THANKSGIVING 2010 & TURKEY TROT

Clint, Nikki and I registered for the annual Turkey Trot, a 5 K Run/Walk held every Thanksgiving in Rapid City. The predicted temperature that morning was 8 below zero, luckily it wasn't quite that cold. Clint and Nikki ran, and I walked, and when we started at 9 that morning the temperature was 13 degrees.

My one hand was cold when I started walking, but it didn't take long and it was OK. The walk was from the Shelter to Canyon Lake Park and then you turned around and walked back. Clint and Nikki ran the other way.

It took me one hour to walk the 3 miles, Clint finished in 22 minutes, Nikki in 28 minutes. When I got back to the Shelter, they were drawing for pies, Nikki had already won one and she picked a peach pie. We stood around and waited for them to call our names and finally after a half hour, they called Clint's name, and finally mine. So, we each ended up with a pie, 2 pumpkins and 1 peach.

I had been told that the pies (from Colonial House) were worth the walk and they were right. They were so YUMMY!!!! I really wasn't cold until the last 10 minutes of standing around waiting for my name to be called. Clint and Nikki came out then, and we had a wonderful dinner and did alot of standing in front of the pellet stove the rest of the day.