Heather and I joined approximately 1200 other people for the annual Turkey Trot at Lippold Park, sponsored by the Hillstriders Running Club and The Running Depot. We took our cans of chicken noodle soup and registered.

This was Heather’s first race experience and she writes, “I looked up and saw the purple martin bird house on the course. I realized that I suddenly was half way through the race and I was still running. I didn’t dare stop for fear of being trampled by those behind me. Eventually, I did take a breather but finished at 35:40.”

Heather and I ran together for the first half mile. My time was 26:30.