Thanksgiving morning I had the opportunity to pace the Thankful 13 Half Marathon. This was one of my favorite races of the year, next to the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon. Unlike most Utah races this course doesn’t send you flying down a canyon, you have to earn your time on this one. Another good thing about this race is that you don’t have to wake up in the middle of the night to catch a bus, nope you start and finish at the same point. Holly and I paced the 1:50 group.
The race started right on time and we were off. I was a bit nervous that I wasn’t going to be warm enough. I tried out my new Nike jacket and wasn’t sure how warm it was going to be.
Here's Kenna modeling it for you. It is quite possibly the softest thing EVA...it's smooth like butta! It has thumb holes and is thin but it is VERY warm, perfect! I picked it up at 26.2 Running Co. when we were there for packet pick-up. I can't tell you how much I love this jacket, so I'm not going to try!!!
By mile 2 I was warm, so Holly and I took turns holding each other’s junk so we could take off a layer. This was no easy task but we somehow managed. I had to lose my fancy turkey hat at this point as well. It was driving me cray cray and my head was super hot…nobody likes a hot head! Besides, I was having a panic attack because my airway was being cut off. I tied the little suckers legs around my waist, it looked like he was pecking my bum :D Cute bum where ya' from?
The course was absolutely beautiful, they had to change the course a little due to some construction and it was even better than before. I hope the course will stay the same for next year, although according to my Garmin it was a bit short.
There were signs all along the course showing what people were thankful for, I liked this a lot. I REALLY liked one sign that said “I’m thankful for my ex-husband, thankful he’s an ex!” HAHAHA, that caused me to have a fine chuckle. I also saw a sign that my friend Jessica did, her dad beat colon cancer this year YAY!!! It’s always nice to have something to read to distract yourself. It’s also nice to be running behind a guy in a full on turkey costume, when he approached one photographer he did a funny little turkey move. I missed it but Holly sure laughed about it, I can envision it and it was breath taking :D
Holly and I attempted to do a jump for one of the photographers, I can’t wait to see how this one turned out, as I flung my arms in the air to give myself a little boost I cracked Holly in the stick :D I hit the pacing stick and nearly knocked the poor dear over, it was a travesty but might make for some good photography. I will just add that our tutu’s looked super awesome in our shadows.
They looked awesomer (it's a word) when we were running.
The race was so well organized, everything was perfect! Holly and I finished the race and wanted to even things out so we did 14 miles, it was FUN!! We finished just in time for the push-up contest.
I will NEVER win a race but I can win a push-up contest. I WON and got a HUGE turkey!!!
Isn't it beautiful Clark?!? I told you it was HUGE.
I did 90 push-ups and my whole body was shaking, I’ve never had that happen before, maybe I was nervous ;) I just need to enter more push-up contests and less running contests I guess ;)
Pacer group shot! Becky, Weirdo #Uno, Julia, Rachelle and Weirdo #Dos. Aren't our turkey hats dashing?
Then I said something that made Holly angry and she came at me with an axe...WTHeck!
Don't worry, I apologized and we're friends again.
Sadly, race season is over for a while here in Utah. Luckily, Rachelle invited me to her 2nd Annual Christmas Fun Run, YIPEE!!! I already know what I'm going to wear too and these little beauties are definitely going to be part of my ensemble, I love them!!! I could quite possibly wear them every day this month!
These are going to sell out QUICK so if you want some follow this handy little link HERE and order yourself some. If you use the promo code SNOW you will not only get 40% off but you will also get FREE shipping. Don't say I never gave you anything (technically I'm not giving you anything but let's just pretend that I am) and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
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