Hey all you hobby joggers, only one week til your turkey trots!

RobA wrote:

Brgnboy wrote:

YOOOOO just realized who this is

It's Rob A, Bergen boy.

LetsRun, have I got a turkey trot story for you...

Background: I've won the local turkey trot 3 of the last 4 years, outkicked last year. Always times in the mid 15s. This fall I've dropped some big PRs, consistently under 15 even on hilly courses and a 14:26 PR and a 30:33 10K PR on a hilly course earlier this month. I was finally READY to take down the 15:02 course record and return to the top of the podium of turkey trot glory here in Bergen County.

Starting line: 2200ish people, 45 degrees, and a STRONG headwind on the uphill start. I tucked in behind the lead pack for the first third of a mile, then took the lead and started pushing on the downhill. Almost immediately as I had opened up a 10 yard lead, a car pulls out of their driveway on my right. The lead car stops to tell them to stop and then the car that was originally slowly pulling out ACCELERATED as I was directly in front of it. Yes, I was hit by a car not even a half mile into my quest for Turkey Trot glory.

The impact actually wasn't much, but the shock of it all caused me to lose my footing and fall to the ground. I supermanned across the pavement and lost a lot of skin on my hands, right elbow, right leg, and a really bad spot on my right hip. I laid there in pain for a few seconds, also in a bit of shock, before getting myself up. The lead pack passed me at this point. I tried to get back up to sub 4:40 pace, with blood dribbling down my side, but just couldn't do it. I did manage to catch the lead pack though.

A few of them asked if I was okay, to which I responded "not really, but I'm not dropping out of this" and continued on. It turned into a two man race as we went through mile 1 in 5:00. I was in a lot of pain and even my 10K pace from a few weeks prior was out of the question. Only one thing mattered now, and that was the win. I sat for another half mile before making my move. I opened up a 30 yard lead from 1.5 miles to the last hill at 2.8. At this point I was struggling, but I did hang on to break the tape in 15:43 to the runner-up's 15:47.

The course record is still not mine, but turkey trot glory and the gold winged foot trophy is. I went to the EMS building immediately after to get wrapped up and file a police report. All in all, I hope you enjoyed my recap and had a great Thanksgiving, letsrunners.

RobA wrote:

Brgnboy wrote:

YOOOOO just realized who this is

It's Rob A, Bergen boy.

LetsRun, have I got a turkey trot story for you...

Background: I've won the local turkey trot 3 of the last 4 years, outkicked last year. Always times in the mid 15s. This fall I've dropped some big PRs, consistently under 15 even on hilly courses and a 14:26 PR and a 30:33 10K PR on a hilly course earlier this month. I was finally READY to take down the 15:02 course record and return to the top of the podium of turkey trot glory here in Bergen County.

Starting line: 2200ish people, 45 degrees, and a STRONG headwind on the uphill start. I tucked in behind the lead pack for the first third of a mile, then took the lead and started pushing on the downhill. Almost immediately as I had opened up a 10 yard lead, a car pulls out of their driveway on my right. The lead car stops to tell them to stop and then the car that was originally slowly pulling out ACCELERATED as I was directly in front of it. Yes, I was hit by a car not even a half mile into my quest for Turkey Trot glory.

The impact actually wasn't much, but the shock of it all caused me to lose my footing and fall to the ground. I supermanned across the pavement and lost a lot of skin on my hands, right elbow, right leg, and a really bad spot on my right hip. I laid there in pain for a few seconds, also in a bit of shock, before getting myself up. The lead pack passed me at this point. I tried to get back up to sub 4:40 pace, with blood dribbling down my side, but just couldn't do it. I did manage to catch the lead pack though.

A few of them asked if I was okay, to which I responded "not really, but I'm not dropping out of this" and continued on. It turned into a two man race as we went through mile 1 in 5:00. I was in a lot of pain and even my 10K pace from a few weeks prior was out of the question. Only one thing mattered now, and that was the win. I sat for another half mile before making my move. I opened up a 30 yard lead from 1.5 miles to the last hill at 2.8. At this point I was struggling, but I did hang on to break the tape in 15:43 to the runner-up's 15:47.

The course record is still not mine, but turkey trot glory and the gold winged foot trophy is. I went to the EMS building immediately after to get wrapped up and file a police report. All in all, I hope you enjoyed my recap and had a great Thanksgiving, letsrunners.