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The Buffalo Turkey Trot is an annual 8K (4.97 miles) Thanksgiving footrace held in Buffalo, New York each Thanksgiving Day. The Buffalo Turkey Trot, a popular fundraiser for the local branch of the YMCA , runs five miles down Delaware Avenue in Buffalo.
Due to record-setting cold weather, the 2018 race organizers were forced to cancel the five-mile race and the kids' run, leaving only run the five-kilometer race for all participants. [8] Of the 8,500 registered runners, nearly 4,000 took part in the race. [9] The 2018 race raised more than $75,000 for the five charitable partners.
The oldest documented turkey trot, a still-ongoing annual event in Buffalo, New York, dates to 1675. [ 2 ] The Atlanta Marathon , which ran on Thanksgiving from 1981 to 2009, was the last full 26.2-mile (42.2 km) marathon to be run on the holiday.
Springfield turned out for the Turkey Trot this year. A total of 5,332 signed up, a 20% increase over 2022. Plus, there were 456 dogs.
The race has become a tradition for many area families.
The forecast for the 12th Annual Turkey Trot Los Angeles, expected to draw 6,000 participants downtown, is for temperatures in the low 50s with virtually no wind − pretty much perfect running ...
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
In 15 years, one of the Town of Palm Beach United Way's signature events now feeds nearly 5,000 people throughout Palm Beach County each year.