Gobble Gobble - 2014 Turkey Trot

Last year I signed up my first Flemington Turkey Trot.  I had a great time and I was looking forward to the 2014 edition.

 I hadn't been running much leading up to the Turkey Trot.  The only running I had done was in CX races, which even though short, was painful.  After I put my CX bike away for the season, I had a week to get some running in.  Lately my runs have been pretty consistent with pacing.  So going into this year's Turkey Trot, I wanted to beat my 2013 time and pace.


 Last year I walked from home home to the start of the run but with the snow and sidewalks not clear, Lance offered to drop me off.  I arrived about 10 minutes before the start and wow.  There were a ton of people there. I think more than last year.  I found an opening in the crowd and stepped in waiting for the whistle to blow.

It blew.  And I stood there.  Just like some of the races I've done, it was an accordion-effect.  We started moving, slowly through the official start and shortly after, we were stopped again.  As I stood waiting for the crowd to move, I thought "oh no, my time and pace will be slower".  Yes, even during a fun-run, my competitive edge comes out.

 We started moving again, slowly, as people started shuffling through the first mile.  I was weaving in and out of people and the crowd started to thin out as I approached mile two.  I found a few people as my carrots, some passing and some getting away.  I felt great and before I knew it, I was at the last corner.

 I crossed the finish with a big smile. I felt great and looking down at my Garmin, I thought maybe I beat my time last year, even with the bottleneck at the start.  I got home and uploaded my data to Strava - and I did beat last year's time and pace.  Later in the day, a friend sent me the link to the "official" results - and while I like my data better, I still had a great time running with the other 4,331 registered runners.



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