Sunday, November 30, 2014

TROTTING TURKIES 2014

Once again some of the family wackies participated in the Race to Feed the Hungry Fun Run on Thanksgiving Day.

They paid their money and pinned on their
numbers for the 10k, 5k and one mile run, walk, or get there however, challenge.

 Some of them wondered what they’d been talked into.

 They all seemed excited to have an excuse to act weird in public.

 CindyLooWho got singled out by a local news station for an interview that ended up on television later that day.

 The group participated in the costume competition and gave credit to CindyLooWho for their crocheted turkey hats.

 Winners of the completion won a pie.  We got a LOT of pies.  This may be the first Thanksgiving EVER that we got sick of pie.

A short video of the big warmup.

Finally the three thousand entries lined up and took off.

Off like a herd of turkeys.

 DH and I waited at the finish to cheer them in.  It wasn’t long before we recognized a redhead wearing a turkey hat coming in from the 5k run.

 His sister was not far behind.

 Another brother.  They were easy to spot in the crowd in those hats with the long yellow turkey legs.

 Beavis went by in a blur, finishing the 10k run.

 We got a kick out of watching all kinds of groups with strollers, wheel chairs, and even dogs go by.

 Here comes CindyLooWhoo finishing the 10k.  Yay!!

 A couple of sisters trying to outdo each other in the final sprint.

 Dad and Mom and the youngest Sim.

Last but not least the shortest turkey and his dad.

 We’ve burned off a bunch of calories. Bring on the feast!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

For turkeys, your family is LOVELY!!

Val said...

Those turkeys are still perky, even at the finish line. Love the hats.

Anonymous said...

Hey...you can NEVER have too much pie. They do freeze you know.

Terry and Linda said...

Your family is just lovely!

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TALON said...

Your gorgeous turkey family, Leenie, is making me-- gobble gobble -- jealous of all that vitality! :)

Carla said...

What a glorious way to spend Turkey day!! The whole family looks fabulous in CindyLoo's hats. I'll bet some other runners were asking where they got them and if they could have one too?!

Leenie said...

Carla. You are right about that. CLW said she had other lady runners chase her down to ask for crochet instructions. She said she didn't want to be rude but she guessed they didn't notice she was running a race.

Alica said...

This looks like a great way to enjoy Thanksgiving as a family! What fun! (although I'd be watching with you, not running)

Linda Sue said...

the hats are grand! please send your email address, I got a new computer and it is giving me a very hard time...no likey! LOVE LS

Bill S. said...

It sure was a very cold day - and then the summer of December came. Loved the post.

Elizabeth said...

Looks lots of fun!
and for charity too!