Pass the smoked turkey, please!
Mel and I hit the road again this year to participate in the YMCA 5K Turkey Trot! We’ve missed the past couple of years because of: A) laziness and B) My pregnancy, not a great reason, but a reason nonetheless. In years past, my entire family braved the cold winter morning to run, however, now that they are all 21, Mac’s Lounge has taken precedence and running on a late night out can’t be fun. We do it for fun and have never “trained” for it at all, still, I smoked Mel this year. Our times this year are nothing to brag about, but the fact that we got up on a Thanksgiving morning, ran 3 miles in the freezing cold and actually finished, it is a feat in itself!!
We always have lots of fun because so many of our friends and neighbors also run. It is more of a social event for Mel, of course. I could hear him behind me chatting away and yelling, “Runner coming through!” He even veered off course to chat with bystanders and played a practical joke on the Mayor, as we ran by his house.
2 Comments
sissy on December 1st, 2008
Way to go!! and for the records – a 5K is 3.1 miles – every little bit counts. I may come join you next year – we’ll get the others out there.
casey haarlow on November 28th, 2008
You make us lazy folks look bad! I need to run after all the food I ate yesterday!
Casey