Happy Thanksgiving to all. 

Cindy, Your DH works a 24 hour shift,  is he a fire fighter?

3 ez miles for me this morning,  now off to a friends.

Dave

Then DH and I served Thanksgiving dinner at Lambeau Field. Every year they have an outreach dinner for people in the community who are down on their luck or have no one to be with on Thanksgiving. Say what you will about the Packers, I love that they offer up their stadium to do this every year. One of the diners came up to me to thank me for serving him dinner today. It made me cry. I have so much to be thankful for and too many times take this for granted.

 

I love this...

Ribs - smokin' race, but scary aftermath.  Might be worth a call to the nurse to ask about it, rather than waiting until your appointment next month.

You are right about our local TT - it's more of an event and a tradition than a race (although the first wave has some speedsters), and the costumes are great fun.

I am stuffed.  Tried a new recipe for broccoli salad that even DH loves.....

Time to start downloading photos...

Happy Thanksgiving all and well done racers.

Had a nice race this morning and now settling is to watch some futbol. 

Cheers.

Happy Thanksgiving to my RA friends.  There sure was a lot of "Turkey Trotting" today:  Holly and daughter, stumpy (fastest since last year), roch, jay, ribs (met pace goal), and C-R.  jlynne, neat that you've got another grandson on the way.  ribs, that light headedness sounds scary.  I agree with holly that you should see a doctor sooner than your next appointment.

Nice long runs for Tramps and rhoon.

We are in Ludington with quite a few family members (mother, all siblings, a brother in law, a sister in law, both kids and daughter in law, niece, and nephew).  Last week, my daughter asked if there was going to be a Turkey Trot here.  My sister, who lives here, checked around and found there was one.  It was advertised as very informal.  No entry fee, no timing, no recording of who was there or how they finished.  We had no idea of what to expect but decided to show up.  We got there about 10 minutes before the scheduled time and there were maybe 40-50 people wandering around, some obviously serious, some obviously not, a number of kids with parents, some on bikes, some in strollers, and a few people with dogs.  We didn't know anyone else there which is strange for me.  The race was on a nice paved trail through the woods that was quite nice.  As often as I've been in Ludington, I never knew this trail existed.  My GPS never got a signal so I will assume it was 5K as advertised.  My daughter tried to get a time with her iphone and said it took us about 32 minutes.  It was neat for the two of us to run together.  I don't think it qualifies as a race but rather a pleasant run.

For thanksgiving dinner,  everyone brought food and there was enough for several times as many people as we had.  The centerpiece was a turducken which was a new experience for everyone.  It was good but I don't know if any of us will make a special effort to do one again.

A good day and good runs for all.

TomS 

Congrats to all the Turkey Trotters.

Ribs, been there,done that. I learned very quickly not to take my meds before a race or before a long run. Regardless it sounds like you need some fine tuning on those meds. It took awhile to get my BP pills right.

No race today. Marj and I did our traditional T'giving run on a beautiful morning across the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan and back for 3.5 miles.

A wonderful feast followed in Brooklyn with Marj's DB, SIL and various nieces and nephews. We hit Manhattan tomorrow to watch all the crazy shoppers.

Yep, nice day and wonderful dinner! I realize the difference between these dinners at home vs dinners at others' homes is more than the leftovers. I had 7 cups of cut up turkey meat, less than I expected after a 15 lb turkey and three people, even if one of those was a 20 year old man wanting lots of lean protein. But holy carp... 7 cups of leftover turkey (4 of that in the frreezer), and a huge pile of dirty pots and pans! Geez... we're used to throwing everything in the dishwasher so this was a change for us... Still, we had a great dinner, lots of leftovers, and time with DS1 which is hard to come by these days. 

I ran a full two weeks ago so i wasn't sure if i should have run the turkey trot yesterday but i did. It was cold, 28 degrees, but not as cold as others.

The prizes were baked goods from the local bakery so i was hoping to win based off of last years' results.

I started about 5 rows back from the front row of 2200 runners all crammed together.

At the last minute, a mom with three kids around 10 years old jumped in front of us.

What kind of parent does this and to their kids. She really put them at risk of getting trampled. Luckily they didn't. There was a lot of elbowing with everyone trying to get some space. My legs were still really heavy as i haven't done any speedwork at all.

First mile clicked off at 6:19 and we  passed mile two at 12:59. By mile 1 and 2, i really wasn't doing well. It was difficult to run. Once i saw the mile two marker i passed the couple of other runners that passed me and i made sure they stayed behind me.

I finished in 20:03 just behind a kid who is in the 7th grade. I find out that he lives in my development and he recognized me.

I had some cider, soup and pie, made a few phone calls while the results were posted. I finished 35th out of 2200, but 10th in my age group, so no pie.

bah.