Notes
Turkey trot day. I didnt want to go too hard core this race, as its my first real run back since nats. However, this turkey trot has like 7500 people doing it and all start at the same time so to avoid being boxed in by mom walkers, strollers, and people who just dont know how to pace themselves, I lined up right on the start line. So, since i took it out with fast people I checked my watch after like a quarter mile and i was going at like 5:22 pace and i was like 'uhh i should def slow down a notch'. My first mile was like 7:08 which is definitely faster than i wanted but obviously Id rather be faster than I was expecting than slower than i was expecting. I started thinking about Leonels regionals log of how its hard to be in a race and tell yourself you arent actually trying to run at race pace and I felt that. I was able to slow it down a little more to be a comfy slightly fast pace. I had fun cheering at the people who were cheering on the side of the race and dancing while running at the people playing music. I was gonna do it in my singlet for club publicity but it was cold and my mom wouldn't let me so i raced in my bucket hat instead. Overall it was fun although they usually have donuts at the end of this race and they didnt so i was mad about that but i got a smoothie instead so its good