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Fits Do Race Reviews: The Family Turkey Trot 5k

November 27, 2015 By Jessie Benson 10 Comments

Brookfield Turkey TrotI won a 5k yesterday. It was very exciting.

“I win. I’m a winner.”

(Tell me you know that movie.)

Let me explain…in 2008, my immediate family decided to host their own “5k” race on Thanksgiving. It was so much fun, we did it again for the next four years. The past two years though, we took a break from the family run and did a legitimate 5k race in Milwaukee at Thanksgiving. But this year, we decided to bring back the family 5k!

Race Time: The race started promptly at 9 am. This is not a chip-timed event. We were led off by “Watch me Whip” performed by Dr. Jones.Cresta Turkey Trot

Course: My oldest sister Cresta hosted Thanksgiving this year, so naturally the race started at her house. It ran about 1.5 miles to her sister-in-law’s house and back for 3.1 miles.

The course included one significant hill that we climbed in the first mile. It resulted in a great downhill finish!

Weather: The weather can be tricky in Wisconsin in November, but we had temperatures in the upper 40’s with light drizzle.

Aid Stations: One of the best parts of this race was the aid station at the halfway point. It included shots of Wild Turkey, beer chasers, cookies, and “yogurt” shots for the kids.
Turkey Trot Shot GlassAt the halfway point, I was in the lead; I would have preferred to just keep running, but the shot had to be taken!

Have you ever taken a shot halfway through a 5k? I wouldn’t recommend it.

6th Annual Wedel Turkey Trot

I waited until everyone else arrived at the aid station so we could take a quick family photo.

All of my sisters together and my dad in the back. (That is NOT his real hair!)

wedel 5

The second half of the 5k was a little rough. That shot of Wild Turkey was a bad choice…

But, I still won! Well, technically, we are all winners..i.e. for example, my oldest sister won the “doctor division.” I won the “blogger” division.

I was so impressed with my 8 year-old niece Clara, who was right behind me the whole time. She ran around 7:30 min/miles! So proud. That girl is going to be a runner.

Clara and Jessie

Post Race Party! The post race party at this 5k is better than any other. Turkey, stuffing, beer, wine- everyone leaves happy and full!

P.S. I never win the family 5k- Dustin and my brother in law Todd always win. However, Todd recently had surgery and Dustin let me win. Thanks guys!

Dustin Shot Turkey

The family 5k was all in good fun- “winning” didn’t really matter, it was all about spending time with family doing something active outside before the feast.

Wedel Family Turkey Trot 6

 

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Congrats on winning the 5k. Don’t take that charity from Dustin – clearly he couldn’t handle the Kickin’ Chicken and you beat him fair and square! What a great tradition.

I was going to sign up for a 5k Turkey Trot on vacation in Iowa, but didn’t want to provoke any injuries, so I settled for a longer recovery run instead. It turned out to be 53 degrees, and I melted during 6 way over-dressed miles!

BTW, your YouTube link is not working – I think you are missing a closing bracket on the first “iframe”

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Thanks for the heads up, I think we have the video embed fixed now.

53 degrees sounds pretty awesome!

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I love everything about this 5K – so fun!! Congrats on the big win! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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Thanks Jenna! It was a blast 🙂 hope yours was good too!

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Oh that sounds brilliant. I’m going to suggest that my family start some kind of race tradition (just as soon as I work out a time of year that we can all be in the same country and willing to run lol!)

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It’s a fun family tradition- gets everyone out and doing something healthy (well, except for the shot of whiskey!)

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I was grinning ear to ear reading this post! What a fun family tradition!!

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Thanks Jess! I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving 🙂

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