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NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Thanksgiving Traditions...
Driving into work this morning I was trying to think about what to blog about. But, all I could think of was how full I still am. I love Thanksgiving. It’s probably my favorite holiday. I grew up in During dinner last night my family was talking about the race, and one of my cousins said that women weren’t allowed to run in the Manchester Road Race until 1974. I couldn’t believe it, especially considering the race began in 1927. Long story short, I just looked it up on the official http://www.manchesterroadrace.com/About-MRR/Women-In-The-MRR.asp I looked a bit around this morning to try and find out how many women were in the race yesterday, but I couldn’t find a statistic. I know there were over 12,000 registered participants and A LOT more unregistered. I ran/walked the race yesterday with my sister, and can tell you there were a lot of women and girls, (and dogs, and strollers)! So, among other things, I am thankful to those first brave ladies for fighting for equality in
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