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It drew a crowd of 12,500 runners (the maximum the YMCA would allow) for the 2010 race, [6] [7] resulting in the YMCA arranging to increase capacity and accommodate 13,200 runners in 2011, [8] which also maxed out several days before Thanksgiving. [9] The race again filled the expanded 14,000-runner field over a week before Thanksgiving in 2012 ...
The race was cancelled in May 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that moved the Peachtree Road Race to the Thanksgiving date. [12] Between 1981 and 2009, the event also coincided with the Atlanta Marathon , making it the longest distance for a turkey trot in the United States.
Every Thanksgiving morning, my family gathers in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, to run the Turkey Day Run and “Wobble Gobble 5K.” On Thursday, many of the 1.17 million annual turkey trot ...
As usual, the 1-mile Turkey Gobbler will go off at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning. The 5K, 10K and 15K runners will start 30 minutes later at 8:30 a.m.
The Thanksgiving Day Race in Cincinnati is Thursday, Nov. 28. The Western & Southern 10K and the Chick-fil-A 5K both start at 9 a.m. while the ProAmpac Kids Fun Run starts at 8:30 a.m.
Between both events, the Dallas Turkey Trot is one of the largest multi-event races in the United States. The race attracts more than 25,000 harriers per year, with a record high of 36,820 in 2011. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] That year, the Turkey Trot set the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as turkeys, with 661 participants.
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The race was called the "Berwick Marathon" until the 1970s and 1980s. But since the race is too short to qualify as a marathon, and winners receive diamonds as part of their prize, the name was changed to "Run for the Diamonds". The number of participants has grown dramatically, from about 100 runners in 1973 to 1,985 runners in 2009.