I dislike hills. I dislike standing around in the cold on those hills waiting for races to start. I much prefer my home turf down at the Beach where an elevation gain of 10′ over the 5K is a big climb.

The wife and I are in Mount Airy, North Carolina with our three kids visiting my wife’s grandparents. Normally, for me, it’s a time to vegetate and eat. This year, though, I decided to change things up and run a 5K turkey trot. So that’s what I did this morning down in Winston-Salem, NC.

I didn’t get many photos… I completely forgot once I had gotten started on the run. Oh well. I don’t have too much to say about the race except it was up and down and up and down and… well, you get the idea. As usual, I ran in my Vibram FiveFingers KSOs. Also as usual, I got quite a few glances, comments, and questions… all of them positive. Even with my Injinji toe socks, my feet were still cold waiting around for an hour before the start. But once we got moving, all was well.

This was my fastest 5K yet with a time of 31:34 (10:11/mile)… an improvement of over 1 minute over my last 5K in October. Still slower than I want to go, but I am very happy with improvement.

My next race, wherever and whenever it might be, I’ll take photos. I promise.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Time to eat!!!