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 pretty slow since it was crowded (6,000 runners, a record for this race) but eventually it thinned out.

Before I knew it the race was over and I was running full speed down River Street.

Chris finished ahead of me in 25 minutes (if only I could keep up!) and I finished in 27:07 (average of 8:45/mile), which seems to be the time my body likes to finish 5Ks at since I’ve ran two other races in around 27:XX minutes.

I didn’t feel too well at the finish (I think I ran too hard for the last mile, bleh) and decided that I don’t really care for 5Ks much. They are a good time if you are in the fun mindset but for some reason I end up to pushing myself and always end up feeling crappy during the run. I’ll take 13.1, thank you very much. 😉

I found Chris and we headed home to get ready for Thanksgiving!

My mom was cooking dinner at my parents house so Chris joined us this year. 🙂 My grandma, uncle and cousin came too.

(Early) dinner is served!

My along with the turkey, my mom made a delicious butternut squash lasagna that was amazing.

The side that I brought, maple roasted brussells sprouts!

My plate…

I ended up bringing the acorn squash and stuffing home since I got so full and had to save room for dessert. I can’t wait to have that for dinner tonight!

Chris’ plate, he got a turkey leg!

And dessert!

With a special treat from Sticky Fingers’ Gourmet Apples that I picked up on Wednesday. Yum.

We had an amazing Thanksgiving feast!

I’m so lucky to have spent it with my wonderful family and boyfriend. 🙂