Our fifth annual Turkey Trots was a success. Over 200 people participated in my favorite race of the year. We had our first participant show up in costume. As usual, BARC was tremendous in helping to host the race. It was eye opening to complete an Ironman with a huge crowd of participants/spectators (strangers) and then come home and race casually with friends and family. Did I say casual? I mean really casual. No timing chips, no clock and no volunteers on the course. Most people come out to participate with family and friends. Every year I reflect on this race as an opportunity to get back to our roots. Before all the technology and marketing. I smile with the joy of sharing something I love with the people I love.
Some of the "racers" use the opportunity to do something they never do in actual races...not care about the outcome. Lots of people use it to accrue some spousal/child approval units. These can be hopefully exchange at a later date for extra long training sessions. We had dogs in costume, baby strollers and lots of walkers.
I did not know if I would be able to jog the race until the race morning (I still had some residual soreness in my quads). Fortunately, my quads were only mildly sore. I was able to jog but running was out of the question! I still felt some residual fatigue and was damn hungry (I forgot to eat before the race). Despite it all, I still had a great time...
Just in case you wonder what happens after the race starts and the crew waits for people to finish...
Run, Bike, Swim, Live, Laugh, Love
