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 kept a steady 9:20 pace for most of the race but couldn’t seem to go any faster. The course is an out and back that goes to north Troy along the river which I thought was nicer than the 5K. We also went over the Green Island bridge which was kind of cool! Reminded me of my usual running route when I was living in Troy.
The wind got pretty brutal during the last mile and I just wanted to be done! 10K completed in 58:52.
This was also the first race shorter than a half marathon where we got medals! Kind of cool!
Now some pictures from today’s thanksgiving feast!
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Shawna
i was signed up for this 10K but totally decided to stay out late salsa dancing the night before…and slept in. no regrets. 🙂 hope you enjoyed it, cold and all.
Mer
It was so cold on Thursday morning! Saw you near the start (I am actually in your picture, wearing the blue jacket and pink ear warmer on the left in your photo), but didn’t go back to say hi. Had a good run and it was my first 10K, but I couldn’t feel my feet for like the first 1.5 miles! So cold going out on the bridge at the start. It was fun though and I loved that we got medals!!