I ran the Florence Turkey Trot in 2015 when I was in town visiting relatives. It is a small but growing race, and offers both 5K and 10K options. I … MORE
I ran the Florence Turkey Trot in 2015 when I was in town visiting relatives. It is a small but growing race, and offers both 5K and 10K options. I opted for the 5K, but I haven’t seen a 10K turkey trot, so that was interesting (I guess those runners can eat twice as many helpings of Thanksgiving dinner).
The race itself is very no-frills. The only swag was a t-shirt, which is cotton, but it is blue with a fun design. The age group and overall awards were medals, and it’s a very fun medal with a turkey running from a train, since Florence is a railroad town. The refreshments were very simple- fruit, water, cookies, and crackers. No free beer or drinks, and I guess you don’t need many refreshments at a Turkey Trot since most people will eat dinner later that day.
While I did not run the 10K, it seemed to have some issues. I believe a turn was missed on the course because a sign blew down. A friend and I spectated most of us, and the person we thought would win (who led most of the race) did not and had a much lower than expected time. The only issue I personally experienced was that the water stations had bottled water instead of cups, so there were bottles on the ground as well as caps that you had to run around.
This could be a really great race- hopefully the course issue is worked out for the 10K. There were a LOT of turns on that course. I think having only a 5K option would work, though.
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Growing Turkey Trot, hopefully improves
I ran the Florence Turkey Trot in 2015 when I was in town visiting relatives. It is a small but growing race, and offers both 5K and 10K options. I … MORE
I ran the Florence Turkey Trot in 2015 when I was in town visiting relatives. It is a small but growing race, and offers both 5K and 10K options. I opted for the 5K, but I haven’t seen a 10K turkey trot, so that was interesting (I guess those runners can eat twice as many helpings of Thanksgiving dinner).
The race itself is very no-frills. The only swag was a t-shirt, which is cotton, but it is blue with a fun design. The age group and overall awards were medals, and it’s a very fun medal with a turkey running from a train, since Florence is a railroad town. The refreshments were very simple- fruit, water, cookies, and crackers. No free beer or drinks, and I guess you don’t need many refreshments at a Turkey Trot since most people will eat dinner later that day.
While I did not run the 10K, it seemed to have some issues. I believe a turn was missed on the course because a sign blew down. A friend and I spectated most of us, and the person we thought would win (who led most of the race) did not and had a much lower than expected time. The only issue I personally experienced was that the water stations had bottled water instead of cups, so there were bottles on the ground as well as caps that you had to run around.
This could be a really great race- hopefully the course issue is worked out for the 10K. There were a LOT of turns on that course. I think having only a 5K option would work, though.