Turkey Day Trotters

TURKEY DAY TROTTERS It's no longer just a day of eating. Thanksgiving has become the most popular holiday to run. ON THANKSGIVING DAY IN 2011 698,000 PEOPLE FINISHED A RACE MORE THAN THE POPULATION OF BOSTON 4TH OF JULY 248,000 RACE RUNNERS WOULD FILL UP 13 YANKEE STADIUMS NEW YEARS 715 MILES OF PEOPLE IF LINED UP HEAD TO TOE 81,000 RACE RUNNERS IT WOULD TAKE 12.8 MILES OF RUNNING TO BURN OFF THAT TURKEY DINNER THANKSGIVING RACES ARE GROWING (like your waistline after a huge plate of stuffing). 858,000 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS 400,000 490 290 TOTAL RACES 2008 2012 TOP 20 12 TURKEY DAY RACES Run to Feed the Hungry 5K/10K, Sacramento, CA 22,546 finishers Capital One Bank Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot 5K/8 Mile, Dallas, TX 21,564 finishers Fifth Third Detroit Turkey Trot 5K/10K/1 Mile, Detroit, MI 19,976 finishers Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 5K/10K, San Jose, CA 19,951 finishers ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot 5 Mile/1 Mile, Austin, TX 19,743 finishers Times Turkey Trot 5K/10K/1 Mile, Clearwater, FL 15,800 finishers * Thanksgiving Day Race 10K, Cincinnati, OH 14,862 finishers Wheeler Mission Drumstick Dash 4.6 Mile/2.5 Mile, Indianapolis, IN 14,157 finishers * Manchester Road Race 4.75 Mile, Manchester, CT 13,416 finishers * Delaware YMCA Turkey Trot 8K, Buffalo, NY 12,509 finishers HAVE A WONDERFUL & SAFE THANKSGIVING from mapmyofitness running tusa.