First Turkey Run

I ran my first Turkey Trot this year, and it happened to be my first group run as well. Prior to this I'd only ever run alone or with my running partner, so the group dynamic was brand new. I was nervous ~ in fact, I had trouble sleeping the night before. I kept waking up thinking I should cancel, but I knew I had to push through.

My running partner picked me up at 7:50 Thanksgiving morning and we drove to Minto Brown Park where we met the group from her running clinic at Gallagher's. It was an open run, not for clinic members only, and they were planning to run 3.1 miles through the park at an easy pace. I felt a bit awkward at first, but people were warm and welcoming and within minutes I felt right at home.

We set off through the park at a nice, easy pace. They were running 3:1 intervals, which I didn't expect, so after 3 minutes we walked 1. I'd never been to the park before ~ it's very nice, parts of the trail run along the river, parts through fields and part wooded. I wouldn't want to run there alone, but with a partner it would be great.

The run felt longer than 3 miles to me, which I think may be because it was a new location and I was nervous to start, plus didn't sleep well. I didn't have any problem finishing, but I was thinking it felt looong.

Getting through my first group thing was big for me. I'm signed up for my first official 5k next week, so I'm glad I got to break the ice ahead of time.