Turkey Trot: 61st Place
At 9am this morning some buddies and I ran the Turkey Trot 5K at Crystal Springs Cross Country Course, which is recognized as one of the most difficult cross country courses in the nation. Through the years many national cross country events have been held at this very challenging, hill-filled course which is just a few miles from my home.
My buddy Brian and I tied for 61st place, finishing our 3 hilly miles in 23:35 (there were about 180 people in the race). I’m glad I beat the handful of junior high girls who were a part of the race, as my worst fear was finishing behind one of them.
If you’re a runner and you’re interested in this difficult course, click the link above and scroll down to view a nice little video that shows the difficult terrain of this course, including the infamous “cardiac hill.”
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Wow. That long, winding hill must certainly get your heart rate up, to say the least.
I only do about 13-15 miles/week and it is all on roads or on a paved greenway. Just thinking of trail running hurts my ankles. I am thoroughly impressed that you could get through that course in 23:35. I’d be pretty happy if I could break 25:00.
Even though I’ve lost over 170 pounds, I’m a long way from running (maybe never since my left knee gives me problems from time to time – old football injury plus damage over time from being morbidly obese). I’m amazed at how folks like you can do those things. I could have done that when I was in high school and was very active athletically but nowadays it’s out of the question. Good job on the race!
