My friend “D” & I spent the Sunday prior to the race putting together some pretty awesome pilgrim costumes. The boys & I spent the whole afternoon at “D”’s house and we came out with some pretty nice gear to wear for the run.
The boys came with us to pick up our race packets the day before the race but the weather prediction was for highs in the teens on Thanksgiving Day so we decided, once again, that it would be too cold to haul the boys along. My mother-in-law again was so kind to come & spend a couple hours with the boys while we ran. The weather predictions turned out wrong & it was a bit warmer, so I’m sure the boys would have enjoyed coming along but it was also kind of fun for just Cory & I to attend the race alone.
I had jam-packed my Thanksgiving week with two other 5Ks so I decided to just run the 2-mile while Cory was ambitious enough to take on the 5-mile! Cory hit his goal of coming in under 40 minutes at 39-something…awesome job!
All finishers of the race receive a small pumpkin pie – so we made someone else’s Thanksgiving Day extra special by donating both of ours to a local food pantry. Also, our chiropractor was offering free adjustments & healthy, organic snacks just down the road from the race at his church – so we took advantage of that! (I just wish I could have that after every one of my races!!)
It was a great, healthy way to start our Thanksgiving Day & will definitely be a tradition we continue every year.
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| Pre-race pilgrim! |
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| Post-race! (Ready to relax & eat good food.) |
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