Thanksgiving 2011-Racing and Family

Thanksgiving 2011 is coming to a close. It was a busy day starting with a 5K road race at 6:45am and the big family gathering in the afternoon. It was a great day.

The Race....I ran the Malibu Fitness 5K road race in Farmington. I had recently learned of this race which fit perfectly into my Thanksgiving schedule. I cook the turkeys each year and that process starts at 8am so any race had to be very early. This 5K was perfect for me because I needed to test myself on a short course and I have been running well in the 3-5 mile distances. It was cold with the temperature hovering around 30f. This also meant there were ice patches out there. Everything worked.....I felt good, I ran well and at a good pace, and the roads were not crowed even though 700+ entered. Results are at this link. My time was 24m 34s which is a personal record for me. I came in 155th place out of 713 finishers. Also was 18th of 71 in my age group. Those stats are goof because typically I place in the 50 percentile. A good race. Rose, from our running group, came in 1st in her age group of 60-69 year old.

The rest of the day went well with the family coming over for the big Thanksgiving dinner.

The Thanksgiving dinner

We all had a great day. Its great to have our daughters and grandkids together with the other relatives. The kids played and we all had lots of laughs. I did the turkeys and mashed potatoes as usual and both came out better than ever. Chris did everything else from side dishes, deserts, managing the long table, etc. Getting that table setup was a big goal since we never sit together at family functions. She squeezed it into our sun room with little free space around it. I planned the photo but screwed up the flash. But thankfully we edited and shaded the picture for the result above.

This shot was random and I hammed it up. The potatoes are always the focus of the meal because of the large amount I make each year. This year was 14lbs. Meghan couldn't resist the photo-op.

14lbs of potatoes with 3 1/2 lbs of butter!

It was a great "family" day which makes great memories and reminds us to be thankful for what we have.