Turkey Trot

You would think we(Ben & me) would've learned by now.  Planned family events are hardly ever going to be those rosy, everybody loves everybody, bonding experiences.  Today's turkey trot 5K was no exception.  For $102 we got:

• Non-stop whining
• 1 busted knee
• 1 blood stain on a running shirt
• 1 strained back from carrying a 40 lb child with a busted knee
• dirty looks from those ready to call child protection services
• "your crazy" looks from those that couldn't believe we actually paid for all this
• reduction of 3 years on our lifespan due to added stress
• no "after the run" snacks since all other finishers(and their non running family members) sucked them all down
• public humiliation of finishing just about last in our age groups, at a time bested by the average 10k'ers
• and, of course, 6 t-shirts.

Money well spent, I say.

Needless to say, this is prior to the start of the race.