Sugar Land Turkey Trot 5 Miler

I decided that I needed to run a turkey trot this year on Thanksgiving. There are probably four or five different ones in the Houston area. I chose the Sugar Land Turkey Trot because it started at a decent time, and it fit the mileage I needed for my training plan that day. The race started at 8:30 which is later than most races, but I wouldn't have to get up too early on my day off so I was happy.

The race started off at a fast pace. I ran my first mile at a 7:00 pace. I had planned to start off about 7:15. I could tell about 1/2 mile into the race I was going to struggle a little bit. I had done a pretty tough speed workout on Tuesday so my legs felt kind of dead. My pace continued to slide through out the race. My splits were 7:00, 7:05, 7:07, 7:12, and 7:13 according to my Garmin. There was also an extra .06 miles that took 22 seconds on my Garmin. My official time was 36:00 even. It figured out to a 7:12 pace over the five mile course.

I was fairly satisfied with my time, especially, after I felt how tired my legs were 1/2 mile in. I think it ended up being a great idea to run. I didn't feel bad about eating some extra calories this year at Thanksgiving. I also know that I probably would not have run on my own that day. I would have slept in, and I would have watched the Aggie game in the evening. I might have to make this part of every Thanksgiving.