Turkey Run Pics

Happy Thanksgiving to all!  May you be thankful for each day you have.  May your day bring all that is good your way.  May your blessings be plentiful. 

Here are pics from the Turkey Run earlier this morning.  Wa-hoo!!! 

People starting to fill the street, getting ready to line up and run (or walk).  Some people wore turkey hats, some wore homemade shirts with handprint turkeys, some wore Santa outfits, but the person who garnered the most attention was the guy who ran with a 20 pound frozen turkey in his hands, smiling all the way!  Yikes!

                                                      Many people run to honor others.

                                     Two men ran with one American flag and one black flag that read,
                                    "We will not forget...".   
                                        (Hey, guy in the orange hat, the race is going the other way... JK  )

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Swimming With Half of Yourself

What a wake-up call!  I smell like chlorine.  Today, our swim coach had us work with pool buoys, i.e. swim only with your arms, not your legs.  Down and back, down and back we girls went.  The hardest part was trying not to stop at each end of the pool and chat!  Our coach said we needed to not stop at each end, just continue and try to do a 100.  A 100 is down and back twice, without stopping.  My son does tons of these.  All of my kids swim these lengths in the summer, down and back, down and back.  I can barely do one.  Our coach says that we need to use our legs only the slightest bit as we swim or our legs will be fatigued by the time we get to biking and running.  It’s clear that it will take a lot of practice to be able to swim for either one of the triathlons that we are thinking of—February or May. 

For now, I’m getting psyched up for the Turkey Run this Thursday with several of the tri-it women!  Should be lots of fun--with people wearing turkey hats and feather costumes and houses decked out already for the holidays along the way.  My kind of run.