Fitness Friday-How Strong is Your Trot #HOUTurkeyTrot

Can you believe that this year is almost over?  Where did it go?  Who is ready for some turkey? 

This is a sponsored post in collaboration with BakerRipley.  All opinions stated are my own based on my personal experience.

When you hear the word turkey, what do you think about?  I think about Thanksgiving, traditions, and the trot.  These three go hand in hand with one another in our family.  The Houston TXU Energy BarkeyRipley Turkey Trot has become a family tradition.

Did you know that the trot was my very first race?  It was.  I did not prepare at all for it but I was up for the challenge.  Here are some tips for you:

1)  Trot-Start getting some mileage in everyday.  This will help you get across the finish line.  Whether you run, jog, or trot, it is the best feeling when you cross the finish line.

2)  Tennis shoes-Break your shoes in.  Do not buy new shoes to wear the day of the race.  Make sure you have comfortable shoes.  Good shoes will make a big difference.

3)  Tradition-Make this a part of your tradition.  The trot is a family friendly event.  Grab the entire family and help celebrate the 25 years of Trot. 

4)  Time-Make sure you register before the price increased on November 18th. 

5)  Turkey-BarkerRipley serves more than half a million people across the Houston area.  Serving the community with community centers, charter schools, Headstart programs, senior services and career centers.  This is a way for you to give back.  Then you can go home and have some turkey! 

Currently the prices are as follows:

10K Untimed - $30

10K Timed - $35

10K Wheelchair - $35

Phillips 66 5K Untimed - $30

Phillips 66 5K Timed - $35

Phillips 66 5K Wheelchair - $35

Kids Run - $15

Register now to take advantage of these prices!  Save $5 off your registration by using this code:  17INDEPENDENT

TXU Energy Turkey Calling Contest 2014

***Disclosure-My family and I will be participating in this year's TXU Energy turkey trot as we did last year.  Thanks to TXU Energy for being our sponsor.

The annual TXU Energy turkey calling contest is set for 10 a.m. at the Houston Zoo on Saturday.

The event, at the Children’s Zoo Butterfly stage, will start with a visit from a turkey and its handler. Houston-area media personalities then will compete in a turkey calling contest for a chance to win a Houston-area tree planting in their honor next year. After the media squawking, zoo guests will be invited to try to gobble up prizes from TXU Energy and the Houston Zoo.

The contestants are:

Todd Freed | The KUBE Channel 57

Craig Hlavaty | Houston Chronicle

Samica Knight | KTRK – ABC 13

Kyrie O’Connor | Houston Chronicle

GREGO | Newsfix and CW39

Jillian “JJ” Simmons | 97.9 The Box

Rebecca Spera | Mirror/Mirror

Register at the Zoo for the TXU Energy Houston Turkey Trot taking place Thanksgiving morning and receive an on-the-spot 20% discount on all registrations!  Remember your registrations to the TXU Energy Turkey Trot benefit Sheltering Arms Senior Services. 

Are you a Turkey? #TurkeyTrot13

What other than the turkey are you?  Get it, i used turkey instead of chicken...lol.  Sorry, bad joke.  anyways back to the point.  It is that time again, Turkey Trot 2013.

As in the past, the TXU Energy Turkey Trot benefits the Sheltering Arms Senior Services.  The announcement of the Grand Marshal has yet to be made.  But the turkey calling contest has been scheduled.

The turkey calling contest will be held at 9 a.m. at the Butterfly Stage in the Houston Zoo on Nov. 16.

My family has participated and will be participating again this year.  If you missed my recap of last year's turkey trot, click here.  We had so much fun.  The entire family; kids and all.

It has become a family tradition.  Want to join us?

Click here, http://bit.ly/TrotMoms to register and find out more information about this years event.. Remember if you register early you can take advantage of a discount, discounted early registration ends Nov. 22.

Money raised from the Turkey Trot benefit many.  Want to hear stories, click here, and to find out more information about the benefits, who you are helping, and much, much more; visit the Sheltering Arms page.

Recap TXU Energy Turkey Trot

So what were you doing Thanksgiving morning?  Sleeping in, up early and cooking, getting ready for football, or running a turkey trot?

We were running a turkey trot.  TXU Energy Turkey Trot was held right outside the fountains by the Galleria.  It was a great event.  We had a blast and many of our friends and family joined in.

This is not even half of our group that ran.  We had over 25 people in our group...  We had the kids in the 1K.  We had the pre-teens and teens run in the 5K.  And the adults all ran the 10K.

My official time:

Alba

1:07:58

I beat my old time by 7 minutes.  (Bayou Classic 10K 2011 1:14:33)  This is my 1st 10K after the pregnancy and having had the baby.  In 2010, the turkey trot was my very 1st race ever, and now I was back here again.  This year we had a couple of new comers, and we were all so proud of them for completing and crossing the finish line.  They even did better than they imagined.

In the end I burned over 700 calories, ran 6.2 miles, and will be able to have bragging rights that crossed that finish line.

So are you up to the challenge?

TXU Energy Turkey Trot-Turkey Calling Contest

The past weekend’s turkey calling contest was a smash. There were media reps from KHOU, KTRK, KPRC, KRIV, KUBE, CBS Radio/Houston Chronicle and the Houston Press. Anna-Megan Raley of CBS Radio and the Houston Chronicle won the media contest. She gets to decide where TXU Energy and the Texas Trees Foundation plant a tree in the Houston area.


Today is the last day for early registration and discounted prices. Regular prices start on Saturday and online registration wraps up at 7 p.m. Nov. 19. After that, there is day-of registration at the race.

Hurry and register.  See you at the race.

***Disclosure-Sponsored post.

Thursday Turkey Trot Training

So there are 13 days and some hours left until Thanksgiving and until the TXU Energy Turkey Trot benefiting Sheltering Arms Senior Services.  Christy from My Timeless Blessings and I have team up to train for this upcoming 10K.  Our main goal is to beat our previous PRs.

Sunday-Rest
Monday-3.5 miles in 35 mins

(This is Christy's leg.  Since the time has changed, we are actually running when the sun is going down.  She fell on the sidewalk.  But she got up and just kept going.  No pain, No gain!  No excuses!)

Tuesday-5.02 miles in 52 mins
Wednesday-Christy did 5.24 in 56 mins and I did 6.2 miles in 1 hr 13 mins

(We have been pushing hard mileage and the weather change has not helped either.  Christy's ankle started hurting so she had to stop.  Remember listen to your body.  You body will tell you when to stop.  Don't injure yourself.  Our goal was 10K mileage.)

Thursday-Rest
Friday-Rest
Saturday-3.1 miles (5K)

I have had a really hard time adjusting to the cold weather, well my lungs.  My throat is very sore from my not breathing in my nose and out of my mouth.  I am wearing a cold gear jacket.  It is always good that you prepared yourself for the outdoor weather.  You are no good if you are sick and unprepared.  So do layer is you need to.  The cold weather makes your body work harder, so if you need to slow down like me, do.

Make sure to follow Christy at My Timeless Blessings for next week's update.  Also follow us on twitter @independentmami and @corellana86.

***Disclosure-TXU Energy is sponsoring our Turkey Trot entries.  But all this hard work, training, sweat, cuts, and bruises are all our own HARD EARNED too!  We are not being compensated for these conversations or posts.  As always I try to provide you my readers with information to help myself and you along our journey.  I am not a doctor, so please do check with your doctor before beginning any exercise program or for questions concerning your health.  Good Luck!