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    Troy Turkey Trot 10K

    Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all had a great day today. I started out my thanksgiving this morning with the Turkey Trot in Troy! It was my third time running this race but the first time doing the 10K. I didn’t really want to leave my apartment this morning to go running in 20mph winds and 23 degrees…but I’ve ran in worse so I had no excuse. Christine and I shivering before the race for started. I did a 2.3 mile warm up before the race to stay warm so once I got running it wasn’t too bad. My only goal for the 10K was to finish under an hour. I…

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    Thanksgiving 2011 – Turkey Trot and a Feast

    I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🙂 Yesterday my Thanksgiving started out pretty good. Chris and I ran in the Troy Turkey Trot, Troy’s local thanksgiving 5K. I ran this race once two years ago and it was my second ever 5K. Good memories. 🙂 It was a little bit chilly at first yesterday but after a one mile warm up around Troy, we were ready to run.     A lot of people were dressed up in costumes, including a bunch of guys dressed up at Christmas presents. It was a pretty cute idea…I have no idea how they ran in those for 3.1 miles. The race started out…