The 5K Turkey Leg

Thanksgiving Day 2010 was different than any Turkey Day in the past! Autumn, Baron, Abram and Paula decided to make a memory and run the 5K Turkey Leg in Farmington. We were up pretty early (for a holiday morning) to eat a light breakfast. Autumn and Paula warmed up with 15 minutes of Yoga with Rodney Yee (DVD). Then it was off to Heritage Park/Oakridge Country Club for the race. Laur and Airie came along to take photos and cheer us on. It was COLD at 9:00am. The temperature was around 10 degrees, but there were plenty of idiots up and out and ready to burn a few calories before the big turkey dinner. The roads were pretty dry, but the park path at the end was a little icy and we cautiously slowed a bit. The route was pretty scenic along the golf course with views of the mountains, blue sky, a few misty clouds and several V's of geese flying overhead. We all completed in good times (considering our expectations). Of course you always think you could have done a little better if only........
There were donuts and bananas and water and hot chocolate, etc., at the end with flags waving and music playing. There was plenty of excitment in the air and we were proud of our accomplishments. (There were a few stiff body parts the next day!) Good start to the Thanksgiving and good training for Hood to Coast. Congrats to all and thanks for participating.
P.S. We donated cans of food for the Food Bank and about 200 cans were collected. Saw 2 friends from the Farmington 19th Ward...Ron Salisbury (said he thought I was smarter than this) and Scott Olgilvie.

These are the real runners starting the race.

See if you can find the 4 of us surging off at the gun.

Abram leading the pack.

Autumn smiling as she sails by.

Paula enjoying the last few seconds of the down hill part.

Baron in a classic pose, pretty proud of himself.

This is serious business for #58.

Maybe not too serious for #9.

This is definitely the fun part for #12, coming up to the finish line.

#10 showing off great form and looking like a pro.

Yes! We did it!!!

Back home, missions accomplished, sporting our T-shirts. It was fun to make this memory together.

All smiles......now.

Appropriate graphic...I felt like/looked like the drumstick plodding along.