I haven't decided if I'm going to sign up for an official one or just do 5k that morning on my own. Races are more fun, but if I do it on my own, I can take Thor. He will definitely need the exercise since it's unlikely anyone will be active after eating.

henrytviii · November 2015

I'm in but on my own since I can't find a race. Me and my Garmin will run around in circles together!

alcrimmins · November 2015

We're doing a 5 mile turkey trot. I'm going to wobble until I can gobble! Started training last week. I must say that I am feeling much better about this now thanks I did last week.

aj1327 · November 2015

I'm on my own and will probably mostly walk because I'm just getting back into working out since breaking my foot. I'll be doing it on my own but am in. I'll get DH to take a pic!

47923ang · November 2015

There's a cool turkey trot nearby. It's on trails and it's "somewhere around a 5k." They change the course each year so you don't know how long it is.

You predict your finish time on your entry form. No watches or gps devices allowed.

The "winner" is the person closest to their predicted time.

That said, I'm not going to do it this year because it's about an hour away, can't use the stroller even for walking because of the trails. Maybe next year.

I'll try to get out and do a walk at least, but it'll depend on the weather here. Starting to get cold!!

delujm0 · November 2015

I just did my first two post-pregnancy outdoor runs last week! I've been using the elliptical since about 6 weeks PP, but hadn't had time to actually get outside (ok, i admit, also it's hard to motivate myself to run outside in the heat of the NC summer, but the weather now is perfect).

I did 2.5 miles on Wednesday and was sore a few days afterwards but nothing too terrible, so i upped it to 3.5 miles Sunday. I was slow (I'm always slow, my PR in a Half is a 10:54 split, but this was extra slow, like 11:45-12 minutes/mile) but i didn't stop to walk at all. I can't run during the week very much because i leave for work while it's still dark out and don't finish my night duty with LO until it's dark again (i had Wednesday off last week, so i ran in the afternoon) but hopefully i can run again this Sunday and up it to 4-4.5 miles. My normal non-training routine used to be 3 5-milers a week, so i'd like to get comfortable with 5 miles at a time again, even if i can only do it once a week.

We have no Turkey Trot within a 45 minute drive, but the in-laws will be here for Thanksgiving, so i'm going to leave LO with Nana and run that morning on my own. :-)

JMott22 · November 2015

DH and I are debating signing up for a turkey trot(it's 45 mins away though),if not we will just do our own. I have been running 3 miles every other day(on my off days I walk the dog the same route, he is too old to run). On Sunday's DH runs with me and we take turns with the stroller and I always get my best times, I think more so because he is pushing me. He just told me about about a Jingle Run on base in December that we are hoping to do.

Sammy K · November 2015

I actually ran today! It was a little less than 3 miles and I took a few walk breaks but it's a start. The dog appreciated the walk breaks too.

aj1327 · November 2015

^^ I need to get out there!

henrytviii · November 2015

Found a race. 4 mile trail run on Saturday. I'll still do the 5k on my own Thursday. I'm excited I found a real race though, should be motivating.

Sammy K · November 2015

We did it! I had to take a few walk breaks, but even with walking, we finished in 29:30 and seeing how I haven't been running, I'll take it!

Luckily it didn't start raining here until 11, so it was still nice. It's now 33 and still raining. I hope everyone had a great day!

KaLikeAWind · November 2015

Yay @sammy k! How did everyone else's turkey trots go?

ChardeeMacDennis · November 2015

We were planning on it but skipped because I've been pretty sick. But go go @Sammy K!

lovethatcolosun · November 2015

Yay @Sammy K! We didn't make it to ours. It was 19 degrees and snowing. I opted to drink coffee and hang out with the family. I'm still going to start walking more next week when the weather improves. I also found a baby and mommy yoga classes at the rec center. It's only on Sunday's, but it'll be another way to meet some mommies. Yay!!

alcrimmins · November 2015

Well, my goal was to do the 5 mile race under 60:00. I made it in 57:03!!! I walked part of the substantial 1 mile hill at the beginning, other than that I ran. It rained and then downpoured about .5 mile in and stopped sometime during the bar stop after the race!

JMott22 · November 2015

We did our own turkey trot and I finished right under 32 min! Here's our pic once we got back home!

Edited...I did do a a few walk breaks.

aj1327 · November 2015

I walked close to 3 miles Thanksgiving morning. I tried to jog, but the foot I broke started protesting about a quarter of a mile in, so I slowed it down to a walk. This is a pic after I got home and started making pies with my boy!

henrytviii · November 2015

I ran solo and picked a loop so I'd have to do at least 3 miles. I was out of town and should have looked it up first. It ended up being 5.5, I ran 5 which is probably longer than I've run in a year. Took me 48 minutes and then I walked the last bit home. Real 4 mile trail run tomorrow. The only thing that kept running yesterday was my plan to post the evidence here, so here it is!

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