The Galloping Gobbler

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 11/26/09 @ 10:58 am - Filed Under City Council, Featured

I just returned from running in the annual 4 mile Galloping Gobbler put on by councilman Mitch Harper. This is a great community event and I would encourage everyone who stays in town to join in next year and burn some calories before spending the afternoon devouring massive amounts of turkey with all the fixings.

Last year I sort of lumbered around with a goal of finishing without requiring medical attention. This year, although I have only been running shorter distances (< 800m), I had hoped to show significant improvement. While I’m not going to be a competitive threat anytime soon I did knock about 7 minutes after last year’s time (if I remember correctly). All in all, I was pretty happy with how I finished.

Most importantly it was good exercise and a lot of fun. I just wanted to say thank you to councilman Harper and all the sponsors for taking the time to organize this event every year.

Happy Thanksgiving to all and I hope you get to enjoy it with family and/or friends…

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2 Responses to “The Galloping Gobbler”

  1. tim zank on November 28th, 2009 6:23 pm

    Congrats on shaving 7 minutes off last years time! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving Jeff.

  2. Jeff Pruitt on December 2nd, 2009 1:47 am

    Thanks Tim! I could only go up from last year’s performance…

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