This Month.

November brings with it plenty of changes, but we're ready. A new schedule, a new job, even a new haircut! We're excited, ready to go, but still look forward to the end of the month when we get to celebrate one of our favorite holidays with our very favorite people. 

Run your giblets off.

As I mentioned yesterday, our week at home was too wonderful to fit into one post. In order to do justice to our time back in the Cities, I'll do a full week of recaps highlighting our favorite activities, from turkey to running to Christmas trees! First up: Turkey Day 5k!

After several weeks of preparing, Turkey Day 5k turned out to be so much fun. We couldn't have had better weather - it was almost 60 degrees on Thanksgiving morning. The day quickly turned, though, and by the time we were enjoying our turkey and stuffing, there was a lovely layer of snow on the ground. 

There were so many people participating - over 14,000 - that most of the run was actually spent jogging. Still, my sister and I had a great time, and even ended up running into friends of ours! 

Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving morning, if you'd like to see...

I would definitely do another 5k run in again, especially any downtown! Definitely the Torchlight this summer, but I'd love to do another one before that, maybe here in Milwaukee.  

Tomorrow on our Thanksgiving Week Recap - turkey en sous vide! 

MN Mondays: Turkey Day 5k.

This is a bit of a different MN Monday post; the others have all been about places we love or favorite activities of ours back home. This one, though, is all about something new that I'm looking forward to...this year, on Thanksgiving morning, my sister and I will be running the Turkey Day 5k!

A quick confession: I don't run. At all. At least not until deciding to do this race. I felt like I needed some motivation to push myself at the gym, and my sister had mentioned doing this run. This brings us to today, exactly 38 days to Turkey Day. So far so good, I think; running gets easier each time I'm out.

The course looks like fun, especially as we get to run by the river, the Guthrie Theater, and through downtown. It'll be a fun way to see some of my favorite places when we're home for Thanksgiving. No word  yet on whether we'll be dressing up as turkeys or if we'll run while carrying one...yes, apparently people actually do this:

Any advice from Turkey Day veterans, or running advice in general? It'll be an early morning (and hopefully one without snow), but it should make for a good start to one of my favorite holidays of the year!

*Photos via Mill City Times 2011 Turkey Day 5K