The family did this race last year as well, so it was fun to do the same one again! This time we got EVERYONE involved! We even made the most adorable turkey shirts so we would all match. A lot of people loved them and we would yell "turkey power" every time we saw each other on the road! We really like doing this race since a lot of the money raised goes to Hospice in McHenry County <--they are amazing!!
Thanksgiving was FREEEEEZING! Luckily they changed check-in to be in the high school so everyone didn't have to stand outside (that would've sucked). Drew was planning on pushing Dylan in the stroller for the race - Dyl even had his own bib and everything - but it was miserably cold and Dylan was sobbing so they took a nap in the super warm van while we ran :) We had me, Genna & Steve (and his sister), Shelly & Ryan, Mom & Dad (he did great, he even jogged a little but his chip didn't work). Sammi was super sick so she couldn't come :( I had an awesome race!! I felt great! Genna & I ran together for almost the whole race. I didn't think there was ANY chance that I would place in my age group since there are SO many people that run the race, but I got second place! I actually really like this race because it is super boring, you run 1.55 miles and then turn around and run back - BUT I love seeing all the people that are ahead of me come back around! The girl that beat me in my age group beat me by only one second!! (It was chip timed so obviously she started way in front of me otherwise I would've beat her haha!) Results below:
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Amy & I really wanted to do a trail race together before the year ended, so we signed up for this random race that we found online. It was called the Clear Water Outdoor Turkey Trot at Big Foot Beach State Park, WI. There were two options, 5k or 10k so obviously we signed up for the 10k because we are nuts! We had a huge work party the night before so we were struggling to say the least :)
We got to watch the 5k before we ran (there was a crazy dude who ran without shoes). It was a fun race, we ran nice and easy and talked the whole way. It was super snowy and icy, REALLY hard for me with my shoes. I realized that those shoes are NOT ideal for running in wet conditions OR on the trails. It was SO cold! We had to strip about halfway through because we were hot hot hot & the food afterwards was amazing! So many choices! :) Results:
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