On Thursday morning Chris & I got up early…he worked on getting the turkey ready and I worked on waking up enough to run a 5k! Christy came to our house and the two of us took the light rail downtown to the start of the Turkey Day 5k.

The area around the Target Center was packed with people…seriously, the sea of people didn’t seem to end!

Some people got dressed up, and other’s wore turkey hats while a majority of people wore their Turkey Day 5k shirt (I saved mind for after the run).


The weather was hoovering right around freezing so we both decided that we weren’t interested in a personal best - just a finish! The route was pretty cool, through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, past the Guthrie, along the river and back to the Target Center and we finished right around 30:35…not too shabby if you ask me. Especially since we couldn’t feel our feet for the first mile or so!!

In the end, we were both happy we did it…and next year we’re hoping our guys will run with us! Seems like a tradition just waiting to happen.

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