It was Thanksgiving morning and as I was turning to the parade on my TV I realized I agreed to run the turkey trot with my siblings. In past years I ran and enjoyed the turkey trot but since college life has been a bit more busy than high school I have not ran as much as usual. Plus the city of Austin or whoever came up with the turkey trot decided to make it a 5 mile run instead of a 5k (almost a 2 mile difference). I like the idea of the turkey trot more than I actually like it. Basically you are burning the massive amount of calories that you are going to eat up later in advance. If you have never been to the Thundercloud turkey trot it is a sight to see. No where else can you find a group of people dressed up as indians yelling and chasing a person dressed up in a turkey costume. About three miles into the race I was feeling very fatigued, I was seconds away from stopping when I saw a little girl skipping in front of me like it didn't even faze her. I had to keep going, I was not going to let a little girl embarrass me like that. After the 4 mile mark I started to notice dogs passing me and that was the point where I gave up, I had to stop running. All in all I had a great time with my siblings plus 18,000 of my fellow Austinites. Next year if you are in town for Thanksgiving I strongly encourage you to make your way to downtown Austin to participate in the turkey trot.
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