The Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 5K takes place Thanksgiving morning in San Jose, California. One of the very best, if not the best, Thanksgiving Day races, countless professional athletes toe the line with a prize purse of $12,100 on the line.
Here are the entries:
Mens Start List
Wilfred Kimitei (KEN)
Diego Estrada (USA)
Leonard Korir (KEN)
Garrett Heath (USA)
Andrew Wheating (USA)
Elliott Heath (USA)
Scott Bauhs (USA)
Nohom Mesfin (ETH)
Riley Masters (USA)
Erik Olson (USA)
John Simons (USA)
Phillip Reid (USA)
Pat Casey (USA)
Matt Maldonado (USA)
Daniel Quigley (USA)
Eric Avila (USA)
Weston Strum (USA)
Jordan Welling (USA)
Dylan Ferris (USA)
Ben Blankenship (USA)
David Sanchez (USA)
Brett Gotcher (USA)
Jake Schmitt (USA)
Devin Monson (USA)
Matthew Cleaver (USA)
Matthew Clowes (GBR)
Jovanny Godinez (MEX)
JP Slater (USA)
Darius Terry (USA)
Trevor Halsted (USA)
Dayne Gradone (USA)
Anthony Mallory (USA)
Nick Spector (USA)
David Fuentes (USA)
Jesus Romo (USA)
Kevin Chaves (USA)
Sean Smith (USA)
Ben Branagh (IRL)
Cheyne Inman (USA)
Ivan Medina (USA)
Dawson Vorderbruegge (USA)
Womens Start List
Buze Diriba (ETH)
Kim Conley (USA)
Alisha Williams (USA)
Rochelle Kanhuo (USA)
Emily Infeld (USA)
Jessica Tonn (USA)
Tara Erdmann (USA)
Bridget Franek (USA)
Tia Martinez (USA)
Elvin Kibet (KEN)
Alycia Criderbring (USA)
Alexa Efraimson (USA)
Shannon Leinert (USA)
Kristen Findley (USA)
Nicky Akande (USA)
Amanda Mergaert (USA)
Sarah Sumpter (USA)
Monicah Wanjuhi (KEN)
Anne Beck (USA)
Rachel Mitchell (USA)
Becca Friday (USA)
Lauren Wallace (USA)
Karlee Coffey (USA)
Ayla Granados (USA)
Marina Vorderbruegge (USA)
Kris Paaso (USA)
Amy Schnittger (USA)
Michelle Meyer (USA)
Silicon Valley Turkey trot 5k
Report Thread
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Is there a live stream?
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Flotrack just tweeted someone who asked the same question. Apparently there is not a lead cart/vehicle for the race, so no camera.
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The elite run is great. The non elite race is a mess. It's treated more like a fun run. 10k runners will have to weave in and out of slow walkers from the 5k.
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Repeating for emphasis:
Alexa Efraimson (USA) (!) -
Are there live results?
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The Manchester (CT) Road Race has more prize money, with a total of $49,300, and it sounds like Silicon Valley is more of a clusterf*ck for everyone but the elites.
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Garrett Heath ftw! Great finish with him, Casey, and Estrada. Low 13:30s
Diriba unofficially in 15:34...@AlexaEfraimson stumbles to the finish -
turkeytrotwejo wrote:
Repeating for emphasis:
Alexa Efraimson (USA) (!)
Apparently she was in 4th until she collapsed a few yards from the finish. Sounds like a similar situation to her race at Stanford. After seeing Cranny finish 12th NCAA xc, I think Efraimson should have ran for her hs then compete for a college. Efraimson's team won the WA state meet and their NXN regional meet, maybe with her they could have had a shot at the NXN title. -
Any full results?
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505 wrote:
turkeytrotwejo wrote:
Repeating for emphasis:
Alexa Efraimson (USA) (!)
Apparently she was in 4th until she collapsed a few yards from the finish. Sounds like a similar situation to her race at Stanford. After seeing Cranny finish 12th NCAA xc, I think Efraimson should have ran for her hs then compete for a college. Efraimson's team won the WA state meet and their NXN regional meet, maybe with her they could have had a shot at the NXN title.
Video of her struggling:
http://instagram.com/p/v6RfMizER5/
Cause for concern? This is the second time it's happened in as many months. -
US25k wrote:
505 wrote:
turkeytrotwejo wrote:
Repeating for emphasis:
Alexa Efraimson (USA) (!)
Apparently she was in 4th until she collapsed a few yards from the finish. Sounds like a similar situation to her race at Stanford. After seeing Cranny finish 12th NCAA xc, I think Efraimson should have ran for her hs then compete for a college. Efraimson's team won the WA state meet and their NXN regional meet, maybe with her they could have had a shot at the NXN title.
Video of her struggling:
http://instagram.com/p/v6RfMizER5/
Cause for concern? This is the second time it's happened in as many months.
that is weird - it happening twice.
at least competitors didn't stop and carry her over the line. Lord I hate that. -
She must have some type of undiagnosed disease. Poor girl and poor sponsors that invested in her. I would rather have Mary Cain 10 x 10.
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OK, when I read this at first I figured she must be a drama queen or has some sort of anxiety around losing. However, watching the clip on instagram it appears she is just going beyond the normal limits of what your brain can make the body do. I'm actually really impressed.
Hopefully this is not an eating issue, that would be much less impressive. -
klc wrote:
She must have some type of undiagnosed disease. Poor girl and poor sponsors that invested in her. I would rather have Mary Cain 10 x 10.
On a national day of thanksgiving you are criticizing a 17 year old girl. -
...who decided to go professional...
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New Efraimson Fan wrote:
OK, when I read this at first I figured she must be a drama queen or has some sort of anxiety around losing. However, watching the clip on instagram it appears she is just going beyond the normal limits of what your brain can make the body do. I'm actually really impressed.
Hopefully this is not an eating issue, that would be much less impressive.
I heard today she went out with the leaders and at Stanford she took an early lead. She probably got too used to being able to run from the front and dominate in hs. I think she would benefit from starting off slower and working her way up. -
Nothing posted that seems to quite capture the true holiday spirit....
GOBBLE GOBBLE MUTHERFUCKERS!! -
i completely agree. I think for her next few races it would be very smart for her to go out a lot slower and have a strong finish. She should do this until she can get a better grasp on what her body can handle. I'm also very impressed with the will she must have and the ability to push her body to that sort of breaking point. But as you can see it is not a good thing and is very dangerous. If she were to go out 10-15 sec slower per for her mile split she would be able to save the collapse for after the finish.
505 wrote:
New Efraimson Fan wrote:
OK, when I read this at first I figured she must be a drama queen or has some sort of anxiety around losing. However, watching the clip on instagram it appears she is just going beyond the normal limits of what your brain can make the body do. I'm actually really impressed.
Hopefully this is not an eating issue, that would be much less impressive.
I heard today she went out with the leaders and at Stanford she took an early lead. She probably got too used to being able to run from the front and dominate in hs. I think she would benefit from starting off slower and working her way up. -
Results?? How are there no results out yet with an elite field like this? Ridiculous.
