Turkey Day Races! Who's doing one?
kaji13
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Since my family doesn't usually get together until early afternoon, I thought an early morning 5k would be a great idea for me, especially since I tend to gorge myself on turkey and pie...this will be my 4th 5k race since completing c25k in September!
My goal is to get under 30 minutes (not likely, but that's why it's a goal!) My last 5k I got a 31:15, which is amazing considering my first one in September I did in just over 40 minutes
Anyone else doing a 5k on Thanksgiving?
My goal is to get under 30 minutes (not likely, but that's why it's a goal!) My last 5k I got a 31:15, which is amazing considering my first one in September I did in just over 40 minutes
Anyone else doing a 5k on Thanksgiving?
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my city is doing a 5 mile turkey trot, signed up last night! I've only done one 5k since finishing c25k in October. I finished at 36 minutes, I've training to up my distance but still stuck at 12 minute miles how did you improve your time so much? that is awesome!!0
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I would love to do a fun run/walk but I can't find one in my area.0
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I'm registered for one but hurt myself pretty badly at my first 5K in mid-October.
I did something to my hip during that race and I'm still in pain when I try to walk faster than an octogenarian. So, I'm handing my bib over to my sister and will stand on the sidelines and cheer her one. Kind of bummed about it, actually. 0 -
I graduated this morning-YIPPIEEEE!!!!
This will be my first Thanksgiving by myself (separated and family moved across the country a few months ago) so I need something to keep me busy anyway. I had my eyes on our local Turkey Trot but wasn't sure I'd be able to do it...
I'm gunna go for it!
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my city is doing a 5 mile turkey trot, signed up last night! I've only done one 5k since finishing c25k in October. I finished at 36 minutes, I've training to up my distance but still stuck at 12 minute miles how did you improve your time so much? that is awesome!!
Honestly I think a huge part of the time improvement was the weather and the terrain. My 1st 5k was actually in August, not Sept (my brain is fuzzy sometimes) and it was around 90 degrees out. I had been training on mostly roads and track, but this was a trail run through lots of grass and soft dirt, and my time definitely suffered! I was averaging 11min miles in my practices but that day it was just abysmal!
Now that the weather is cooler and I’m only signing up for road races, my times average just over 10min a mile (which I am happy with!)0 -
I'm registered for one but hurt myself pretty badly at my first 5K in mid-October. I did something to my hip during that race and I'm still in pain when I try to walk faster than an octogenarian. So, I'm handing my bib over to my sister and will stand on the sidelines and cheer her one. Kind of bummed about it, actually.
Aw that sucks!! I kind of did the same thing...I did a Zombie 5k on Oct. 16th at Six Flags, and it was one of those obstacle course ones where you get flags and the zombies try to take your flags. I knew it was risky signing up for a run like this because I have an old knee injury that is very susceptible to re-injury, but it just sounded like so much fun I had to do it! Sure enough, trying to run over a big stack of haybales, and my leg gets caught between a couple and twists, and my knee tears again. It was so cold out that the swelling stayed down and I was able to finish the run, but I had to wear my knee brace for several days just to even walk (with a ridiculous limp), and it was a couple weeks before I felt comfortable attempting to jog again. I'm just thankful I was only out a couple weeks!! I feel ya though, and I hope you recover quickly so you can get back out there!!0 -
I graduated this morning-YIPPIEEEE!!!!
This will be my first Thanksgiving by myself (separated and family moved across the country a few months ago) so I need something to keep me busy anyway. I had my eyes on our local Turkey Trot but wasn't sure I'd be able to do it...
I'm gunna go for it!
Congratulations!! That's wonderful! You should ABSOLUTELY go for it! You'll be so proud of yourself afterwards
let me know how it goes! 0 -
Will be doing the Turkey Day run in CharlestonSC. Will be my W8D2, But still going or it.0
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I am doing one!!!! finished C25K last week and ready to do this thing. It is going to be fun. I am really looking forward to it.0
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I had a major setback when I came down with pnuemonia so I'm actually starting c25k over. However I am doing Buffalo's TURKEY TROT its the OLDEST FOOTRACE IN AMERICA!!! How could I not? Haha, I'll prob walk most of it, but it's my favorite thing to do every Thanksgiving morning. 0
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Will be doing the Turkey Day run in CharlestonSC. Will be my W8D2, But still going or it.
That's great! At that point you're pretty much done with intervals anyway let us know how it goes!I am doing one!!!! finished C25K last week and ready to do this thing. It is going to be fun. I am really looking forward to it.
You are going to have a blast! And then you'll be able to tell everyone who asks how your Thanksgiving was "I ran a 5k, and it was awesome!"I had a major setback when I came down with pnuemonia so I'm actually starting c25k over. However I am doing Buffalo's TURKEY TROT its the OLDEST FOOTRACE IN AMERICA!!! How could I not? Haha, I'll prob walk most of it, but it's my favorite thing to do every Thanksgiving morning.
Phew, yeah pneumonia can certainly take you out for a while, no fun at all. Glad you are getting back into it though! I had no idea that was the oldest race in america, that's so cool! If I lived a bit closer, I'd totally do it too :happy: I have a feeling a Turkey Trot is going to become a bit of a tradition for me too!0 -
I have signed up for my first 5K since graduating about a month ago. It takes place on 12/1 rather than Thanksgiving, and is called the "Reindeer Run." So excited! My speed is still a little on the slow side, right around 45 minutes for 3.1 miles, but this will be my first 5K ever. My goal is to have a time under the 45 minute mark.0
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I have 3 5K's in the next 3 weeks...yikes! One of those is a Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning. I too am shooting for sub 30. My 1st was in September, I was in week 4 and finished in 36:44, my second was October, after graduation, and finished in 31:45. I'm really hoping that I will hit sub 30 in at least 1 of the next 3.0
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I am participating in a 3 miles TURKEY TROT (gym folks at work are organizing it). Hoping to see an improvement with my C25K program I am doing currently (on wk5).0
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Yupper !! So excited !! 5k on turkey day. Can only talk one member of my family into doing it, but gonna be fun. We have killer hills in the city, so I will do my usual... walk the ups, run the downs and straights !! I am at about a 12min while which is slow, but getting better.
