This morning was our annual local Turkey trot race. They have a 5K, 1 mile, and 10K race. Jenny was doing the 10K, I did the 5K, and then I did the 1 mile race with Noah and Andy. This year was a record year for registrations with over 16,000 runners between the 3 races, although I'm not sure what the breakdown was. I got to the starting line and ran a 1.1 mile warm up. After the warm up I had a pretty good spot close to the front. Just when the race was about to start they announced a 15 minute delay. At that point, a lot of people went past the starting line to mill about. When the race was about to start they all came back to the start. Because of this I was now about 15 deep from the start. The race started, there were many slower people at the start, so it was slow going at first and more weaving than I would have liked. I got the first mile in 6:30, but it was pretty hard fought to get that. The second mile opened up some more, but I ended up doing that one slower for some reason at 6:35. This could have either been due to the first mile effort or perhaps from the realization that I was probably not going to be in the top 125. (They only list the top 125 male and female finishers on the results, this is up from previous year's 100). The third mile went better. Lots of people had faded so I continued to pass other runner's one by one. The third mile also has the biggest hill which usually has slowed me down a lot in the past. This time I held my pace. The hill leveled out and then turns into a very slight downhill for the tail end of the third mile. I hit the third mile in 6:15. This was my fastest ever 3rd mile for a 5k. The last 0.1 mile goes into a stadium, by the time I could see the clock it had just turned to 20:00. I kept going and thought I finished at 20:12, however I didn't pass under the clock until 20:18. My wife was watching me as I slowed down just before the finish line. She said I'll get a roundhouse kick from her if I do that again. So, it's a 2 second PR. I'll take it since this was a large race with some hilly terrain but I think I could have done a little bit better. After the 5K I did the 1 mile with the boys. We stayed together until the end and Andy got a 8:59 by pulling ahead at the very end Noah came in at 9:06 and I was 1 second behind Noah. Noah was upset that he didn't beat Andy, but with Noah being 3 years younger than Andy it was quite an accomplishment. The mile race was also very thick with runner's and lots of walkers at the beginning. Jenny made a 56:06 for her 10K which she was happy about. | 