If you happen to be around on Thanksgiving morning and are looking for a fun workout, grab a fellow gobbler, a family member or a random, scary stranger, dust off a mountain bike or cruiser and join us for the 26th Annual Underground Turkey Day Ride & Tie.

1) Same place as always....west end of Penasquitos Canyon.....
2) 8 am
3) About 12 miles
4) Two runners and one mountain bike. Each person supposedly runs about six miles and rides about six miles. Afterwards You will SWEAR that you ran the entire way and your buddy rode the entire way. Guaranteed!
5) How NOT to make friends with your buddy. 1) Leave the bike in the biggest gear at the bottom of a grade. That’s always fun. Or……Run BY the bike so that both of you are running and one of you has to back track.
6) Revenge of the slow and steady: This is a Thanksgiving Day Safari. Stuffed animals are hidden along the way and are worth time off your total time. Turkeys are worth a solid ten minutes per. Going fast is never as important at the Ride & Tie as stealing other people’s fuzzy friends.
7) Stashing your Stuff: Do so at your own risk. Ask two time Ironman champion Scott Tinley who was last seen confronting a fellow competitor with: “Dude, you stole my bear!”
8) Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules! Change from bike to run whenever and wherever you like. Here’s a hint: Make sure you PASS your buddy before you drop the bike.
9) Clip in Pedals: Fun to ride in….hard to run in. You may want flat pedals or cages.
10) Mark your bike: ID it somehow so you don’t run by that thing. See #5.
11) How do you know you’re in the right place? Look for the WELCOME TURKEYS banner
12) Entry Fee: Ten cans of food per team that we donate to Brother Beano’s shelter in Oceanside.
13) RIDE & TIE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS. They are made of (not quite) solid silver. If you win them, you’ll have bragging rights forever and your resume’ will be complete.
14) Classic Turkey Cookies? You bet!