With the memory of five Stingray Swim Club members having successfully completed September’s O’Hare Airport’s New Runway 5K Run/Walk, Stingray Nancy Cihlar felt motivated to initiate the club’s new event: a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. Thus, a new way of moving was begun for the swimmers!
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Though at 8 a.m., the morning started off damp and dreary, eight club members proved up for the challenge and the possible controlling of calories to be consumed that day at later holiday meals. Nancy Moore and Nick Koplos chose to run the 3 mile trek through Del Webb Boulevard and Cold Springs Drive, while Coach Len Lencioni, Sandy and Carl Hupert, Denise Grandolfo, Nancy Cihlar, and Joanie Koplos “trotted the trot” by walking on the same pathways. The group completed the exercise just 45 minutes before the day’s torrential rains came down. Before the trotters departed for family gatherings, Ms. Cihlar commented, “I’d like to make this an annual event.”
Nancy Moore added, “I’ll bring items for tailgating next year!”
