I was happy to convince my family to run the turkey trot with me again this year, well almost everyone. Hubs has an old ankle injury that we are trying to repair and so is in a boot. He ran race support and tried to catch Grayson at the finish. This is one of the largest 5Ks in Anchorage, which is odd when you look at the icey conditions. It was warmer this year than last but still pretty biting cold. I still miss the turkey trot in Maryland and running with my extended family, including my uncles who got my brother and I into running. I tried to get the boys to start further up but we all were trapped in the pack for the first quarter mile. After that, they decided to dodge traffic and run their own race. They got to meet Ms. Alaska before the race. We also ran into Tina who is one of the most energetic and well known Alaska racers. My favorite part of the race was stopping to see the reindeer (I bet no one else's turkey trot has that)! Grayson said he would have stopped and gotten his picture with the reindeer but it was too cold to wait on me. Conditions were actually slightly better than last year at least temperature wise, and I had the added slight confidence of YakTraks so while no PR, I did run faster than last year by over five minutes.
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