How is it the last week of November?!? Friday is DECEMBER you guys!!!!!
Okay but to recap last week, it was Thanksgiving week here in the states so things were a little different….
Monday, 11/20–6 miles
My coach has now transitioned me into Tempo/Active Threshold runs on Mondays. I was actually excited about this run.
7:40 target pace #nailedit
Tuesday, 11/21–2 miles
I met up with an Instagram friend for an easy two miler. I “met” @steffafee at last year’s #werunsocial Christmas ornament exchange 😀 She just so happens to have family here in Arizona and we of course had to meet up while she visited them for the holiday.
AZ sunset ftw!! (she said it was too hot here, lol!)
Wednesday, 11/22–4 miles
Typically, this would be a speed day but because my coach had given us the option to do a Turkey Trot as a substitute, I met up with a BTB teammate for some miles.
Thursday, 11/23–3.1 miles (Turkey Trot 5k)
You guys, this race was a disorganized mess. I love my small little hometown, but they did not bring their A game that morning. First, their “website” had no official start time. It said 7:30 a.m so for this runner girl, I took that as the start of the race. Sounds legit, right? The race did not actually start until 9!!!! I had done my mile warm up at 7:00 thinking okay, it’s gonna start soon. NOPE. And when you asked around, no one really knew.
Then, they separated people from “competitive” to “walkers” and maaaaybe there were 30 competitive runners?? Maybe…. I figured since only competitive runners qualified for awards, they’d get to it pretty quickly after the race (remember, I’d been there since about 6:30!!!)
I came in 3rd female overall (yay!) and knew the two girls in front of me were not in my age group–so 1st in my age group. My husband and I decided to wait around for awards (I knew McDonald’s gift cards were at stake.)
WELL, they waited until the very. last. walker. crossed the finish line. I mean, I get cheering in all runners/walkers, but I did not expect to wait ANOTHER HOUR after I finished for the awards to begin!!!
First female overall was a high school cross country runner and second place overall was a cute girl in her twenties. When they announced the 20-29 AG award, they did not announce the cute blonde!!!! We looked at each other like, whaaat?! Immediately after, they announced the 30-39 AG award, and they did not announce me!!!!
Already long story short, they completely messed up when runners crossed (and when they registered runners) so me and the second place OA girl walked outta there with no award. FIVE HOURS AFTER I ARRIVED. Mind you, I finished the race in 22:12!!! Twenty two minutes!!!
The run was a for a good cause so I kept reminding myself about that. I wasn’t upset about not getting my McDonald’s gift card, medal, and award– I was upset about all the time wasted that could’ve been spent with family. Last year’s Turkey Trot was supposed to be the last one (which I won! 😀 ) and they switched organizers for this year–these new peeps need to get this event back to how it used to be if they want to keep it going.
Still smiling 🙂
Friday, 11/24–Rest, Foam Roll, Stretch
This pic is from the Gilbert Half last week. I love how me and the random dude have the same expression and form, LOL! I beat him by the way 😉
Saturday, 11/25–15 miles
I woke up at crazy o’clock to meet my run club at 5 a.m. for a cold, early start. I felt uh-mazing during this run!!! I was pleasantly surprised considering the 5k I’d done and traveling.
My watch died juuuuust before the 15 mile mark and I was so relieved to see that the workout had been salvaged. I was a teensy worried, LOL!!! I mean, it’s gotta be on Strava/Garmin for it to count, right? :p
Sunday, 11/26–4 miles
Some easy recovery miles with my Moms Run This Town girls ❤
Total Weekly Mileage: 35.25 miles
–Does your hometown have a Thanksgiving Turkey Trot?
–Do you forget to charge your watch before long runs?
–Did you snag any Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals?
Ugh, I hate race disorganization. Boo on them for poor execution.
Congrats on a terrific race!
Thanks!! Yeah, it was a course PR so there’s the silver lining, lol!
Good thing your watch almost made it! I’d be frustrated about the Turkey Trot too; I think many Turkey Trots are definitely geared towards more casual participants.
Yes, and I have to remind myself of that when I sign up, lol!!
I absolutely love your shirt!!! So sorry the turkey trot was so disorganized:(
Thanks! It’s from this neat Etsy shop called Run With Perseverance 🙂
Thank you! I’ll be checking it out:)
All of our local Turkey trots on Thanksgiving day don’t start until 9 or 10 and by local I mean about 30-45 minutes away. So I don’t attend them, too much stuff to do to be gone that late. 🙂
Hopefully the new organizers learn from this experience. They may have had no clue as to what they were doing and work to do better. At least for the races sake I hope they try.
Great job!!
Totally a learning experience for them–and for me on patience 🙂
That race sounds like a disaster. I once finished 2nd OA at a 5k….which wanted to wait until the half marathon runners were done to do awards. Super annoying having to wait around for hours.
Yes!! It’s really that–the time wasted–that bugged me the most
Congrats on a great race. Honestly, I totally get this. I never received my age group award for a 10k that I PR’ed in. I’m still bitter about it and won’t run in any of their other races, including Hot Chocolate races. At the very least, you know that you earned that award and you’re really growing as a runner. Congrats!
Yes! I contemplated even sharing b/c I know it’s not that big of a deal but I knew runners would/could relate ❤
I’m sorry to hear the race was so poorly organized and you didn’t get your award, plus the announcer not announcing winners. That happened to my daughter this summer. I complained to the RD, and she later made the announcement but by then most everyone had gone home and it was pointless. Still, races like that just leave a bad taste in your mouth. Congrats on such a great finish!
You have the patience of a Saint. I’d have been a little fast AND furious.
Just saw you had a blog too and I get to follow your training for Phoenix! I would have been so annoyed about the Turkey Trot awards. It is all about the time with my family wasted that would have upset me! Yeah for 3rd!!! Love the hashtag!