Monday, November 28, 2016

Turkey Trot 2016

It's my tradition to run the Cocoa Beach Turkey Trot every Thanksgiving morning! Ever since we moved to Cocoa Beach in 2011 I've run this race.


This year I was a pilgrim wearing the turkey hat. Now why did I wear the turkey hat you say? Well I've worn that hat in the last 5 races so why change tradition. 


This year I haven't run much. Like not at all. The last time I ran anything over 2 miles was back in September. Oops 

I have run a lot of 5k's. I don't normally get nervous, but I was that morning. 


The plan was to go slow and maintain a steady pace. I didn't know if I could run the entire race without walk breaks or not. This was my test "run" for the Space Coast Half Marathon on Sunday. Pun intended! 

I was surprised, I ran the entire race! No walk breaks! Now this wasn't my best time, but hey I haven't run in a long time. 

First mile was 11:10
Second mile was 10:28
Third mile was 10:48

I was very happy with my finish time of 33:55. 

Finish line photo!
In 2017 I plan on getting back to running regularly. 

Do you run a Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving?