Last night we rocked out to a cover band, had a couple of Guinness and stayed out later than we normally do thanks to the in-laws keeping the kids for a sleepover. This morning there was a little dusting off of the cobwebs as we made our way to Norwood for the Turkey Trot but once we arrived we both felt good to go and ready to run. Which was too bad since we showed up thinking the race started at 10AM when it in fact started at 11AM. We could have gone to breakfast…

Alas, we made a good decision to forgo corned beef hash and eggs and instead stuck around for the race. The Norwood Turkey Trot was a Thirsty Irish Runners Grand Prix race so a see of green flocked to Norwood High School for the race. Thanks to Marathon Physical Therapy and Sports Rehabilitation for the pre-race stretching which helped loosen up the old dance muscles!

The Norwood Turkey Trot is a four mile race that takes runners through residential neighborhoods of Norwood. Runners start and finish at Norwood High School and this year there were over 700 runners who hit the starting line for the run. The race course is staffed by volunteers and members of the Norwood High School football team; the race benefits the Norwood Boosters Club.

The first mile of the course has a nice down hill stretch which reminds you just how bad the uphill finish is going to be. The last mile of the race is a dramatic uphill run that is difficult to say the least. I felt pretty strong throughout the run but that hill has a way of impacting even the strongest of runners.

I finished today’s Norwood Turkey Trot with a time of 30:09 which is equates to 7:34/minutes. The weather was perfect, the running was great and an all around good race day leading into the Thanksgiving holiday!