107. The Great Turkey Trot of 2014
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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"And then somebody comes by, stops, looks me in the eye and goes, 'Wow! You can do it, buddy!' And it was in that moment I realized that I wasn't running. I also realized I wasn't jogging. I was barely walking. I looked down, and the tops of my shoes are scraping the ground — one slow movement after the next slow movement. And people genuinely thought I had a serious medical condition, and that I was being a hero and a trooper by getting out there."
Three years ago, my now-husband, Brian Cristiano, and I lined up at the start of two very different Turkey Trots. Though both races were five miles, the outcomes were vastly dissimilar. I ran the Prospect Park Track Club Turkey Trot in Brooklyn, NY, in a respectable 38:41 — a 7:44 minute-per-mile pace. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Brian was racing the Newport Pie Run. Here’s a dramatic retelling of how his race went. This is forever my favorite story. Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy LOL-ing!
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.4 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, which is my second favorite holiday, by the way, |
| 0:16.8 | I wanted to bring back a classic. |
| 0:19.6 | Now, there are many classic parts of Thanksgiving. |
| 0:22.4 | There's the gratitude, of course. |
| 0:24.4 | There's the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which I love. |
| 0:28.0 | There's the pie, the stuffing, the rolls, all my favorite parts of Thanksgiving, and the turkey I could do without the turkey. |
| 0:34.0 | Then, after the parade, there's the dog show, and the napping. |
| 0:37.6 | Oh, so much napping. I love Thanksgiving. |
| 0:40.4 | But to me, what truly makes Thanksgiving special is the turkey trot. |
| 0:46.0 | Turkey trots are those local Thanksgiving morning races that bring people together, |
| 0:50.4 | where people dress up as turkeys and try to race against the high school track athletes. |
| 0:55.6 | Okay, that last part was me, and it was just one time, and let's just say I couldn't hang. |
| 1:01.2 | And speaking of not being able to hang, today's episode is a rerun of everyone's favorite, |
| 1:07.2 | the great turkey trot of 2014. |
| 1:10.4 | See, in 2014, Brian, who's now my husband, |
| 1:14.0 | Brian and I lined up at the start of two very different turkey trots. |
| 1:18.0 | Though both races were five miles, the outcomes were not exactly the same. |
| 1:23.2 | I ran the Prospect Park Track Club turkey trot in Brooklyn, New York, |
| 1:26.4 | in a respectable 38 minutes and 41 seconds, which is a 744 mile pace. |
| 1:31.6 | I would love to be able to do that again. |
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