Mis-Adventures of Nate & Jenny: Trotting for Tukey

I have been running more and more with my two little spastic puppies and decided to run another 5k this year. I ran one in the beginning of September, and it was really fun so I thought I'd sign up for another. I had convinced Nate to run with me. We were going to have a non-stop action turkey day of running, surfing and eating. However, two Sundays ago, Nate decided to put his foot in front of someone kicking a soccer ball, sprained his ankle badly and is black and blue from the ankle to his little toes. So, he got out of running the 5k with me. Unfortunately for him, the Atlantic Ocean has turned into a large lake in the New England region so I got out of surfing with him!

There were 1,500 people signed up for the Seacoast Region Turkey Trot. It was pretty cool to see so many people out running on Thanksgiving day. It was in the high 20s in the morning so it was rather chilly! I think it might be the coldest weather I have run in so far.We started on an island off of Portsmouth, headed over a bridge and then ran through the city a bit. Nate rode his bike b/c his ankle is so bad and carried all my warm gear that I stripped off 3 seconds before running. He had to wait for all the people to get over the bridge before he could start riding. I didn't see him until at least 1/2 way through the race.

Since it was my second 5k, I was a little more excited about how fast I could go. It definitely was apparent with my splits. I went out WAYYY TOOOOO fast and my first mile was 7:08, the next mile was 7:35 and the last mile was 7:41. Since last week, it was the first time I had paced under 8 minutes, I was psyched to be running fast, but when I heard my first mile pace of 7:17, the only thing I could think was, 'oh dear.... what did you do to yourself!' My overall time was 23.19 which I am really, really happy with. I was 10th in my age group and 167th overall!! For my second 5k, I'll take that!!

Here are some pictures of my run:

Waiting to start

And we're off...

Making strides...

Heading back to towards the river and dying....

It's so disheartening when you get passed and you can't do anything about it!!

Finishing!!!

I convinced my friend from work, Anna, to participate in the 5k too. It was her first 5k and she had only been running for about a month. She pushed a stroller with two youngens and I'm soo proud of her for finishing. Here are a few pics of her and her two year old daughter ZJ running: