Beautiful sunny skies awaited Bradford, Ursula, and I as we toed the line for the 2011 Manasquan Turkey Trot. A slight nip in the November air didn't spoil our spirits as we mentally prepared ourselves for the next 5 miles. The long sleeved t-shirt this year features a running turkey, and the best costume of the day goes to a woman wearing an apron and carrying a cleaver chasing after her significant other who was wearing a turkey on his head. Kudos for creativity. The houses of Manasquan came alive, partying in their lawns as they cheered on the runners with free beer handouts, Rocky soundtracks, and Olympic slalom bells. Completely amazing.
It took Brad and I a while to get through the slog of people, and we still managed to reach the first mile marker in a respectable 8:20. We smoked the 2nd mile, reaching the time marker at 16:00 on the dot. We continued our negative split trend, finally finishing in approximately 39:09 (official times are not posted yet, so I'll update when it's more official). Amazing. We totally broke 40, which was a future goal for us. We didn't think we could do it yet, as we've been focused on slow, long runs, rather than fast speed workouts. But we did. Because we're awesome. So we grabbed some water, juice, birch beer, and an orange between us and headed back to cheer Ursula through the finish line alongside her husband. Ursula met her goal of finishing under an hour, which is amazing considering she contracted wicked shin splints around mile two. So kudos to EVERYONE today, just for accomplishing such a difficult task. Most people can't run one mile, let alone 5, so everyone who finished today is a winner!
Leggets had their famous BBQ and food, which we partook in for a bit, and then the cold finally got to us and we headed home, full, satisfied, and happy. Until next year, I LOVE THE MANASQUAN TURKEY TROT!
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