Turkey Trot Success

My, how much can change in a year.  Last year at the Granville Turkey Trot, I busted my rear in hopes of clocking my first ever sub 30 minute 5K. I reached my goal in 2010 - I crossed the finish line in 28:07 - my first ever sub 30.  But damn did I give it everything I had.

This year, I ran the Granville Turkey Trot again.  Yet this year, I ran it with friends.  We chose to run together and well, trot.  We started near the middle of the pack and weaved our way through in a sometimes snake like fashion.  We joked, laughed, chatted, and all around had a good time.  About a half mile or so from the finish, J pointed out that if we picked up the pace a bit we could still finish sub 30.  Really?  Just a fun run with friends and we were on track for last year's goal??  Awesome.  Three of us picked up the pace (and yes, that last chunk was a tad uncomfortable), but we crossed the finish line in 28:55 - only 42 seconds slower than last year.  And that was with the first 2.5 miles at a casual chit chat pace.  Freakin awesome.

Unfortunately, it had little effect to knock out the tens of thousands of calories consumed over the next several days, but it was a good start.  Now, back to the grind!!!!!  (I did attend a "holiday detox yoga" class on Sunday to help move along the process - it's a start!!!!)

J, TJ, J, S and Me

Granville Turkey Trotters!