Saturday, November 24, 2007

Turkey Trot '07 Clearwater - Goes to The Dogs

This years Turkey Trot counted 16,506 registered participants. Bigun and his Mom were two of the folks registered to run...












We didn't see our friends, GreenEyedLady and ExcelMan at the race but they were there. ExcelMan helped GEL with a little chart of her own...on her forearm. GreenEyedLady finished her first 5k in 38 minutes!!







The Fire Department came out to run

















The Pilgrim and her Indian friend came out to run














There was a Jockey'ed Turkey in the run...














Bigun passed them all... with a nice, strong finish


















Then he went back to find his Mom and finish with her.

















Despite the technical difficulties, Mama Bigun had a great finish!















Including the random folks captured in the pics of Bigun, Mama Bigun, Fireman, Pilgrim/Indian and The Jockey of the Turkey - you've seen just about all of the human competitors, the other 16,500 entries went to the dogs....


This little one brought his owner along for a lift...















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Let's end this post with a smile.
The Bigun's hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.












23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats to all participants, no matter how many legs they had!

(And thanks for letting us have a gander, Di!)

TriBoomer a.k.a. Brian said...

Dog gone it! It looks like it was a good time.

Stay tuned...

Green Eyed Lady (aka GEL) said...

Please tell me the picture of Bigun and Mama Bigun was taken BEFORE the race! ;)

Tea said...

What is it about the turkey trots that bring out the doggies? We saw so many adorable little guys including one riding in a guy's back pack.

Unknown said...

Oh I love the poochie pictures.
Hope y'all had a great turkey day!

S. Baboo said...

Love the turkey jocky! I can't even immagine the population density that creates a 16,500 5K!

DVDScientific said...

Awwww...look at Annie :) I'm going to make her a T-shirt that says "Team Bigun" for next time.

Andra Sue said...

I always find that the dogs are the best part of spectating any event! :-)

Fe-lady said...

Love the doggie pix! Thanks!

Formulaic said...

Thanks for all the dog pics! I don't know how they do it, I know I couldn't run with my dog in a race.

Think that she'd drive me crazy!

Supalinds said...

OH, so damn cute!!!!!!!!!

Dan Seifring aka "OBRATS" said...

Love the dogs. No St. Bernards down there in Florida? What do you do when people get lost in the snow down there?

Afternoon Tea With Oranges said...

Dang, that's a lot of dogs! Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving too!

IronTriTim said...

As ever, love the the pictures. Miss my dog back in the UK. Hope the two of you had a good Thanksgiving.

Duane said...

You know, dogs are just so cool! Great pics!

Oly said...

Looks like it was a doggy trot, not a turkey trot.

Bigun said...

I'm sensing a particular "style" in Di's post, one that has to do with little doggies....

jahowie said...

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving too. It looks like you went to a very fun event. Thanks for posting the pics.

SingletrackJenny (formerly known as IronJenny) said...

... no English Setters, either?
no snow? ;-)

16,000 is a lot of people on a 3 mile course!

Iron Krista, "The Dog Mom" said...

I so should have been there with my kids!!!

Comm's said...

everyone of those trot pictures is perfectly sculpted.

Holly Jane said...

I LOVE your blog! It was very nice meeting you "iron people" in FL! Is that a cocker spaniel in your "kids" section??? :-) I am biased :-)

Yeti said...

Dawg gon'it that looks like fun