Turkey Trot

I ran my first every Turkey Trot ever last week. . . the Philip J Whein 5K Turkey Chase in Clinton, Mass. What a fabulously organized race. The detail officers cheered on the kids participating and some of the locals were out to cheer on those they knew in town running. It was also quite a challenging course with 300+ ft of elevation changes down then up, then down, then up again. I think my shin and calf muscles have finally recovered today. Sadly, I can't say the same for my pace 8:40 for the first mile then 10:45 for the uphill second mile, recovering to 9:38 for the final mile. Since my goal was to run Half Marathon Pace of 9:10 or under, I fell short but it was still a great experience. After the race you could tear off the bottom of you bib number for a chance to win a number of fabulous prizes . . .Wachusett 12 packs, BC basketball tickets, pies, etc. Winners for both the under 21 and 21 racers. A race I'm looking forward to next year.

Next race report will be after the Jingle Bell Run next month. For that race, I'm to run all out as it'll be used to calculate my paces for the rest of my training runs this season. I'm approaching the next 3 weeks as a mini training cycle to perform well there. It certainly won't be a PR since I ran in the low 7s in High School, but I'm hoping for a 26 minute race.

On the DFMC inspiration side, there have been some recent family developments that add fuel to my fire to kick cancer's a*s this season. It is my 6th season with DFMC and unfortunately the list of people I run in honor of and in memory of continues to grow. More on that in my next post. Until then, I hope everyone thoroughly appreciated quality time with your loved ones this past holiday season those times are priceless and irreplaceable.