Our whole family ran in different races at the annual YMCA Turkey Trot. Heather ran the 10K, I ran the 2 Miler, and Katie, Ashley, and Ryan ran in their respective age group short runs.Ryan won for being the youngest participant. We were lucky that the "cheater" from 6 years ago was not there to strip him of his title, like they did for Katie when she ran this in 2003. At that time, some cheater brought their kid that couldn't even walk and not only won for being the "youngest", but also was CARRIED the whole way for the victory in the race. I am sure that this kid (now probably six years old, since she was like a month old for the race!) looks every night at that trophy with the turkey on top sitting on her shelf and feels shame and embarrasment for the way she won that. Unless her parents were too cowardly to tell her the REAL story around her "victory"!
Anyway, Heather ran one of her best races and came in 6th for her age group (now that she just moved into the "over 35" group!). I pushed Ryan in the jog stroller for my race and did better than I thought I would. Of course my signature head band helped propel me to a top 10 finish! At some point in my career I will sell this on ebay, so watch out for this.
The kids did great in their respective races and although it was a cold morning, we had a great time as a family prior to our Thanksgiving feast!
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