Turkey Chase 10K

Gobble! Gobble! It was time for our annual Turkey Chase run! This year had some special features to it! Mark and I were trying to figure it out, but we think that this was maybe the 6th year or so that we have run the race. Each year it seems to get bigger...and more crowded.

This year was cool because Jon joined us! Last year he was signed up too, but the back to back Philly Marathon/Turkey Chase combo was too much for his knee. It was great to have him with us!


And since Mark was nice enough to run with his phone, we were lucky enough to capture the moments on his iPhone.

We made it to the start with less than five minutes to go. We parked illegally, but luckily guessed right that everyone was too busy either running, organizing the race, or giving thanks to give us a ticket--thankfully, we were right on with our guess.

The temperature and weather was perfect--about 42 degrees at the start, cloudy, with just a few raindrops as we waited for the start.

It was the same great course we have been used to. We stayed together for the first three miles or so and then we each did our own thing. We met up at the finish line within minutes of each other.

The post race was something we were looking forward to. The "other" Amy Trenkle and I met up in the "runner village." Amy and I have been exchanging emails for maybe close to two years now. We both have similar email addresses, and having the same names, means that we have received each others' emails....so we have frequently sent each other our misguided emails. It's been fun to get to know each other because we have the same name---and both yield from Michigan. Pretty cool to finally meet.



And we also met up with Sonia and Ping! We talked about running this race last year with Ping, but we missed each other. This year, thanks again to Mark running with his phone, we were able to meet up! We were able to see Sonia as we crossed the start line and she saw us at the finish line, but we didn't see her. It was neat to have another reunion!

So, team Trenkle-Hannum headed home---we were very excited for the warm car. We quickly showered and packed and were off to Mom and Dad's for a great Thanksgiving.

Many things to be happy for definitely--a nice holiday to remind us of the good things in our life.
Race #24 completed!

Results:

425  81/253   2032 Amy Trenkle           35 Washington DC    1:05:55   55:43  8:58

My splits were:

Mile 1  9:19.27
Mile 2  9:30.14
Mile 3  9:27.19
Mile 4  8:50.38
Mile 5  8:37.88
Mile 6  8:23.15
Mile .2  1:36.73

Total:  55:44.74

1274 156/233    937 Mark Hannum           34 Washington DC    1:08:45   58:32  9:26

1021 129/233   2033 Jon Trenkle           30 Cambridge MA     1:05:39   55:27  8:56