The Month of the Trot

With a seeming lull in the world of competitive athletic events and a general hibernation this time of year, I was wondering what to profile for this week's MBlog post.  I do have one thing in the works . . . but the activity hasn't been uploaded so there's not a lot I can do about it.  I started perusing the TrailNetwork.  Nothing really struck me.  Then I started thinking about how fun my Thanksgiving Day celebrations were (that's right, I said "celebrationS").  All the food, and the really good wine at the evening party I attended.  How all of my running friends ran in one Turkey Trot or another . . . and how I didn't feel the least bit compelled to join them.  "Hmm, I wonder if there are any good Turkey Trots listed in the TrailNetwork?"  Yup.  Public Trots uploaded this year total 361.  Wow, that's a lot of burned turkeys.  "Hmm, I wonder, what IS the oldest Trot?"  The Buffalo, NY Turkey Trot.  I think you get where I'm going with this.  Yeah, we got it.  Not once, not twice but THRICE.  Three of our faithful athletes uploaded the country's oldest Turkey Trot, after they had sufficiently recovered from the run and all the turkey and fixings.  Check out the course below.  Who knows, maybe the runners can start making the pilgrimage to the mother of all Trots.