Turkey Trot part 7

Got out Thursday for my 7th Turkey Trot. Did run this year, walked with Amber. 11 of us this year.

Turkey Trot 2007

There was a boat load of people(4000+) out this AM to brave the 28 degree weather. With the wind chill it felt like 20. Wish I had those shorts of TM's. Saw a bunch of people out that you normally only see on bikes, Greek, Stokes (He got 3rd in his age group), Patrick A&B. Accomplished the sub 20. Ran 18:45 by my watch. "Official" time will be a little faster because of the chip timing, it took me a few seconds to hit the "actual start line". Not my fastest 5k but pretty happy with it since I haven't ran a 5k race since last Turkey Trot. Even splits too 5:53,6:08,6:08, for a 6:02 avg. Avg HR was 170 with my max @ 180. That's only about 1000 calories. Guess I'll have to skip a few courses @ dinner.(I know TM & Skip will love that). Off to get my feed on. Hopefully my legs don't seize up on me this afternoon starting to feel that soreness creeping in.

Thanksgiving part 1 & the Turkey Trot

Thanksgiving once again was in 2 parts this year. Part one was @ my house since it would be the staging area for the Turkey Trot. Part 2 in Aurora, more on that later unless you read it first. My Sister's family & My parents came up Wednesday night to have some bird. Amber did a great job cooking her first bird with fixing's.

Decorations courtesy of Nina & Ashton

Chocolate pie courtesy of my Sister Serena

Me getting my carve on

Nina & my Dad

Mom & Dad

Amber's done cooking & working on some stress reduction.

After dinner Zuma Fest 06 took place.

Mia all bundled up ready to sleep I mean be pushed in the jogger.

The Trot has quickly become a family tradition. I'm up to 5 years in a row. Amber 3x , Mia(once in utero), my mom & dad have done it twice now. This year we were joined by my sister Serena & her family, Eric, Nina, & Ashton, plus Amber's Dad Rick & her Sister Danielle each for their first go. Next year we're shooting for more family members to join us.

Rat in a coat.

How many people does it take to get a 6 month old in a stroller?

Mia in the bubble. Plus for everyone else a nice shot of my butt.

Off to the start

Total this year 3209 people! This is the view beshind our start spot. It took us 5 min to get to the start after the gun. You had to cross under a wire that started your official time which would subtract your "wait".
Our placings. Amber once again beat me. Mia didn't have a #, besides she slept the whole way anyway.

1810			Amber Dunsmuir	25	F	Springfield	MO		35:47	11:31
1811			Scott Dunsmuir	34	M	Springfield	MO		35:48	11:32

2145

2145

Linda Dunsmuir

51

F

Pontiac

MO

44:58

14:29

2343			Ashton Smith	9	F	Camdenton	MO		49:43	16:01
2344			Eric Smith	33	M	Camdenton	MO		49:45	16:01
2345			Nina Smith	9	F	Camdenton	MO		49:44	16:01

2501			Brian Dunsmuir	53	M	Pontiac	MO		49:15	15:52
2502			Rick Ussery	45	M	Republic	MO		49:15	15:51

2886

Danielle Ussery

18

F

Republic

MO

56:26

18:10

2889

Serena Smith

32

F

Camdenton

MO

56:26

18:10

Mom cut the course but her place was her bib #.

Ready for a nap & some more pie.

Turkey Trot Results

Happy Turkey Day a day late & a few extra pounds later

Yesterday I got up @ the ass crack of dawn on a holiday to run the 11th annual Turkey Trot. This year 2374 people participated(more than 4000 according to my mom). There were 4 Dunsmuirs entered which I'm sure caused some confusion. My mom (Linda), dad (Brian), & Amber all agreed to walk while I ran for time.

I was hoping to ultimately go under 18 min but was ready to be happy with a sub 18:30. I have a bad habit of going out a little too fast & I figured the large crowd the pace would be a little ridiculous at first. I managed to rein myself in to a semi comfortable 5:34 first mile. I did see the Pettus family in the first mile, they had false started by about a 1/4 mile or so to avoid the crowds. I paid for the first mile in the 2nd mile & was only able to come back with a 5:55. It was weird running around MSU on roads that only this summer I'd been racing around @ over 30+mph. My running was just a little slower(but not much). The 3rd mile is where the hills are. Knowing this I set a survival tempo up the first hill & let gravity take over on the downhill. On the final uphill to the finishing downhill Doug Assenmacher caught me so I had to pick up my pace to stay with him( so I don't have a 3rd mile split maybe around 5:55 again). I was able to use CTS' track workouts to out kick Doug to the finish crossing 22nd overall, 4th in my age group in 18:05. That's 5:50 pace which just so happens to be the pace Scot had me running all my intervals in. Oh so close but I'm still pretty happy considering the little amount of running I do & this is the first 5k I run in over a year.

I jogged back to catch up with my family & walked the last mile or so with them. My mom has never met a stranger & had adopted a new friend along the way. She was regaling her with our life stories. The poor unsuspecting lady will be more cautious who she talks to in the future. I'm very proud of my parents for getting up & walking with my new wife.

After the Trot it was time to return home for the first of 3 Turkey dinners. One @ our house with my best friend Darin, my parents & Amber. The 2nd with Amber's dad's family. The 3rd with Amber's mom's family. Wow that's a lot of eating & traveling. This year work gave us turkeys so Amber & I had 47 pounds btwn 2 birds to cook up. So Darin spent, according to his version of the story, days basting the bird for our feed. The second bird went with Amber's Uncle Jeremy to rub butter on(which he got a little too excited about if you ask me, I'll have to ask his wife about this). Come to think of it she told me about the sex in the pan, so I told her I'd had sex in a lot of places but never a pan. After gorging ourselves & putting on @ least a few extra pounds a piece, could have been more without the Turkey Trot, we were home & in bed asleep by 7:30pm. Thanksgiving gets longer & longer every year.


Looking @ the results I saw a few OCC'ers. Peter Van Off the front I talked to after the race. He ran 22:41. Jim Coker the Mansfield Pill Pusher ran 20:42. Both pretty respectable times for bikers.