Gobble Gobble !!0 -
I'm doing one! It's my first 5k ever, I just finished C25k last week! I'm really nervous because I did the timed method, not the distance method, so my last run was only about 2.75 miles, and I went over the 30 minutes by a couple. I'm gonna be so slow, lol.0
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I'm doing one on Thanksgiving day too! Hope you have fun!0
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I'm in, whoo hooo!!
Hubby and I are meeting my brother and his wife at Turkey Trot about half an hour away. They are marathon runners that had never actually done 5Ks, but I invited them along on my first 5K and they thought it was fun, so I got them hooked I think, as this one was their idea.
This will be my third 5K since graduating. My first was 10/27 - 56 minutes. My second was just this past Saturday at 54 mins. I am SUPER slow - 17 minute pace - but both of the ones I have done so far had serious hills. The last one the hills were just nasty. I know nothing about this course, hoping it is fairly flat but I doubt my luck is that good. Also hoping I don't die from doing 2 just 5 days apart.0 -
It's so awesome that so many people are doing 5k's this week! Good luck to you all! Make sure to come back and let us know how awesome you are 0
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I'm thinking about doing my own 5k in the morning, "earn" some calories for later in the day. I'm still in the middle of the program, going 15 minutes nonstop is the most I've done. My last measure 5K (running and walking) was 35:15. But I always go longer than the program says to, and usually end up at about 3.5 miles when I'm through (running/walking combined). Nice way to earn that turkey leg! Can wait till I can actually run the whole thing...probalby could now if I can just slow my pace down.0
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I'm thinking about doing my own 5k in the morning, "earn" some calories for later in the day. I'm still in the middle of the program, going 15 minutes nonstop is the most I've done. My last measure 5K (running and walking) was 35:15. But I always go longer than the program says to, and usually end up at about 3.5 miles when I'm through (running/walking combined). Nice way to earn that turkey leg! Can wait till I can actually run the whole thing...probalby could now if I can just slow my pace down.
That's a great idea, and it's honestly the only (well, mostly) reason that I'm doing a 5k that morning
Because I really, really want stuffing. And pumpkin pie. And gravy. And....and...... 0 -
Picked up my race shirt and bib number today. Even more exxxxxxcited today than I was on my earlier post. Gonna be awesome awesome !!!! I am hoping to maybe get a 35 time which is still slow. Butwho cares cause it is gonna be FUN !!!!0
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Picked up my race shirt and bib number today. Even more exxxxxxcited today than I was on my earlier post. Gonna be awesome awesome !!!! I am hoping to maybe get a 35 time which is still slow. Butwho cares cause it is gonna be FUN !!!!
I'm super excited too!! Of course, I forgot to send in my reg form/money, so I will have to register on site, but since it's a smaller race I don't think it will be a problem. Eeeek!
35 is a great time! That's under 12 min miles, and a lot of people start out doing 15-16 min miles.
My personal goal is to be under 30 minutes, but I will be happy with 32 (my last 5k time was 31:15, which is a long way from the 40 minute 5k I started with a few months ago)0 -
I'm doing one. I'm super nervous. Only on week 7 day 2 of c25K. My goal is to run the whole thing, but I'll be happy to just finish.0
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Ok! I'm anxious to hear how everyone's races went!
It was a chilly 27 degrees out for my race, and I think there were about 400 people there (walkers and runners). I burned myself out on the first mile (I think I was mostly trying to warm up...my toes had gone numb!) by running a 9:14, which is very fast for me!! at the second mile marker I was at 19:29, so I knew I had slowed down by about a minute, and then everything cramped up at once and I ended up finishing at 31:40. Unfortunately not a PR (my best is 31:15) but at an averaged 10:09 pace, I'm pretty satisfied! I was shooting for under 30 as an ultimate goal, and under 32 as a more realistic goal, so at least I hit that mark. I am happy, energized and ready to eat!
How did everyone else do??
And Happy Thanksgiving everyone!0 -
It was cold here for ours also, but not as cold as yours.... brrrrr. I'd say high 30s at the start maybe? There were more hills than I would have liked, but they were gentle hills so it was doable. I ran a PR of 50.39 - whoo hoo!!! And then spent much time bonding with my inhaler after, lol! But For me, the time was awesome as I am not very fast yet, so I am psyched.
Hope everyone has a great run today!0 -
Ran a Turkey Trot 8K this morning but it was high 50s/low 60s. Did 8K on 1:02:20 - not quite as fast as I want but I'd intended for it to be 30 degrees colder so I am quite happy, and the course was BEAUTIFUL!0
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Cold at the start around 45 degrees, but warmed up as I ran. Killer Hills... I finished in 38:39. A little slower than previous race, but still had fun. Now I wanna do the Jingle Bell Fun run.0
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Congrats to everyone for getting out there!!!
I did a 10K Turkey Trot this morning...beautiful weather Time was right at 54 min0 -
Well done everyone for getting out there and running today! Now that this is over, I have a Hot Chocolate run in a week and a half to look forward to and I am PSYCHED! That course is going to be a lot hillier than this one was (very flat!!) but I live in a valley and run hills regularly so I'm pretty confident 0
