{"id":649,"date":"2008-11-28T06:07:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2008-11-28T06:07:34","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T11:07:34","slug":"pass-the-smoked-turkey-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"Pass the smoked turkey, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mel and I hit the road again this year to participate in the YMCA 5K Turkey Trot!   We&#8217;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&#8217;s Lounge has taken precedence and running on a late night out can&#8217;t be fun. We do it for fun and have never &#8220;trained&#8221; 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!!<\/p>\n<p>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, &#8220;Runner coming through!&#8221;  He even veered off course to chat with bystanders and played a practical joke on the Mayor, as we ran by his house.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008%20III.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008%20III.html','popup','width=1380,height=1035,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey Trot 2008 III-thumb-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Turkey Trot 2008 III.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\nKerri:  32:55                   Mel:  42:24<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008%20II.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008%20II.html','popup','width=1369,height=1104,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey Trot 2008 II-thumb-300x241.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" alt=\"Turkey Trot 2008 II.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\nI finished before Mel so I was able to catch him running just before the finish line!  Go Mel!<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey%20Trot%202008.html','popup','width=1182,height=1522,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/Turkey Trot 2008-thumb-300x386.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"386\" alt=\"Turkey Trot 2008.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel and I hit the road again this year to participate in the YMCA 5K Turkey Trot! We&#8217;ve missed the past couple of years because of: A) laziness and B) My pregnancy, not a great reason, but a reason nonetheless. 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