Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trots

That’s right, Trots with an S. I thought it was a good idea to run both the 5k and the 10k at 7:30am on Thanksgiving Day.

energybits were needed for this (more on energybits later. I pretty much love them).

Early Thursday morning, I met up with my new friend Julie. I’d only just met her when she said she’d run this race these races with me. How awesome is that? My first running buddy. She’s training for a marathon to raise money for Reading to Kids.

Can you see our two bibs there? Since we ran two races, we got two trucker hats as swag and…

Two medals!

The 5K was first, and I trailed behind Julie just a little bit for the entire race. She’s much speedier than I am, so that means I ran my fastest race pace yet!

And this was with hills and walking intervals. I couldn’t believe it! Plus there was a 4-year old running the course and she was ahead of me too, so I had to step on the gas lest I get beat by a kid who probably didn’t even reach my knee.

For the 10K, Julie and I split up. She was a few minutes ahead of me, but I still ran my fastest 10K pace yet! And this was with running those hills twice more.

I usually have a faster race pace than I do when I’m running on my own, but having a race buddy really pushed me to go even faster.

This was the first Downtown LA Turkey Trot, and the turnout was huge! It was a very well-organized and fun event.

How was your Thanksgiving?