A few that I know of did a Turkey Trot this weekend. Patti Miller is running pain-free for the first time in nearly a year. She decided to test things out at the Ridgewood Turkey Trot 8k on Thanksgiving morning. This race drew a crowd of nearly 2,000 runners! Patti ran in the non-competitive division with friends. The most important thing for Patti, is the race was pain free! I think it is time for Patti to go from "flying turkeys" to "flying pigs!"On a more competitive front, Derek Hurdle ran in the Gold's Gym Turkey Derby 5k in Virginia. With multiple marathons under his belt, it might surprise you that this was Derek's first 5k. As Derek said, it is a different kind of running doing a 5k, and he felt like he might throw his lungs up after the race. He finished 9th overall out of 205 finishers with a time of 19:15. Very impressive performance for a 5k debut.
If anyone else ran a race over the holiday, let me know.
mikah, debi, and i did the atlanta half. mikah was not trained to the point he wanted to be so he ran with his old pop. we finished in 1:54 and change. debi was trying out her broken toe for the first time. it gave her no trouble for which she was very thankful, but her time was her slowest ever at about 2:30. she was still pumped that she did it.
ReplyDeletealso, i forgot to tell you that on nov. 8 mikah and i did a trail 11k in greenville, south carolina called the paris mountain 11k. yes it was a mountain, a small one but a mountain nonetheless, not a bump like medoc. there was a lengthy section where nearly everyone walked, even the leaders. there were about 150 runners and mikah finished 4th! he was awesome. i was thrilled with my race but i was about 11 minutes behind him in the top third of the pack. it was great fun. wish we had more trails. i love trails!
debi and i may be at medoc saturday.
brent
Yeah Patti!!!! Glad you are pain free!!! Great job also to everyone else who ran, I just ate!!!
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