Thanksgiving morning I ran the Bethlehem Turkey Trot for the second year in a row! (Two years makes it a tradition right?) The difference between this year and last was that this year it was FREEZING! Literally, it was about 24 degrees but felt like 8 degrees, especially when you were in the shade. The night before be headed down to the local middle school to pick up the race t-shirts and donate food (the race benefited the local food pantry); the event also had fireworks and even though it had rained/snowed the majority of the day the fireworks went off without a hitch! The next morning we left the house around 8:30 AM and walked down to the middle school for the 9 AM race start. Given how cold it was I made sure to layer up - I wore my longest running tights, a long sleeve compression shirt, workout t-shirt and then another long sleeve running shirt (with thumb holes) as well as a hat and gloves. I also wore a jacket and scarf but Adam held on to that after the start of the race.
Pre-race coldness!
Waiting for the race to the begin; and I found a turkey!
Getting ready to run! Still freezing.
At around 9:10 AM the horn blew and we were off! The 5K race took you on a tour of suburban/old town Delmar; through a lot of residential neighborhoods and then back to the middle school. Overall I felt GREAT running this race! Despite the cold it was a really good race - I kept on track and ran about 10:30/11 minute miles and finished the race in 34 minutes flat! Not too shabby for this being my first race since the summer and the first time I've run a 5K distance in a while (since I've been boot camping instead).
After the trot I walked back to the house and helped Adam prep and cook our Thanksgiving dinner! More on that later!
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