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I ran my first 10k in January. I weighed in at 285 lb. and finished in 1 hour and 20 minutes. Today I ran another one. I've dropped 40 lbs and finished in 55:36. Feels awesome, almost like I'm an athlete again! Now bring on the turkey!

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Congrats #s. Happy Thanksgiving.

My goal is to see how many beers I can drink today without offending inlaws

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awesome numbers. Contrats.

Also, good luck freed.

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Freed Roger wrote:Congrats #s. Happy Thanksgiving.

My goal is to see how many beers I can drink today without offending inlaws
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lol, is there an over/under pool on that?

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Felicidades numbers! We (wife and youngest son) ran a 4 mile this morning and wow was it cold. Still waiting for results but ~34 minutes for my wife and I and ~24 for my son.

I've ran 4 miles today and now I have to drive 200.

edit 33:52 was my time and my wife was a second faster. I would not have wanted to or even been able to run a 10K. 4 miles was 3 too many.

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The hard part of turkey trots is freezing your arse off until they start. And there was a seroius speedwalker that always did the Quincy one. The goal was to beat the walker...

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I'm the big, hairy, devilishly handsome white guy

Jim, I love to run distance, I feel like I'm dying for two miles but then after that, it's the most stress free I am at any time. Just peaceful

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Freed Roger wrote:The hard part of turkey trots is freezing your arse off until they start. And there was a seroius speedwalker that always did the Quincy one. The goal was to beat the walker...
The race started at 8:15 and I was parking the car about 4 blocks away from the start at 8:05. We sprinted to the port of potties, then sprinted to the start line, and off we went. Not much waiting.

Numbers ... please say you passed 440. Please.

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yeah, 440 went down, was coming up on the outside to pass there lol.

By the way, your son's time, he's a beast

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jim wrote:
Freed Roger wrote:The hard part of turkey trots is freezing your arse off until they start. And there was a seroius speedwalker that always did the Quincy one. The goal was to beat the walker...
The race started at 8:15 and I was parking the car about 4 blocks away from the start at 8:05. We sprinted to the port of potties, then sprinted to the start line, and off we went. Not much waiting.

Numbers ... please say you passed 440. Please.
, I typically warm up by running 15+ minutes. The concept of warming up was foreign to me a few years ago...what a waste of energy I thought. Now it makes more sense to get the blood flowing a bit, so at the real start of a run I am more relaxed.

Turkey trots usually are crowded and have tougher logistics for dumping a layer of clothes a few minutes before start. And then they play the natl anthem.

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