Today, Saturday Nov. 21, several of the Warriors ran in the local Thanksgiving classic road race here, the Turlock Turkey Trot. It's a two mile race held at Donnely park in Central Turlock (home of the coolest wood castle playground in the Central Valley, as pictured above). The course is two laps around the square mile park, really flat and on asphalt.
It was bitter cold this morning, in the mid-40's and very windy, but sunny. After the one mile kids fun-run, the Warriors stripped down to their spandex, singlets, and bandanas, taking their place at the front of the starting line. After a rousing chorus of "The Yellow Bird Song" and some half-hearted striders, the starter blew the go-ahead whistle and the race was on.
10-13 minutes later, it was all Warriors as they pulled into the finish chute. Here's some preliminary very unofficial results:
1. Dawson "Dan Lord" Vorderbruegge 9:56
2. Jose "Josie" Morales 10:00
3. Larry "Australian Mosquito" Blaylock 10:23
4. Shane "Escalon HS Singlet" Brookshire 10:34
5. Palmer "Thiele" 10:50
6. Stephen "Freshie" Lenz 10:53
7. Terrance "Unattached" Ellis 10:55
Tyler Thiele didn't register, so he only ran part of the race and helped us draft and pace, thanks Tyler. Big Props to Isaac, a freshman from Livingston who wore flats and broke 11 minutes, a very impressive time for late November and a 15 year old. Also to Joel "Emil Zapotek" Bernard, XC coach at Hughson HS, who ran a great race and helped fire up the Warriors, as well as his young son, who ran in the one mile!
Denali Foldager won the women's division in about 12:30, and was followed closely by April Montgomery and Lindsay Garcia. Congrats ladies!
However, the highlight of the day was not the race itself, but the awards. Following tradition, the awards are as follows:
Age Division 1st: whole Turkey
Age Division 2nd: Cornish game hen
Age Division 3rd: Flat of eggs
Overall Winner: Large pumpkin pie
So, we swept the pies, and won all the awards for the 19-29 age division. Then, they held a raffle to get rid of the rest of the Turkeys that were donated, and we won 4 more turkeys and another chicken, bringing our total haul to:
6 turkeys
3 chickens
60 eggs
2 pumpkin pies
To celebrate, we held the first annual XC Thanksgiving feast at the track house. It was glorious, it was victorious, and it was consumed by the Warriors. Have a great thanksgiving everyone, remember all your blessings!
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