11/27- East Palestine Turkey Trot 5k 21:42

Being from East Palestine (EP never does anything fun!!) I could not believe they were holding a 5k race!! I thought to myself..NICE! I'll finally know where I'm going in a race. Not being able to see the finish line is a big problem for me. You see I'm not a distance runner at heart! I was a state champ in the long jump and placed on the podium every year in the sprints! I do this distance stuff to stay in shape and challenge myself..but really it's a lot to ask of these fast twitch fibers LOL.

Anyways..I was curious to see how many people East Palestine would get for their first year. Surprisingly, they had about 150 racers and walkers..which is great..I really hope this race will catch on and stick year after year! The course starts in the city park and winds downhill and then slightly back uphill into town. You head out toward Pennsylvania line on Alice St. and turn around on Taggert coming back to Main Street and back to the park. You have to go back up hill into park(killer) and make loop around park before finish! Make sure you save some for this lap! It seemed like forever on the lap! race temp: 30 degrees

The community center building was open..so clean restrooms were available!

I led the women for about 1/2 mile and had two women pass me. I kept both of them with in striking distance. One wandered farther ahead, but i stuck with the other one. She caught me up the park hill..but I used my sprinting at the end to move ahead of her at the finish. I was 11th of everyone and 2nd female overall. Time 21:42 I would definitely recommend everyone getting out next year to burn some calories before that turkey!

post race food consisted of fruit and water:) Goal time for next year sub 21

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