Like so many of our fellow citizens David and I got up at the crack of dawn on this beautiful fall day! But!!! Not to put the 40 pound turkey into the oven. Nope! We got up before the sun made it over the horizon to get ourselves down to El Paseo for the annual ritual that is our Turkey Trot. Since we bought our house here in the desert in 2005 I have only missed it once, in 2007, due to soft tissue damage (long story – which ended with David’s Chrysler 300 SRT8 in the junk yard…). The first year I ran it I was like a fish out of water as everyone seemed to know each other and I was the odd “tourist” out. How times have changed! Now I recognize most of the faces, know many runners by name as we train together on the track every Wednesday night, and even get high fives from the event organizer, who is now my coach, when I cross the finish line! The Trot itself is a short and sweet 5k and the sense of community and getting together with people from your neighborhood makes it an event not to be missed. And as almost every year the sun shone brightly on us and warmed up the finish line nicely just in time for the post race glow!

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Today’s Running Tip: Be thankful!

Be thankful for the fact that you are able to get outdoors every day and run! It is a true blessing that should always be remembered! Especially when your run or race does not go as planned!