El Paso YMCA Turkey Trot - Run5k

There were both runner for the 5K and walkers for the 3K which made the starting area kind of tight. I just went straight to the front instead of trying to fight my way up. The race was fine other than there were no mile markers and I had no way of knowing what my pace was. I just tried to run according to comfort. I guess it worked out OK since I was able to continue picking off runner by runner the entire course while only being passed once after the first mile or so. Although it was a dry day and I would have preferred to take a little water, they only had cups sitting on a table which I wasn't going to slow down to grab. Not only that but at the course got measured by an extra tenth of a mile long so I just computed back to a 5K distance. Even though I did fine with an overall age group win, I felt that had I known what pace I was on, I could have run a better time. No biggie though, it was a decent run and I had a good time that day.

Have more time to warm up.

Jogged back down and then back on the road the race was finishing on for about 20 minutes.


Lack of warm up due to earlier than scheduled start and lack mile markers.


Enjoyed the race and the other runners were a good bunch. Found the post race activities to be OK but amazed at the lack of cheering a lot of the people gave during the award ceremony. It was like people were just there and could not care less. I felt bad for a few people that were getting awards but when no one even clapped for them.