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Turkey Trot 5K Highlights
(Saratoga Springs, NY)
Reluctant Teens
Knock Off a Few Miles!
(Thanksgiving '07)

Team-C is unconvincing
as she tries to coerce her son, Smooth-G, into thinking that sub-degree temperatures aren't really that cold!

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Butt cold temperatures rocked the Great Northeast on Thanksgiving morning. Somehow, "g" had managed to coerce Team-C's boys and his own daughters into running the annual, Saratoga Springs (NY) Turkey Trot 5K. Yep... the old man and the kids would stroll around the course with smiles in anticipation of mounds of mashed potatoes, heaping spoonfuls of stuffing and waves of thick turkey gravy later in the day!

"g" had been cunning, calculating and masterful with his adolescent 5K recruitment efforts. Not only had he been able to protect them from appreciating the course's one mile hill at the start and two huge hills around Skidmore College... but he was able to convince his youngest daughter (I Hate To Sweat Slammin' Sarah) to run the annual event.

Oh, yea... even "g's" parents, Black Fly '49 Mike and I'd Rather Camp on My Honeymoon Ruth, had flown in from VA to cheer them on!

All in all... the kids with attitude ran a great race... check out the pix-highlights below!

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Black Fly '49 Mike, I'd Rather Be Camping on My Honeymoon Ruth and Team-C are thrilled... To Not Be Running!	BF '49 Mike can't believe he actually left the comfort of his gas powered fireplace in warm and toasty VA to stand in the bitter cold as both a prerequisite and requirement to mashed potatoes and gravy at 6:00 PM!	STX Man: Never to cold for a muscle shirt!

"a" and her dad: Having No Fear! After all, they did hike Knife Edge in '06! What's a little cold and a few hilly miles between a father and daughter?	I'd Rather Be Camping...Ruth: When I was their age I had to walk a 10K to school every morning. In the winter, the snow drifts were so high I though they were the Rocky Mountains! When I was their age shoes weren't invented! When I was their age...	STX Man is thrilled with the opportunity to come in first place in his age group... leaving I Hate To Sweat Slammin' Sarah and her dad waaaay behind in his Nike dust! Yep... this kid's got speed and a bold attitude! (Editor's Note: STX Man was so fast off the start line he missed the first turn and ran an extra 2.3 miles... and still came in first place!)
		Left: I Hate To Sweat Slammin Sarah hates having her picture taken as much as she hates to run! Our G-WeB photographer captured this less than flattering side of her!


In a blaze of fury (to end this bitter cold craziness), Reluctant Teens with Attitude jam off the start line!	Post Race: "a" and her dad scoffed at the dozens of twisted, vomiting bodies they stepped over as they raced to the finish line. Yep... another "a-dad" milestone accomplished!	Post Race (Smooth-G): I coughed up a lung somewhere around mile-2... geez! Mom! Where's my latte you promised if I ran this blasted thing! I'm cold! I want to go home! Where's the car? Where's my gloves? Whaaaa... I want to go home...

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