edpaffjr.comBefore hunkering down at our Williamstown Lake house for a Thanksgiving celebration with my in-laws, I ran the 103rd annual Thanksgiving Day Race in downtown Cincinnati. My dad has run this race for years and he had no issue convincing me to run it with him this time around. It was my first time running the race, but he made sure to warn me of the large crowds that we would likely encounter.
The beautiful weather on race day brought out an estimated 17,500 runners and walkers! With such a large crowd it was definitely a little hard to navigate the course without nearly bumping into one another, but it was a great time and I will absolutely run it again in the future. My dad and I finished with a time of 53 minutes flat, or just over 8:30 page. Not bad for a crowded course and a nearly 10 minute long first mile.